A sung-through adaptation of Homer's Odyssey inspired by musical theater, it tells the story of Odysseus as he tries to return from Troy to Ithaca after the ten-year-long Trojan War.

Taking inspiration from diverse sources, the series makes use of various musical genres and narrative techniques derived from anime, video games, and theater.

The musical gained popularity in 2021 through social media such as TikTok, and faced production troubles due to multiple lawsuits between the creator and original record company.

Odysseus struggles with the decision, thinking of his own son Telemachus, but eventually kills the baby by throwing him off of the city wall ("Just a Man").

Odysseus rallies his men to fight against Polyphemus, succeeding for a moment, but the cyclops retrieves a massive club that gives him an advantage.

Revealing that he drugged the wine with lotus fruit and taking advantage of the cyclops's unconscious state, Odysseus tells his men to fight on in the memory of their dead comrades, instructing them to use their swords to sharpen the club into a spear.

Upon reaching the island, Aeolus gives Odysseus a magical bag filled with the winds of the storm that will allow him to return home, as long as it is not opened.

Odysseus returns to his ship, but before continuing the journey, Aeolus' servants[a] appear behind him and say that the bag contains treasure, sowing dissent in the crew.

Before Poseidon can destroy the last ship, Odysseus reopens the wind bag, releasing the last of the storm inside, allowing him to escape ("Ruthlessness").

The god Hermes appears to Odysseus and gives him the magical moly herb, which allows him to match Circe's power ("Wouldn't You Like").

Inspired by Odysseus's devotion and hoping her actions can one day create a kinder world, Circe agrees to let his men go and further directs them to the underworld, where they can seek advice from the blind prophet Tiresias ("There Are Other Ways").

Grieved, Odysseus decides to bury his softer side, embracing ruthlessness and resolving to return home by any means necessary ("Monster").

He stands up to the suitor Antinous to defend his mother's honor but is badly beaten in a fight before Athena appears and gives him aid ("Little Wolf").

To Odysseus, Hermes offers guidance and Aeolus's wind bag to help him return home on a hand-made raft ("Dangerous").

Odysseus begins to torture Poseidon by repeatedly stabbing him with his own trident, forcing him to relent and call off the storm ("Six Hundred Strike").

The project was stuck in development hell for around a year due to a lawsuit involving Rivera-Herrans and the recording company, with the third part, The Ocean Saga, releasing in December 2023.

[3] In 2023, the recording company Blair Russell Productions filed a lawsuit against Rivera-Herrans, seeking a ruling that they owned full copyright of the first two sagas of Epic.

[9] This technique is also subverted to provide foreshadowing, such as in the song "Suffering", wherein Penelope is not represented by her characteristic viola, hinting that the singer is actually a siren in disguise.

[7] The series takes musical and narrative inspiration from various sources, including the works of Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as anime tropes and video game mechanics.

[9] The story of the musical has creative differences from the original Odyssey, with a defining theme of the adaptation, Odysseus's moral dilemmas, being absent in the source material.

[10] Death is also a consistent theme in the musical adaptation, with each consecutive saga becoming lyrically darker to represent the pain felt by Odysseus because of the loss he suffers.

", first appearing in The Troy Saga,[13] or the lyric "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves", first sung by the main antagonist Poseidon, both being frequently invoked throughout the first act.

[9] Laurence Teillet, a writer for Opinio Juris, analyzed the musical and concluded that Odysseus and his crew committed several actions that would be considered war crimes under the Rome Statute throughout the story, including perfidy, the killing of civilian targets, the physical torture and execution of hors de combat, and piracy.

[15][13] Reviewer Eliana Hernandez described Rivera-Herrans's singing as "passionate", saying that he "accurately captures the essence and complexity of a man willing to do practically anything to make it back home to his wife, son and kingdom even if it forever changes the person he is.

"[8] She also praised the album's worldbuilding and effective abridgement of the source material, saying that despite the creative liberties taken for brevity, the songs still provide emotional impact.

[11][10] Eliana Hernandez said that this method of social media-driven production "honors the original source material while transforming the story into a medium that will speak to a more contemporary audience".