It makes sense that Olympus seems set in modern times while the mortal world is in ancient times; the Titans and Gods and other immortals existed for ages before creating humans, so naturally the mortal world hasn't kept the same timeline. Plus, if you live forever, innovation becomes easy since no one loses any time having to learn all over again each generation.
It makes even more sense when you remember that the Fates can see into the future and may be able to give a great deal of insight into how technology will advance in the future, and considering that Hades is apparently the one who makes most of the electronics used in the series, and that the Fates work in the underworld....
As we see in from the flashbacks to Hera as a young woman, there's a lot of similarities between her and Persephone: a young, sheltered woman who forms a connection with Hades only for a purple jerkass who feels entitled to a relationship to spoil it.
There's actually a lot of strong thematic connections between the two characters. Ares has pointed out that Persephone is the angriest goddess after Hera. Hera is also the only one who catches on to what Apollo has done to her, and has actively tried to help her become a Queen herself.
Hera's backstory (added with the theory that she might have been forced to marry Zeus) would also explain Demeter and Hestia's attitudes towards notably Persephone. Demeter and Hestia trying to force Persephone into being a virgin goddess might all in all be their way to stop her from suffering the same fate as Hera, doubled by the fact Persephone is a fertility goddess, while also not taking Persephone's actual feelings into account and unwittingly repeating the same mistakes as Hera had to face. Hera on the other hand trying to help Persephone achieve what she really wants in life not only makes sense as she's the Goddess of Marriage, but unlike her sisters, she doesn't project her own trauma onto other people and priorizes their agency and happiness above all else. Which goes hand in hand with Hera being presented as an empath as well.
Demeter and Poseidon are colored green, the color of nature.
Hades is colored blue, the color of night and of sadness (which distinguishes him from Poseidon). He shares this color with Hecate, goddess of the night.
With that said, both green and blue are nature colors and death and the night are part of nature too.
Zeus being purple fits since as the king of the gods, that color is associated with power, both political and supernatural, and has been associated with royalty for eons. And as the god of storms, his color is the color of the sky during a thunderstorm!
Hera's yellow/gold color contrasts with Zeus, and yellow or gold is associated (depending on your cultural viewpoint) simultaneously with with wealth, happiness, and wisdom, and also jealousy, betrayal, and danger. Gold is also the color of trophies. Hera is literally Zeus' "trophy wife".
And look at Zeus and Hera's kids:
Apollo and Artemis share purple with their father. Greek myth dictates that these two are the children of the goddess Leto, and not Hera's own children. Both Apollo and Artemis have distinct Jerkass and entitlement issues, which they share with their father.
In Greek myth, Hera had Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus by herself, without Zeus's assistance. Ares and Hebe share gold with their mother, while Hephaestus is bronze (a darker gold). Of course, gold fits each child easily: Ares wants glory in war, Hebe is in charge of serving ambrosia and nectar and Hephaestus is a god of metalworks (bronze being an alloy of copper and tin).
Athena is silver-colored. She was singly born from Zeus, emerging from his mind.
Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite have the same color. This represents them as having a stable relationship; the other couples in the story have contrasting color schemes that represent their differences/conflicts.
Persephone and Eros are pink, which fits with their gentle nature. But keep in mind, pink is red and white mixed, and both characters have had dark violent deeds in their history.
Hades' beloved mother, the Titan Rhea, is a fuchsia (red-purple) fertility goddess, traits she shares with Hades' future queen Persephone. Hermes is right, Persephone really ISHades' flavor.
Hephaestus's portrayal in the story has him with a closely shaven head. With all the tech he's surrounded by, it's obviously meant to be a Shout-Out to Steve Jobs; but it also fits his role as God of metalworking and the forge — with all the sparks and embers flying around in the smithy, it only makes sense to keep your hair very short.
Zeus' general brattiness and lack of maturity and empathy compared to the rest of the 6 Traitors makes sense when one realizes that, per myth, he's the youngest of the group. It goes further when one reads Chapter 162 and notices that everyone else from the group carries scars from the war despite being immortal. Rhea, having learned from her mistakes with her two older sons, took more extreme measures to protect Zeus from Kronos... And it worked, Zeus has no scar on his body. However, this means Zeus has never had any setbacks to overcome; he's never HAD to suffer, grow up and rethink his actions like Hera and her sisters, Hades and even Poseidon had to. Even the plan to take down Kronos was more dangerous to Hera than him. Zeus IS an asshole Spoiled Brat of a king but he was also enabled by his loved ones in trying to keep him safe. It's a surprisingly humanizing moment for him.
It also makes sense why when he noticed Hades and Hera vibing, he immediately put a stop to it. However much Zeus may love Hades, it rankled that the most eligible bachelorette in the Titanmachy preferred his scarred and defective older brother to basically-perfect him.
Apollo thinks the world revolves around him. He's the God of the Sun.He would. Hilariously, the ACTUAL Sun(Helios) doesn't think this, of either Apollo or himself.
Why Eros has wings. His father, Ares, has a Strong Family Resemblance to his older sister, the winged goddess Eris. She looks like an angry, bald Hera with wings and Eros looks like his father if he was pink and had wings.
The power disparity between Zeus and Ares is the comic is practically the opposite of the way it’s depicted in mythology. This is likely because Zeus himself influences the way those myths are told in the Lore Olympus universe.
Artemis often feels like an outsider in her family. She actually IS. Her mother and her twin brother are both sun gods. Her father Zeus is the god of thunder and lightning. Artemis is the only Non-Elemental, which makes sense as her divine background is animals and the wilderness.
Persephone constantly explains her mother's actions as worry that she (Persephone) will be married off by Zeus for business purposes. While that is certainly a possibility, it is likely a fig leaf for Demeter's true fear: Persephone being raped/assaulted by Zeus or any of the other, more powerful gods.
Demeter once/if she learns about Persephone's first month on Olympus. On just one weekend her daughter was drugged, kidnapped and sexually assaulted. Then a few days later Persephone was almost killed in Tartarus. Also she was on the tabloids because a paparazzi made a rumor about her being Hades' new mistress and Demeter cares way too much of her daughter's reputation to just let slide something like that. To top it all, Persephone is currently being stalked and blackmailed by her rapist. It's a conga line for the ultimate overprotective parent, who couldn't even dream of her daughter suffering so much trauma and abuse, which would also justify Demeter's parenting style towards Persephone.
To top it all now she's wanted in Olympus along with Persephone for her Act of Wrath.
Pretty much every time the character from a famous tragic myth shows up is a case of this. So far, the stories of Psyche and Daphne have been resolved optimistically Time will tell whether Echo, or Kassandra will befall the same fates as their mythological counterparts.
The Arrow of Hate, which in this adaptation does not actually cause hate, but rather causes others to see the true nature of the one hit. Now, imagine you're talking with someone who seems perfectly normal and maybe a bit charming and/or attractive. Then suddenly, for no discernible reason, you have a moment of divine clarity and realize that this person is really a total Hypocrite, a Dirty Coward, a Corrupt Corporate Executive, a Karma Houdini, The Sociopath, or even a Complete Monster. Yeah, you're probably better off realizing that now rather than later, but how terrifying would that sudden revelation be in the moment?
For all the cooing fans have over their domestic life and hoping against hope that it'll turn out okay, pretty much the entire fandom is waiting for the other shoe to drop on Aphrodite and Hephaestus' marriage and relationship.
