Stephen Fry's Favourite Greek Hero

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There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes.
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Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.
In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.
Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles, impossible puzzles and riddles, acts of base cowardice and real bravery, not to mention murders and selfless sacrifices, Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.
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@geeraardaernoudt7762 4 жыл бұрын

"Mythos" and " Heroes " are two of the greatest books I have read or especially heard in my 62 years of living and I read at least 2 books a week ; from biographies of Stalin to he stories of Tsjechov , Congratulations dear mister Stephen Fry , you are a genius !

@gdavies4 3 жыл бұрын

wow. Bold statement! But i suppose we can all have own own opinions.

@pantelisevans Жыл бұрын

I feel the same about Mythos as I enjoyed reading it immensely!! I haven't read ,, Heroes" yet but I am looking forward to it. Mythos was a real eye opener for me and I would say that it is one of the greatest books I have ever read taking me to a wonderful journey full of unearthly things and creatures, helping me escape from the ordinary mundane world ! Masterpiece!!

@Liz86000 5 жыл бұрын

I could listen to him tell these stories for hours... (and in fact I have, with his audiobooks !).

@dinarrahayu2584 5 жыл бұрын

Yes... I like the way he tells his book.. 👍👍👍

@nartarlyiatremaynne1239 3 жыл бұрын

I concur with your sentiment. Australia 9.36pm

@garrettsweeney3945 3 жыл бұрын

And you've also copy and pasted your comment from other videos of Fry talking about The Greeks

@Liz86000 3 жыл бұрын

@@garrettsweeney3945 Did I ? Or am I just losing it and repeating myself ! 😱

@thehonestaspy102 2 жыл бұрын

Stephen Fry is such an intelligent and classy gentleman, truly a British national treasure

@lufei5926 2 жыл бұрын

Achilles and Odysseus are my favorite.

@maxhax1000 4 жыл бұрын

He’s actually so fucking clever it’s ridiculous

@STRIK3RM4N 3 жыл бұрын

It’s ludicrous

@cynful4763 4 жыл бұрын

Stephen fry is such a wonderful well of knowledge. He makes everything sound relatable and exciting

@veronikap.7081 5 жыл бұрын

"He's not the brightest pixel on the screen" 😆 Please, is that a common phrase, or Stephen's invention? (Either way, I love it 😄)

@maxhax1000 4 жыл бұрын

His own I think

@pyrokar1990 3 жыл бұрын

His own, but I wouldn't be suprised, if it became common use, after Stephen used it a few times.

@bofhzerozero777 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely his own 😂

@alamian7625 Жыл бұрын

I could listen to him talking all day.

@dsmyify 5 жыл бұрын

Prometheus. OK he was a titan but he's a hero. He stole fire from the Gods and gave it to us because his brother Epimetheus forget to give us a positive trait, like teeth, or claws, or haste, or camouflage. It was his love for mankind that made Prometheus steal arts and fire for us and he paid the price for it.

@Lincoln.Osiris 4 жыл бұрын

dsmyify last part sounds a bit like Jesus

@dsmyify 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lincoln.Osiris ~ the myth of Jesus is just a retelling of the myth of Horus.

@Lincoln.Osiris 4 жыл бұрын

dsmyify oh definitely the Jesus myth seems to be inspired by the Horus one, but do you know if Horus paid a price for a gift he gave mankind? Like Jesus and Prometheus did

@dsmyify 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lincoln.Osiris ~ what gift did Jesus give?

@Lincoln.Osiris 4 жыл бұрын

dsmyify eternal life. Or at least much easier access to heaven than Old Testament times

@ranjitntu 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish Stephen Fry would retell the Mahabharata (the longest epic ever written) one day…. I’m sure he would be impressed

@Himanshu_c 6 күн бұрын

Hear hear 🙌🏽🙌🏽

@Qtrademark 4 жыл бұрын

Achilles is my favorite.

@Polumetis 3 жыл бұрын

Heracles, Achilles and Odysseus are my holy trinity. Can't be forced to choose between them

@pantelisevans Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed ,,Mythos" immensely!! I haven't read ,, Heroes" yet but I am looking forward to it. Mythos was a real eye opener for me and I would say that it is one of the greatest books I have ever read taking me to a wonderful journey full of unearthly things and creatures, helping me escape from the ordinary mundane world ! Masterpiece!!

@chriskalogrias926 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great with ease, simply because he was not the creation of fantasy as the mythical heroes. He was a man like you and I.

@krishnadundur3694 2 жыл бұрын

Just fantastic.

@mayainthesea9927 2 жыл бұрын

Achilles for me!

@chowchichang2922 2 жыл бұрын

“… not the brightest pixel on the screen” 😂😂😂 …. I love listening to him …. Does anyone know what was the inspiration to cover Greek mythology ?

@georgepapa1938 2 жыл бұрын

knowledge.. it used to be only for the kings and royals to take Classic education and for a reason..

@ellarizzo8806 4 жыл бұрын

Orpheus for me!

@MistahJigglah 5 жыл бұрын

Literally my hero 😉

@kea7244 4 жыл бұрын

Athena for sure

@majesthijmenii1976 4 жыл бұрын

That's a goddess, not a hero

@onezero4905 3 жыл бұрын

@@majesthijmenii1976 a goddess that is a hero

@majesthijmenii1976 3 жыл бұрын

@@onezero4905 no

@onezero4905 3 жыл бұрын

@@majesthijmenii1976 yes

@majesthijmenii1976 3 жыл бұрын

@@onezero4905 why?

@alexanderguesthistorical7842 2 жыл бұрын

Bellerophon for me. Or Jason.

@nemesisoftrident212 5 жыл бұрын

Super name for Carol enjoyed interview on Breakfast tv

@txemanovelo 5 жыл бұрын

Diomedes!

@dimitrisdaskalakis3065 Жыл бұрын

If you want a hero who combined the greatest aspects from quick witting to strenght to cunning i suggest you pick DIOMEDES.

@dixonj41 7 ай бұрын

Underrated take

@dimitrisdaskalakis3065 7 ай бұрын

@@dixonj41 But very well justified.

@harry3balls 3 жыл бұрын

Somehow I really like Belerephon

@nikoszikos8025 3 жыл бұрын

ΑΘΗΝΑ

@hernancortesfranciscopizar7916 3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the great

@veshtitsacraftsandtunes4693 3 жыл бұрын

As far as I know Theseus and the Minotaur was a kind of anti-Minoan propaganda by the Atheneans, who had to pay tribute to Crete

@colinstewart7123 2 жыл бұрын

Now they must pay tribute to the quite brilliant Steven Fry.

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 3 жыл бұрын

Οδυσσέας!

@ff6173 Жыл бұрын

Hello Stravros, I'm half Hellene, many modern Hellene believe in the ancient, I would like to discuss it with With you . Here is a short modern Hellene Myth.

@Nicole-fp9cy 3 жыл бұрын

You dont know who I am. That's fine. Really I good

@joanacifre9169 11 ай бұрын

Easy Achiles or Hektor (even tho I know he is Trojan)

@tabfiend 3 жыл бұрын

Love reading his books. Have them all. It does seem strange though that a self avowed atheist believes in the Greek Gods..........................just sayin'

@chriskalogrias926 2 жыл бұрын

How do you know he believes in greek Gods?

@silver4740 5 жыл бұрын

"Wrestling" Pankration in other words

@pickledirick8338 5 жыл бұрын

They are different; pankration is more Herakles' style while, as Fry explained, subduing your opponent using weight and pressure points is the essence of wrestling. In Book 23 of the Iliad (the funeral games for Patroklus) the Greeks had wrestling, boxing and armed combat as competitions so it is clear that they differentiated between different arts of fighting.

@chriskalogrias926 2 жыл бұрын

@Ajit Adonis Manilal yeah pankration is all of it together, that is all...

@Irene-iu9sj 9 ай бұрын

Pagration is like box. Hellenoroman wrestling was different, and more" gracious I would say.