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Suzanne O'Neill, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin

Kaos’s Caeneus is part of a long tradition of queer and trans characters in retellings of ancient myths

This article contains spoilers for series one of Kaos.

The Greek myths have been retold and reconfigured many times – the Netflix series Kaos is just the latest in this millennia-long tradition.

Its creator, Charlie Covell, places the Greek gods and a selection of human mythological figures in a present day version of Crete. In this world, the divine and mortal beings interact closely with each other – most often with the humans coming off worse – just as they did in the ancient Greek accounts.

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