The Iliad - Prelude to War - Greek - Extra Mythology

The Iliad - Prelude to War - Greek - Extra Mythology - Part 1

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Ah, the myth that launched a thousand ships. The apple thrown into the middle of a greek banquet would ruin lives and lay waste to entire kingdoms. We set the stage for Helen and Paris, two lovers who were not meant to be, and why so many kingdoms would unite to keep the two of them apart. Agamemnon, Achilles, Paris, Odysseus, and fair Helen are all here, and a war is about to begin.
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@robertdicke7249 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love how the greeks saw their gods in just about every story: "Everyone was happy but then the gods had an idea"

@roelofsonneveld1049 4 жыл бұрын

Or “Everyone was happy until Zeus couldn’t keep his ‘thunderbolt’ in his pants”

@philippegagne9324 4 жыл бұрын

Roelof Sonneveld The Gods: "Aw shit! Here we go again!"

@JustinWedekind 4 жыл бұрын

It's code for upper management

@mjbull5156 4 жыл бұрын

It is the kind of attitude one can develop when one is more at the mercy of nature.

@Bill_Garthright 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there wouldn't have been any problems at all without the gods. Typical, huh? :)

@GaldirEonai 4 жыл бұрын

One thing that's been left out: The gods were worried that Eris was going to cause trouble (goddess of chaos and strife, you know...), so she wasn't invited to the wedding. _That's_ why she brought the apple, to teach them a lesson about why it's a _really_ bad idea to offend a goddess with her particular portfolio.

@dragonboyjgh 4 жыл бұрын

Maleficent Beta 0.7.1

@FelisTerras 4 жыл бұрын

True. They also skipped the part where Aprodite gave Paris a cap/hat of Invisibility, so he could slip undetected into the place. I also like to think that Eris' move inspired the tale of Sleeping Beauty :D "Yeah, let's not invite the evil sorceress to our princesse's birthday party. What could possibly go wrong..?"

@nelsonchereta816 4 жыл бұрын

Never offend a god/goddess of mischief. - Loki

@Woodclaw 4 жыл бұрын

There is also the fact that Helen knew that her love for Paris wasn't real and she often deprecated both him (for his cowardness) and herself (for not being able to resist Aphrodite's spell).

@bernardi5919 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t Athena have seen through this though?

@Volnas97 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, finally Greek mythology story, where Zeus keeps his problem causing wand in his toga.

@diegokaqui60 4 жыл бұрын

and somehow shit still hits the fan.

@dracorex426 4 жыл бұрын

Ironically causing the problem.

@Freekymoho 4 жыл бұрын

@@dracorex426 Well, not really. Eris could have brought "the apple of diefic catfights" at basically any time. She just chose to cause havoc at the wedding

@Pavlos_Charalambous 4 жыл бұрын

Well considering that Helen was one of his daughters... you can say he had already" placed " a bomb where he shouldn't be 😏

@Volnas97 4 жыл бұрын

@Amber Hoke Is she? I didn't know that. Well, I guess than everything is OK.

@Jasta85 4 жыл бұрын

I love how most cultures have god(s) that are wise, omnipotent, aloof beings, and then the Greek gods are basically a bunch of hormonal teenagers with super powers.

@Astavyastataa 4 жыл бұрын

Evidence? The Norse gods were fairly similar to this. The Japanese kami were like this. The canaanite gods probably took child sacrifices to their deities. The Mesopotamian gods were whores (Ishtar) and matricides (Marduk). Even the devas of my own religion, as depicted in the Puranas were similar to the Greek gods (as they well should considering all of us Indo-Europeans have a common origin, wherever it may be). I don’t know enough about China to say anything about them, but I do know that Sun Wukong was a total troublemaker. This kind of god is pretty common in the preabrahamic non-Hindu world.

@wasneeplus 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, most gods are like that. Ever read the Bible?

@cybersaiyan9596 4 жыл бұрын

@@wasneeplus i don't think Yahweh ever showed an emotion other than unbridled rage in the Bible.

@223sushi 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Mesopotamian gods too

@rmsgrey 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, most ancient Gods are like that - the idea of a detached, benevolent God who doesn't send floods or plagues whenever someone pisses them off is a relatively modern one.

@Double_D__ 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see how this series interprets Achilles' rampage over what happens with Patroclus.

@stephenflint3640 4 жыл бұрын

Theyre not one to shy from homosexuality or 'historic' precedent. And, given their penchant for purple prose, hearing their interpretation of the bloody murder canyon will be something to behold, for sure.

@izzyyanowitz6240 4 жыл бұрын

You have to wonder if they did this series because if june

@Xenos_hive 4 жыл бұрын

I hope they include the otp

@thisrandomdude2880 4 жыл бұрын

GAY! I SHIP THEM!

@ignacejespers8201 4 жыл бұрын

well with a totally not homosexual relationship of course

@MorgenPeschke 4 жыл бұрын

Heh, Zeus was like, "Who can I throw under the bus to get out of this?" "Hey, Paaaaaaris, got a sec?"

@AegixDrakan 4 жыл бұрын

Typical zeus, eh?

@oswaldofernandesbetarellid8276 4 жыл бұрын

And in the next episode, Achilles pouting in his tent with his boyfriend threatening to call an Uber, the book.

@ShinigamiInuyasha777 4 жыл бұрын

And Odiseous and Diomedes, best bromance in Ancient Greece, go their way to steal some bikes from the assholes of the other party

@vicenzostella1390 4 жыл бұрын

*Cuts to Achilles in a blanket burrito*

@kum6865 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus..

@vicenzostella1390 4 жыл бұрын

Gacha Gaming 69 It’s an OSP reference.

@GMOPeyton 3 жыл бұрын

@@vicenzostella1390 I very much hope that was an IEP reference

@MichaelGrbg 4 жыл бұрын

0:30 “Both nations existed in harmony” UNTIL THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED!!!

@skyshack4194 4 жыл бұрын

Watched avatar again recently, and just. . . YES

@adityaharathi9399 4 жыл бұрын

good one

@mikloscsuvar6097 4 жыл бұрын

Is not it extIn(se)ct?

@MrDalek2150 4 жыл бұрын

and before that "Long ago in Ancient Greece". Which I believe they meant "LONG AGO IN A DISTANT LAND!"

@lukedetering4490 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up with that series. So glad to see these memes make a comeback.

@Xenin7 4 жыл бұрын

"The son of Kronos spoke, and nodded with his darkish brows, and immortal locks fell forward from the lord's deathless head, and he made great Olympus tremble." probably one of the few lines I can remember from reading the Illiad, still love it to this day. :) And also, you forget to mention that the reason why Eris threw the golden apple in the first place was because she was furious for not being invited to the wedding, since Zeus thought it was a bad idea to invite a goddess of discord.

@mrreyes5004 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I agree with Zeus on that one; taking a being of *chaos* to a ceremony that honors the *harmony* between two lovers? That sounds like the start of a joke. Until Eris made sure nobody was laughing; Troy, an entire city, destroyed and razed to the ground... all for a fucking apple.

@tobybartels8426 4 жыл бұрын

And an even worse idea _not_ to invite her, as it turned out.

@Freekymoho 4 жыл бұрын

@@mrreyes5004 She'd have probably have started shit either way. Zeus should have sent her to an invite to the wrong place or something

@morehero1 4 жыл бұрын

Eris also stole it from Hera's garden, she had the only tree that grew those apples. So it really should have gone to her.

@Bill_Garthright 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, goddesses of discord: you can't live with them, and you'd better not try to live without them. :)

@Jebbtube 4 жыл бұрын

Neglected to mention that Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter for favorable winds. His wife didn't forget...

@barbiquearea 4 жыл бұрын

I don't blame her. If my better half killed one of our children for whatever reason, I would brutally murder them as well.

@johnpijano4786 4 жыл бұрын

“Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed...."

@Pavlos_Charalambous 4 жыл бұрын

" μηνις " ( rage) the very first word of the epic poem ❤❤❤

@Alexander99602 4 жыл бұрын

Athena: Goddess of war and wisdom Yet not wise enough not to fall victim to a joke Gotta say, Eris sure is smarter

4 жыл бұрын

Right ? Never really understood the "wise" part attached to Athena's name I mean.....I don't know any story that show this side of her, she was cruel and stupid with medusa instead of going after Poseidon and was tricked into fighting for who's the most pretty one ? WTH Athena, where's the wisdom honey XD

@tylerrochester8496 4 жыл бұрын

L .A a god can’t attack a god sadly

@mrreyes5004 4 жыл бұрын

@ She's wise because she uses brilliant strategy in battle, as opposed to Ares basically being a brute charging in at every opportunity; when Greeks went to war, they prayed to *her,* not Ares, for strategic inspiration and battle plans. That's where the wisom is, honey :)

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrreyes5004 still....maybe they should have said Goddess of statigical thought or something like that, wisdom....is kinda different, but alright XD I think other goddesses could have used the Title better though, but it's okay ^__^

@tobybartels8426 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Hail Eris! Hail Discordia!

@eeveestar6826 4 жыл бұрын

I hope they don't forget the part where Hera beats the crap out of Artemis with her own bow and sends her crying for her dad. That was hilariously anticlimactic.

@ozzymandias5601 4 жыл бұрын

And the part where Athena break Ares neck and punch Aphrodite in the chest

@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 4 жыл бұрын

anticlimactic? best part ist the burn after go: cry at your father. also Helen of troy is a daughter Of ZEUS

@dragonbretheren 4 жыл бұрын

@@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 To be fair, a good majority of mortals with relevant names in the Greek canon were descendants of Zeus. And about half of the gods, for that matter.

@kaitlnwhite6809 4 жыл бұрын

dragonbretheren Because most of Greek mythology was caused because Zeus couldn’t control his lust.

@natashaeliot3628 4 жыл бұрын

You should go see the overly sarcastic productions version, ares is so pathetic and funny in that one

@brycevo 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the Greek gods, and their pettiness

4 жыл бұрын

Omg Kkk Yes XD

@MrBigCookieCrumble 4 жыл бұрын

They're a rowdy bunch

@elbentos7803 4 жыл бұрын

The Aesir/Vanir/Jotens as described by Snorri Sturlusson are not better, just slightly more brutal and, concerning Thor and Thrym - well, not that bright...

@riches3581 4 жыл бұрын

there times like this you understand Prometheus

@liem11 4 жыл бұрын

The one time Zeus manages to keep it in his pants and look what happens.

@edmundthespiffing2920 4 жыл бұрын

Can't have shit without horny zeus

@Pavlos_Charalambous 4 жыл бұрын

He didn't Helen was his daughter 😆😆😆😆😆

@Chriscraft-ug3sz 4 жыл бұрын

“Both nations lived in harmony” Me: Until the fire nation attacked-

@shaftoe195 4 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, here we go agai-...

@synthetic20 4 жыл бұрын

When I learned this story for the first time, it was told to me by a professor whom served as a nun growing up, a woman that knew 11 languages and spoke with the most marvelous Irish accent I've ever heard. She loved this story, because to her it was myth for adults. The childhood adventures of the Odyssey paled in comparison to the depth of the Iliad. Personally, my favorite "myth" is still the play Ajax and the surrounding story, but the love I have of Ajax came from the exuberance that that brilliant woman had when she first shared the tale. It has stuck with me for over a decade now, carrying my love of the genre. Sorry, I had to share.

@davidwilliam9681 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of my high school Latin teacher and the Aeneid.

@WitherBossEntity 4 жыл бұрын

The bronze age Greeks already had Asynchronous Javascript And Xml, but it took computer engineers over three millenia to rediscover it.

@TheKGiannis 4 жыл бұрын

Actually it is the Iliad that is a bit ''childish'' since it was written by Homer at a younger age and is full with gory scenes and bloodbaths, while the Odyssey came at a latter part of Homer's life, when he wad wiser and wrote more about the journey of Odysseus and the longing for his home and didn't stay to much to combat and military conflicts. That's at least what we have been learning in school.

@willytao2618 4 жыл бұрын

Oh muses, sing me the tale of Achilles' wrath...

@giboi03 4 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget this might have been Helen's second or twenty-second kidnapping at this point

@elfhien5713 2 жыл бұрын

Helen was probably tired and irritated by her suitor's shenanigans

@Blazo_Djurovic 4 жыл бұрын

Aphrodite goddess of love- Sparta: AND WAAAAR

@dragonboyjgh 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, she's a syncretic version of Ishtar/Ashura. I'd almost say war was her primary, the greeks just tried not to acknowledge it.

@Blazo_Djurovic 4 жыл бұрын

@kavros kavouri You mean Ares? Well Aphrodite likely was imported from a Middle Eastern goddess that was goddes of bunch of stuff among which was Power, War and Love. Spartans really dug the WAR bit.

@phinxlion 4 жыл бұрын

Even with the moniker God of War, Ares was less venerated than Athena among martial Greeks; With Ares representing savagery, gleeful slaughter or chaotic actions Athena encompassing discipline, comradely or ordered actions, the success of city states in war relied on the formations cohesion, favouring order Asides Aphrodites origin is thought to have come with the Spartans as an iteration of Ishtar(who was much more war like) and when they settled in Arcadia the widespread adoption of Aphrodite seen her loose her more warlike aspects to fit into a pantheon that already had many gods covering war, the Spartans being the forbears of the cult kept her more warlike nature

@lloydwalton9139 4 жыл бұрын

@@dragonboyjgh The Iliad is a war between Zeus & Aphrodite and it falls along lineage lines. Zeus is the paternal progenitor of Menelaus and Agamemnon. Aphrodite its the maternal progenitor of Paris (there's a reason to give an apple to godly Grandma). Menelaus broke a contract/tribute to Aphrodite that Zeus let slide. Also, Zeus didn't want anymore demigods to challenge Olympian rule (Achilles origin story). So, Zeus ordered Hermes to assassinate Aphrodite's husband, Anchisis and father of her child, Aeneas - whom the story of the Aeneid documents the exodus of the Trojan diaspora and the founding of Rome. So if your business partners renege on a contract and kill the person you love, that creates some bad relationships. Hence, the geopolitical background of the Iliad... it wasn't about an Golden Apple - I mean what did Aphrodite do with the apple? Eat it? you never hear. And what greater revenge on Zeus than promising your grandson the most beautiful woman in the world who happens to be Zeus' granddaughter?

@lloydwalton9139 4 жыл бұрын

The Iliad is a war between Zeus & Aphrodite and it falls along lineage lines. Zeus is the paternal progenitor of Menelaus and Agamemnon. Aphrodite its the maternal progenitor of Paris (there's a reason to give an apple to godly Grandma). Menelaus broke a contract/tribute to Aphrodite that Zeus let slide. Also, Zeus didn't want anymore demigods to challenge Olympian rule (Achilles origin story). So, Zeus ordered Hermes to assassinate Aphrodite's husband, Anchisis and father of her child, Aeneas - whom the story of the Aeneid documents the exodus of the Trojan diaspora and the founding of Rome. So if your business partners renege on a contract and kill the person you love, that creates some bad relationships. Hence, the geopolitical background of the Iliad... it wasn't about an Golden Apple - I mean what did Aphrodite do with the apple? Eat it? you never hear. And what greater revenge on Zeus than promising your grandson the most beautiful woman in the world who happens to be Zeus' granddaughter?

@briandalke5946 4 жыл бұрын

Poor Helios. Apollo keeps getting credit for all the work he does.

@maarchalk2840 4 жыл бұрын

Was kind of expecting a sponsorship for Total War at the end there. But apparently not sponsored. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.

@ProjectEkerTest33 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah considering all the shit about TW:Troy I've been seeing I'm very glad

@captainkail 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the timing is too perfect. By the end of the video, I said "Wait, where was the Creative Assembly collab credit??"

@KasumiRINA 4 жыл бұрын

@@captainkail If they were sponsored but haven't disclosed that would be against YT rules. What is also possible is that they knew the game is coming and started making relevant videos on their own volition.

@abcdef27669 4 жыл бұрын

Hera: Military and political power. Athena: Being the strongest and wisest man. Aphrodite: The most beautiful woman in the World. Me: "Athena! Athena! Athena! Athena is the fairest of all!"

@mjbull5156 4 жыл бұрын

Paris chose poorly, thinking with the wrong head.

@geraldgrenier8132 4 жыл бұрын

Hera might have an aspect of political power, but it wasn't till the Roman's mader her Juno was she seen a military aspects

@adamwu4565 4 жыл бұрын

@@mjbull5156 When a mortal is "asked" to choose between Greek Gods, there is only one wise choice. Ignore what they promise, no matter how tempting. Pick the MOST POWERFUL God. Because that's the one whose good graces you need to protect you from the petty vindictive vengeances of the losers. You're probably still screwed, but this gives you the best odds for being screwed the least for the shortest amount of time. Which in this case means Hera.

@michaelgraves680 4 жыл бұрын

@@adamwu4565 I'm not so sure. Despite her vaunted status as the "Queen of the Olympians" and her well-earned reputation as the pettiest, most vindictive bitch in the history of womanhood, I think that if it ever came down to a genuine conflict of any kind, Athena would have Hera tongue-bathing her sandals in cracker-jack time. What's more, I think Zeus would probably look the other way, being grateful to be done with the shrew.

@barbiquearea 4 жыл бұрын

@@adamwu4565 I still think Paris chose wisely. I wouldn't cross Aphrodite, she doesn't handle rejection very well. Being the embodiment of love itself and can even cause the gods to feel no love and joy. One can only imagine how miserable she can make mere mortals.

@maxmilianschutz8834 4 жыл бұрын

Oh you skipped the part where Achilles father tried to hide him between his daughters so Odysseus could not find him. He did so because a prophecie said that the Trojan war could not be won without Achilles but also that he would find his death there. So Odysseus the little rascal laid out a great expose of fine cloth, beautifull jewelry and weapons for everybody to behold. Then suddenly his soldiers outside the gates made noises as though an attack would be imminent. Achilles the proud warrior imediatly armes himself, while still in woman clothes. After this he and Odysseus departet for Troy.

@racoonlittle1679 4 жыл бұрын

Achilles is not exactly the brightest kid...

@Pavlos_Charalambous 4 жыл бұрын

@@racoonlittle1679 we Greeks have that how to say....expression " palikari & malakas " ( sorry Achilles) in loose translation, "brave young lad and stupid "or jackass/ dick depending what that lad just did 😄😄😄

@Oxtocoatl13 4 жыл бұрын

Also didn't Odysseys himself pretend to be mad in a futile attempt to dodge the draft?

@malcomalexander9437 4 жыл бұрын

@@Oxtocoatl13 Yup, he outed himself as not mad by swerving to avoid killing his son.

@jeremy1860 4 жыл бұрын

I really like the opening descriptions of myths you guys give 😊

@GoldenPenHD 4 жыл бұрын

That last video about the void was pretty good.

@dominikbradvica9406 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@LuukBrouwers-ek7tp 4 жыл бұрын

Wasny it a respect thing for black rights

@orenges 4 жыл бұрын

There's a cancelled Mario game called "Legend/Curses of the Seven Screams"

@vincentiusalexander4734 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your videos extra credits team!

@DianaSoroka 4 жыл бұрын

I admire you videos so much! Thank you for your efforts which are very much appreciated. Eagerly wait every week for new stories, because they’re so amazingly informative, interesting and explained in a simple way.

@olavops1000 4 жыл бұрын

"A Song of Achilles" by Madelline Albright has a wonderful interpretation of the "Suitors of Helen" story, where its implied the whole affair was rigged by Odysseus and the King of Sparta so that no blodshed would come from the affair. Odysseus then got to marry Helen's cousin Penelope, as a reward.

@owbu 4 жыл бұрын

When your prelude to war is ten years of warfare.

@kotetsu4820 4 жыл бұрын

I am so excited about the next episode of this!

@dakotaschnieders365 4 жыл бұрын

last time I was here this fast, Troy still stood.

@bigboykenob2244 4 жыл бұрын

Old boi

@kissbencebarnabas316 4 жыл бұрын

"Life.....uh.....finds a way" T-shirt is the best, i want one!

@CharDhue 4 жыл бұрын

"Prepare ur ship for battle" The other king and prince: for what? This man is crazy, im not going to pay for all those trouble without a plan

@PeterPresents 4 жыл бұрын

Yessss FINALLY! my whole channel is about Iliad! I can't wait to see how ya'll cover it.

@lenzzzzzzz 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for the post from yesterday honored to subscribe to this page

@GlamorousTitanic21 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Iliad. Read it in Middle school for English.

@RobertJW 4 жыл бұрын

Ethan Nelson which translation?

@tobybartels8426 4 жыл бұрын

For English, not Greek?

@orestisbe6978 4 жыл бұрын

Ha! We didn't (and don't) even include it in ancient Greek, just gave it a separate lesson altogether!

@xrhstospex8106 4 жыл бұрын

@@tobybartels8426 wait.There are greek lessons abroad?I mean outside greece

@Carewolf 4 жыл бұрын

@@xrhstospex8106 Of course there is. This was written in ancient greek which is isn't even spoken in greece anymore.

@ewr7291 4 жыл бұрын

So an assembly with Apollo’s disease going around... the warriors will stand six feet apart right

@noahconnor1540 4 жыл бұрын

i've been waiting for this one, made my day!

@aza4523 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the fact that there are animated versions of Greek mythology. I love mythology and especially Greek mythology. :D

@fakeskyler2305 4 жыл бұрын

Total War - Troy: (Releases new trailer) Extra Credits: (Releases video about Trojan War) Coincidence? I think NOT

@tullarion1 4 жыл бұрын

The sacrifice of iphigénie is too big to be forgotten.

@rahuliyer_2290 4 жыл бұрын

Hey awesome guys! You added a new line to the opening dialogue! Keep it up!

@vazak11 4 жыл бұрын

Good coverage!

@justinbuergi9867 4 жыл бұрын

So that’s where the apple of discord came from. Always wondered about that in billy and Mandy

@ViolosD2I 4 жыл бұрын

It's where most things that don't come from jewish/christian or maybe norse myth come from.

@ScipioMexicanus 3 жыл бұрын

Extra History: While Helen and Paris remained deeply in love... Meanwhile... Aphrodite: Isn't Paris so cute? Helen: If you like him so much why don't you sleep with him?

@classicsandchill 2 жыл бұрын

Great prelude video!

@cowboycody8094 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video.

@ryang6865 4 жыл бұрын

They should’ve just split the apple into thirds and given one to each, but I guess logic got thrown out the window in this myth

@primordial6966 4 жыл бұрын

pretty much every myth is based on ridiculous conlficts, or atleast contains ridiculous decisions.

@diegokaqui60 4 жыл бұрын

Asking the guys that have as king an incestual manwhore to be logical is truly ilogical.

@baconninja4481 4 жыл бұрын

0:20 Did you just say IKEA?!

@RobertJW 4 жыл бұрын

Bacon Ninja Achaea.

@user-lj8kp7yc4y 4 жыл бұрын

I wish he did. It would have made much more sense, than what he ended up saying (and depicting).

@MrBigCookieCrumble 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the legendary ancient warrior IKEA, who would shred his enemies to bits in such a way that thier loved ones could only put them back together using an L-shaped iron stick, what a legend!

@thegamingduck7199 4 жыл бұрын

IKEA CHURCH OF HOLY FURNITURE

@Sk-gk8zq 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like every other channel I watch regularly has been declining in quality, which I understand with everything going on right now but you guys are so badass that your're just getting better.

@jonahlivingston4579 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel

@thealeph165 4 жыл бұрын

The two nations lived in harmony, until the Olympians attacked

@Richforce1 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that Agamemnon offered killed his daughter as a human sacrifice to get the winds needed for that fleet. His wife is going have a nasty surprise for him when he gets home (murder, the surprise is murder).

@KasumiRINA 4 жыл бұрын

Kill your own daughter for a chick who ran away from your brother thrice her age TO ORLANDO BLOOM?!

@CarrionCrow993 4 жыл бұрын

Keep em coming! I love Greek myth

@fearziel8622 4 жыл бұрын

Took you guys a long time

@chrisbovington9607 4 жыл бұрын

"Long ago in ancient greece there were two great nations: Achaea ... and Sparta ..." What? Where did you read that? What has Achaea got to do with this story? And why only two? And what do you mean by "nations"?

@xrhstospex8106 4 жыл бұрын

You remind me myself😂😂

@ms.b1574 3 жыл бұрын

City-states would be more accurate

@HistoryMonarch1999 4 жыл бұрын

It’s pride and we get a story with one of the most famous lovers: Achilles and Patroclus

@isucatt 4 жыл бұрын

nerfvideos96 I remember watching some videos one that sort of stuff

@noahjohnson935 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Patrochilles ship

@festethephule7553 4 жыл бұрын

@Mullerornis Hmm. We shall have to wait and see.

@diegokaqui60 4 жыл бұрын

THAT S NOT CANNON.

@atzuras 4 жыл бұрын

Well I hope they are not "cousins" anymore, like they were in certain movie...

@jamvin5647 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this was really good

@CedricAyres 4 жыл бұрын

Great summary!

@paranjaychaudhary1655 4 жыл бұрын

When you realise EH posted a video 10 seconds ago.....

@thetroodon9482 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@krankarvolund7771 4 жыл бұрын

The red lips of the godesses are so weird.... I can hardly focus on the story ^^'

@achintyanaithani889 4 жыл бұрын

Extra History always tends to create really ugly female sprites. As in, repulsively ugly.

@krankarvolund7771 4 жыл бұрын

@@achintyanaithani889 Honestly, I watched almost all episodes of Extra History, it's the first time it distrub me ^^'

@danielkriz7533 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know what’s waiting there on that beach? Immortality. TAKE IT, it’s yours!

@rockthered8706 4 жыл бұрын

FINALLLY!!! OMG I JUST FINISHED READING THE ILIAD, ODDYSEY AND AENEID A MONTH OR SO AGO!!

@Kurtizss 4 жыл бұрын

Greece: We did it! We defeated the Trojans! The Trojans to Romans Invading Greece: *Hey*

@micheasz2552 4 жыл бұрын

*Hey.... what !?*

@KasumiRINA 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the burn when it's 3000 years since and Greece does NOT own a meter of land in Asia Minor.

@TH3F4LC0Nx 4 жыл бұрын

Is this the one where Brad Pitt is so hot he could melt steel?

@RovingTroll 4 жыл бұрын

No that's fight club.

@RovingTroll 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wait no I was thinking of Snatch.

@RovingTroll 4 жыл бұрын

Scratch that, I was just thinking of brad pit.

@vicenzostella1390 4 жыл бұрын

We don't mention that movie around mythology buffs.

@AverageAwesomeDude 4 жыл бұрын

Vicenzo Stella but among sweaty glistening abs and sexy in men in skirts enthusiasts we never stop mentioning it

@aonyoutube4638 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t take credit for half of every single grade I have gotten ever because this channel should 😂 keep doing what your doing!

@vonzigle 4 жыл бұрын

The artwork is fantastic!

@Whightknight16 4 жыл бұрын

Finally a version of the story that doesn’t blame Helen, in a good version of the retelling she was taken either against her will or by the gods she didn’t choose to leave

@marcello5794 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@marcello5794 4 жыл бұрын

Now no one can say they are first haha

@pocketsand5216 4 жыл бұрын

You're first

@vyrva5690 4 жыл бұрын

you are first have this : 🍪

@Superlegend56 4 жыл бұрын

Throws blue shell*

@gabemobley3851 4 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing video

@myway8576 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like that's what I needed all along 👌

@keshkeeper14 4 жыл бұрын

Do a series on the Maratha empire

@stollinroned5090 4 жыл бұрын

They always were OP in Empire total war

@keshkeeper14 4 жыл бұрын

Mendicant Bias I know

@keshkeeper14 4 жыл бұрын

Rollin Stoned I am from their surviving Indian state

@Yannis1a 4 жыл бұрын

1:20 this is a common mistake, Apollo is the god of "light", arts and the oracles, and Hellios is the god of the sun Apollo's "Light" represented both physical and mental illumination, he is the god of Illumination not of the Sun

@Gigawolf1 4 жыл бұрын

Apollo and Artemis do take on a Solar & Lunar aspect at some point, but I think that was added after the classical period

@husainabedi 4 жыл бұрын

From what I understand, Apollo was the initial charioteer of the 'sun-chariot' following the defeat of the Titans. However, he shunned the responsibility after his son Phaeton was tragically killed in a freak accident. Helios, his apprentice, took up the mantle and became the God of the Sun. As the other comment noted though, these stories were often "adjusted" by authors across different time period and the version I detailed above comes from Ovid in his Metamorphoses and Stephen Fry in Mythos.

@Yannis1a 4 жыл бұрын

Gigawolf1 In Roman Mythology both Artemis and Selene (the Greek Goddess of the Moon) were Diana But The Roman Apollo was different from Sol, until Sol replaced Apollo in the late Roman period

@mrahmedfuad2656 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video 🌷

@BlakedaBull 4 жыл бұрын

Sing muses of Achille’s wraith , the deep ditches of the dead for Paris’s lust , against that swollen Agamemnon ego- great stuff , those last few seconds - muah seeing illiad in the myth series frame is perfect.

@byzantineboi8345 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they’ll mention my boi Aeneas the grandfather of Rome

@BenItsa 4 жыл бұрын

AENEAS CHADUS MAXIMUS

@byzantineboi8345 4 жыл бұрын

Dovahhatty ?

@thisrandomdude2880 4 жыл бұрын

Aeneas, or as I like to call him, "Roman bootleg Odysseus"

@davidwilliam9681 4 жыл бұрын

I think Aeneas deserves his own series, not just a cameo.

@BenItsa 4 жыл бұрын

@@byzantineboi8345 Who else to reveal the truth about Rome?

@fabiansuckfull9446 4 жыл бұрын

Fun face: that wine Red Sea comment in the beginning is taken as evidence that ancient Greeks couldn’t see blue as a separate Color. This idea is reinforced by the face that the Color blue isn’t mentioned once in the Iliad. There’s also quite some interesting research behind how culture shapes our Color perception.

@adamwu4565 4 жыл бұрын

It's not that they couldn't "see" blue, but that, not having a word in their language for blue, they did not distinguish blue from a shade of green.

@KasumiRINA 4 жыл бұрын

Chinese language didn't have a separate character for blue and green either. But if you think that's strange, English-speaking people ALSO group two separate colours with the word "blue", while most mainland European languages and Hebrew have separate words for both different colours blue and... sky blue. Like, the rainbow got 7 colors, not 6.

@jack_corvinus 4 жыл бұрын

The Iliad and other ancient myths are so incredible because they can communicate the realities of life, war, virtues and vices better than real life ever could.

@matthewp6727 4 жыл бұрын

great graphics man dat looks cool

@Rabbit-the-One 4 жыл бұрын

As a Discordian, I would like to point out some flaws.

@tigeriussvarne177 4 жыл бұрын

FIVE TONS OF FLAX!

@tobybartels8426 4 жыл бұрын

‘One day Mal-2 consulted his Pineal Gland and asked Eris if She really created all of those terrible things. She told him that She had always liked the Old Greeks, but that they cannot be trusted with historic matters. "They were," She added, "victims of indigestion, you know."’

@arbuz_kawon 4 жыл бұрын

fffffffffffffffffffffffnord

@999lemonjello 4 жыл бұрын

But the Law of Fives is never wrong.

@MarkSiefert 4 жыл бұрын

Fnord.

@britishperson6276 4 жыл бұрын

Nobodys gonna ask the 8:46 vid?

@britishperson6276 4 жыл бұрын

crow with a knife thanks,

@shatteredknight1129 3 жыл бұрын

Best explanation I found on Iliad. Other explanations don't ever make anything clear about their background.

@kurapikachu8849 2 жыл бұрын

This really help me.

@njord3582 4 жыл бұрын

Is the next video gonna be an epic store exclusive

@IndustrialQueue 4 жыл бұрын

I’m curious what the reasoning for skipping the part where to get wind for the Greek ships, someone had to murder *ahem* sacrifice their daughter to the gods. The 5:10 specifically says “after a week.” So I might be forgetting how long that myth takes to happen.

@cristian8402 4 жыл бұрын

before the war he sacrfice her to Artemis

@TurquoiseInk 6 ай бұрын

That business of being carried off like a goat is absolutely terrifying. But I am loving the series and channel.

@aadarshbalireddy2939 4 жыл бұрын

I'd be super interested in an extra history episode about the history that might have inspired the Illiad or at least mycenean history in general. Some of my favorite videos about myths are from OverlySarcastic when Red delves in the mycenean origins of greek myths and the evolution of the deitites from the Greek dark ages. Super fascinating stuff!

@ahmedyasir9494 3 жыл бұрын

So the Trojan war happened cause of simps, damm

@cheezemonkeyeater 4 жыл бұрын

4:44 - ". . . to all of the kings and princes of Ikea." They would come just as soon as they could figure out how to finish putting the chair together.

@seanfriedlund3346 4 жыл бұрын

poor Helen, she was just having a nice day when this guy comes up to her and says: we're betrothed now bc me and the guys "drew straws" over u

@One-sg6iz 4 жыл бұрын

I was fangirling so hard at the beginning of this, but I kind of realized that there's a bunch of things missing. Like, they didn't even mention Hector, for one, or the fact that it was him leading the army, not Paris. Also, I feel like there a number of things, that were missing their context, like Paris's backstory, Eris's reasoning for bringing the apple. Also, also, Helen chose Menelaus; it wasn't random. Like, after Odysseus gave his idea, and all the suitors took the vow, Helen was given the choice, and that's who she chose. Love that you're doing this series though. You're one of my favorite channels on KZfaq, and I can't wat to see what happens nexttt.

@mureithikivuti 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody : [happily living their lives] The gods: Im gonna fuck this shit up so much.....

@ImmmaI 4 жыл бұрын

I already knew about the battle but never understood why it happened, so happy to know

@Chacorambruh 4 жыл бұрын

Even when they make these videos these will never be the same, as for the video yesterday

@thecritic860 4 жыл бұрын

I hope that they continue the story after this to begin the Odyssey

@marto8044 4 жыл бұрын

I can't hold myself from asking about the previous video.

@deadoralev 4 жыл бұрын

thank you.

@TheAcunianGamer 4 жыл бұрын

One of the first myths I learned of as a child, apart from Alexander the great where he a myth and not real. Looking forwards to the rest of this series!