A Sanrio oddity from 1978 that treats five Greek myths like a record player skipping between stories, each one rewritten through a disco lens that shouldn't work but does. The animation is rough and the structure falls apart when you look at it straight on. What saves it is the Wondermaker, a shape-shifting guide who treats mythology like a costume closet, turning classical tragedy into something genuinely strange and quietly unsettling. You watch it not because it's polished but because nothing else sounds like it, and once it ends, you realize that was exactly the point.

Five ancient myths drawn from the Roman poet Ovid are retold here for a modern audience. A newly invented character called Wondermaker becomes our companion, explaining the lesson of each tale and turning himself into its hero. We watch Perseus behead Medusa, Actaeon become a deer after spying on the goddess Diana at her bath, Mercury in a story of envy, Orpheus descend into Hades for his beloved Eurydice, and Phaeton cause chaos at the reins of the sun-god's chariot. Each myth comes alive through bright, colorful animation and a soundtrack mixing disco and rock, creating something that feels both timeless and unmistakably of its era. These aren't dusty classical lessons: they're cautionary tales dressed in color and sound. If you're drawn to mythology that swings rather than whispers, this delivers ancient stories through a decidedly seventies lens.