Mythic Warriors — Season 1, Episode 3: Ulysses and the Journey Home

Episode synopsis

Ulysses continues his incredible odyssey as he sails treacherous waters, determined at all costs to get his men back home, and to finally return to his Queen, Penelope and his Kingdom. But his persistence and will are tested beyond endurance when he must fight the terrible ""Cyclops"", journey past the ""Sirens"" (beautiful nymphs whose silvery voices lure sailors to their demise), and encounter the monsters ""Scylla"" and Charybdis"" that threaten to crush his ship and then suck it down to the depths of the sea. But as great as these challenges are, keeping his men from giving up their journey home is Ulysses' biggest challenge of all.

About Mythic Warriors

Mythic Warriors is a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. The show featured retellings of popular Greek myths that were altered so as to be appropriate for younger audiences. Two seasons of episodes were produced in 1998 and 1999; then aired alongside reruns until 2000, when CBS' abolition of its children's programming resulted in its cancellation. The programme was continues to be re-aired on STV. Original in 2009 on wknd@stv, which is a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, then on Saturday mornings on STV during 2010. The series has been translated into Scottish Gaelic and is broadcast on BBC Alba since 2012. Most of the characters in the show are all portrayed with their original Greek names, though Romanized exceptions were also utilized.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Andromeda: The Warrior Princess
• E2Hercules and Iolas
• E4Perseus: The Search for Medusa
• E5Jason and the Argonauts
• E6Persephone and the Winter Seeds
• E7Daedalus and Icarus
• E8Ulysses and Circe
• E9Atalanta: The Wild Girl
• E10Prometheus and Pandora's Box
• E11Bellerophon and Pegasus
• E12Theseus and the Minotaur
• E13The Labors of Hercules