Apotheon

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity game	CAG
Release	Feb 3, 2015
Publisher	Alientrap
Developer	Alientrap
Platform(s)	Windows; Xbox One (2015); PS4 (2016); macOS (2016); Nintendo Switch (2019)
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Genre	Action-adventure; role-playing game; platformer; hero-based
Setting	Ancient Greece and a mythological storyworld (Olympus, Hades)
Notable characters^B	Zeus, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Helios, Daphne, Demeter, Persephone, Poseidon, Ares, Thetis
DLC

Bibliography

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Additional keywords

myth, gods, black figure, pottery, vase painting