I wish these nice people could bring pencil and paper, then they could write down their comments or questions so they can wait till the end of the lecture. That way they don't have to interrupt the presentation or his stream of thought. It is vexing when they ask questions that can be googled, or make statements to share a "fun fact" to show off that they are erudite. I've watched this twice, this was one of my favorite lectures, thank you for much for not charging money. I learned a lot plus it gave me other topics to explore that I had overlooked.

Old dude being like "alright I'm out" half way into the rabbit story near the end is fantastic timing.

The movie: Oh Brother Where Art Thou is one of, if not THE best movies of all time! George Clooney is outstanding, T Bone Burnett’s music is award winning and the Odyssey was never portrayed better. I saw it at the theater two nights in a row! I have owned a copy and rewatched it dozens of times. I see new things every time and It never gets old.

This guy has so many good and brilliant videos, I feel inundated like a kid in a candy store. Stop it!!!

The lecturer is great! The weird tangents from the audience not so much. Really wasn’t interested in hearing a whole recount of Watership Down from the old lady in the audience.

great lecture, and of course now I'm off to buy a copy of The Aeneid!

Your extensive knowledge base and lectures are such a blessing, love the wisdom and energy. I am so happy to have found this channel!

Love the idea of claiming descent from a mythological figure...this is something we all should do.

I enjoyed this lecture a lot and used a few of its ideas on a paper I am helping to write/edit. Thanks for sharing!

Terrific info. As an aside, I also like the idea that the first book of the Bible is “Genesis” (the origin of everything) but then you discover Ovid and his “Metamorphosis” and you get the idea of these two competing philosophical concepts in “formal” literature, one, that things have always been as they are and the other that here is why things are what they are now.

I've enjoyed so many of these lectures! Thanks for making them available.

Soooo many parallels in ancient history to today with people wanting to create their own origin stories that proclaim one side as the hero and the other side the villain. And vice versus. Politics and war. Propaganda. Politics and war. Propaganda. And so the cycle continues. When will we EVER get tired enough of it to try to work together? Aaaaannyway, thank you for this presentation. This was highly entertaining!

Well Done John, really enjoyed it.

I loved this lecture, so glad I came across it before reading the book. Can you advise on the best version/translation please? I had a Collins classic but it was near impossible to read.

Such a great teacher!

I love the analysis of the Dido story at the end. I wonder if (in addition to the echoing the propaganda surrounding Cleopatra and Antonius) if the story is also intended to justify the Roman conquest of Carthage. Aeneas and Dido's union does not produce an heir. Since Dido dies, would Aeneas have been considered her heir? Carthage is Rome's natural domain and if only the passion driven, irrational curse of Dido hadn't made the Carthaginians so difficult, they could have just peacefully joined the empire instead of forcing Rome to salt the fields.

At the 1 hour mark, the first line of the AENEID is actually its 5th line. The vast majority of translations totally dismiss the actual first four lines. At some point someone (a fool, as far as I'm concerned) thought that Virgil's poem should start with its 5th line, maybe because it begins with the word "Arma" ["arms" or "weapons"]. Those original first 4 lines amounted to Virgil stating that he had already written the Eclogues and the Georgics . . . but NOW of Mars's horrendous ARMS AND THE MAN he sings, etc. By ditching the first 4 lines, we are ignorant of Virgil's reference to weaponry as being not only from 'Mars' but as 'horrendous'. Ille ego, qui quondam gracili modulatus avena / Carmen, et egressus silvis vicina coegi / Ut quamvis avido parerent arva colono, / Gratum opus agricolis; at nunc horrentia Martis / Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris ... The Loeb classics translator, H. Rushton Fairclough, has: "I am he who once tuned my song on a slender reed, then, leaving the woodland, constrained the neighbouring fields to serve the husbandmen, however grasping -- a work welcome to farmers: but now of Mars' bristling Arms I sing and the man who first from the coasts of Troy," etc. I've translated the lines into hexameters thusly: That erstwhile singer was I, with slender straw-pipe accompaniment, Of a song... then, fleeing the forest, compelled the vicinity, To obey the colonial ploughman, however avid he be, A work pleasing to farmers; but now of Mars' horrendous Weapons I sing, and a warrior, who first from the coasts of Troy ... Fairclough translates 'horrentia' as "bristling" and it's not wrong -- from Lat. horreo -ere 'to bristle' -- but the 'Gerundive as adjective' form 'horrendus -a -um' means 'horrible, frightful, dreadful', probably because it's related to the idea of a frightened person's hair standing on end, 'bristling', like HAMLET's Ghost-father mentioning the quills on "the fretful porpentine" [i.e. porcupine]. It is unfortunate that posterity has all-but-forgotten the first 4 lines of Virgil's epic poem.

Always found it interesting that Remus is sumer spelled backwards

The Mayflower story is a much less appealing founding myth, in my book. A very good talk by a very knowledgeable person. As a 54 year old, it amazes me how much I was taught in my Gymnasium; most of what is in this talk I remember from my school boy days.

Thanks for these wonderful lectures

Excellent

Damn, I was just going to say, "really interesting", and look, it's already in the first comment. Very impressive lecture.

I have been to Segesta. There are three beautiful Greek templea there. There are Greek temples all over Sicilly, Agrigento having fhe most notably gorgeous sandstone temples.

Forget about people who say the comments are dumb ir anything...Love the discussion

Which movie is it that he keeps referencing? I’d like to watch it. Great work by the way, I’ve been binging these lectures for a few weeks now.

You are such a blessing

23:30 that is a solid example of meme magic.

Very interesting lecture, with the weirdest Comments section I’ve ever seen. It seems that mythological narratives still hold sway over the human mind, far more than I could ever have imagined.

26:05 I just learned why the pope - Pontifex Maximus - wears red shoes. 🤔😃😄

1:14:00 Theseus went to Hades in order to steal Persephone, the wife of god Hades. With his mephistophelian friend Periokos (the one, that manipulated Theseus to dare such a crazy adventure, "because you aren´t a king anymore, and being a politician is boring"), they asked Hades (the oldest brother of the king of the gods Zeus!) to hand his wife over, and he answered "OK, take a seat, I´ll go and ask her opinion about you stealing her, and if it is really her will to leave me (for a single night), and be Periokos´ wife (for a single night)". So Theseus and Periokos sat down, on some couches, but didn´t know that those were the "couches of oblivion", so, they soon forgot their aim, and even their own identities (and theis butts fusioned with the couches, becoming one ;-) ... Some years later, it was Hercules´ turn to visit Hades, and fight against Cerberus, the hell-dog/guardian. He noticed Theseus, and with his supernatural strenght, he tore Theseus away of the "couch of oblivion" (so, he didn´t sit there "forever", but when Aeneas was there, it seemed at least like Theseus will never be free again), and brought him back to earth, where Theseus now regained his memories and identity, so, being liberated. Hercules liked Theseus, who he´s come to meet as a small child: When having visited Theseus´childhood town, his sword fell into a deep, narrow well, and someone proposed to let down a small child on a rope, to bring the sword back... Theseus volunteered, but Hercules didn´t believe that any child could ever hold his massive sword, or even move it a single inch, for that matter, cause that would be an almost impossible task even for many adults. Theseus still made it, and Hercules was stunned, foretelling a bright future for small Theseus. Theseus would later become a hero and the king of Athens, but soon give up his legislative powers to his former just-subjects and now-citizens (while keeping his judicial and executive powers), essentially banning kingship (for the first time in history) and forming the first version of the athenian democracy. Second, he put himself under trial, for all the petty conflicts he has fought shortly before (in order to enlange the city of Athens), while the people were still unwilling to believe, that their just-king isn´t one anymore, and now he even demands for a punishment for his deeds. Theseus, on the other side, wanted to showcase by that, that in this new form of government, all, even the most powerfull, are equally subject to the law, or else, the democratic experiment won´t work. After all, Theseus´ credibility was so huge, that they after all accepted his choises, and the founding of democracy. Finally, the court found that Theseus is guilty to a pretty low degree, cause "Athens (as every other city) has the right to pursuit greatness" and so, conquering the independent surrounding villages and incorporating them to Athens was false, but still righteous to some degree. So, Theseus at least wasn´t convicted to go to prison (manslaughter but no murder, so, got shortly exiled instead of getting jailed). Of course, people that wanted to bad-mouth Theseus, claimed, that since Theseus was still the supreme judge in Athens, he has used his influence and connections to reach this favorable decree, and at least avoid prison... ;-) Third, Theseus forged the "Attic see-bound", so that Athenians don´t trade anymore as isolated traiders, but in the name of Athens, with norms, standards, a trade fleet and secured rights, an actual historically existing trade-organization, that would bring Athens all its future-wealth, what is historically also well documented. This was a small example of ancient greek mythology. Sounds more like history, but it´s only mythology... Except of democracy and the Attic see-bound, that really existed.

Confusing why actual History isn't taught in schools and we are left to separate fact from fiction ,myth, from legend !

@25:18 red boots in imitation of Aeneas? I thought the red boots original were an attribute of Etruscan kingship.

Was Virgil writing the Aeneid because Romulus had been "canceled" by the year 30 BC?

Cool.

"At this point Rome has beaten off Pyhrrus" Talk about a Pyhrric Victory...

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I just wrote an essay on this book

I’d like to give a shout out to the attending audience.

Explore Golgumbaz,Deccan india!

In Greek 'Myth' from which the word is derived, is call 'Mythistorima' or Myth-History. I'm not sure of the etymology of the prefix or word Myth. I suspect it doesn't mean what we think of as 'myth'. I suspect it means something like 'ancient' or 'legendary' or 'old' or 'pre-' or 'aproximate'. In other words they knew it was reality that had been a bit lost or distorted. My theory of most myths is the following which has a parallel today in the erasure of Modern Inconvenient Truths. A true story, which doesn't suit those in power, is just too widely known to be erased. What to do? You start altering bits and pieces of it...and create MULTIPLE confusing versions. In time, you hope the awkward reality will be forgotten or twisted enough. "NO NO NO, it's not Aga Memmnon (general Memnon, an egyptian) it's AGAMEMMNON, a Greek name that btw doesn't sound like any other greek name (true alteration). Paris Sparrow

Note that archaeologists have discovered that there are TWO ancient cities of "Ur", one in the north of Syria and one in Southeast Iraq.... So the northern Ur, which is northeast of Haran could be the original home of Abram.

Battlestar Galactica is The Aeneid in Space. Which is why the characters have names from Greek mythology. Except for Adama (who's name presumably means feminine Adam).

Modern interpretations not what ancients called these places.

I'll bet 99% of people would say the battle of Troy is in the iliad

Do the founding myth of the USA. Please.

Dear Centre Place, I greatly appreciate the depth of your scholarship. One thing my studies have shown me over and over is that history is greatly altered (not just NOW but also throughout all the intervening ages... lies added appropriate to concerns of the particular age). But all that historical alteration follows a single formula which I can't express here as it depends on knowing the radically different True World History Paradigm.. basically Judeo-whites are glorified into Heroes and everyone else, especially Greeks, Roman and French (who are one humanistic race in their origins) is subtly or not so subtly demeaned, ever more and more through history. Caesar (like Alexander before him) cast a shadow of greatness much more extensive than is told today. He was truly beloved and a leader with the peoples' interests in mind. He was killed by slimy assassins and would be dictators who in fact did destroy the Republic as intended. Caesar had to be made to look bad which is very tough with 'saintly' characters like Alexander, Jesus and Caesar who were in a Real Sense above reproach. They offered caesar the dictatorship twice and he, wisely, declined it publicly. It was his nature and perhaps he understood it was a trap. Had he accepted the dictatorship when presented it would give the evil infiltrating 'senators' a clear reason to kill him. As it was, the assassinated him anyways of course. But in the intervening 2000 years it has been their task and their kin (who are in fact in charge of much of the world and US dem party today) to slur the perfect image of Caesar... by group chanting through history that he wanted to be a 'god' 'dictator'. HE MOST ASSUREDLY DID NOT but saying so Justifies the slimy senate and their horrific actions against both HIM and his son ISOS (yes.. it's who it sounds like.. in Rome he was called Caesarion, in Egypt, ISOS... LONG and VITAL story). Today's assassins/cullers of everything good go back to these senators and earlier. Their never ending mission is to make all the True Human Leaders of history look just as slimy, low, ruthless, conscienceless, and murderous as they Are Themselves Today. ALL rulers today, in so called royalty and Most political positions come from one inbred family (with many names) which I call the Yorksalem Bloodline after it's angl-american last branches. They must make caesar look LIKE THEM. They don't want anyone to remember that once, not to long ago, there were in fact amazing Good Hereditary Lines of True Leaders who represented Their People and Their interest with wisdom and generosity. Today's group is a seperate species especially and Parasite themselves on Everyone and Everything... to name one of their 'secret humorous references' YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE AT ALL, THEY'RE THE ROCK(AFELLER)ET MAN, BURNING ROCKET FUEL OFF EVERYONE.

7 kings of Rome, 7 hills , 7 churches, Samsons 7 locks of hair, innana and the 7 gates of the underworld.. always 7 because they are an mystery school teaching devices

Your map is incorrect as the Germanic tribes were the invention of Hitler, the area you mapped was and is still called by French and Spanish as Alemagne. This is because the tribe there were called The Allamani and Alemagne is the correct historical term, for The Germ of Many

Choosing a random lecture to comment upon. I'm an atheist who didn't figure out you aren't until a dozen lectures in. My respect. 🙏

Wow, the one lady sure likes to talk. Maybe let the teacher teach. Shhhhh.

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Surely you could get a decent microphone to the audience... piss poor!.

why do these people have to veer off and l13 about the Bible where there is no evidence for saying it was organized later?

Pagan tradition, reliable, biblical, no.

Rome = Red Thread line of the tribe of Judah. Hebrew