The Worst Punishments of Greek Mythology | Greek Mythology Explained

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Today we explore the stories surrounding some of the worst punishments that appear in Greek mythology. These stories include figures such as Medusa, Arachne and Lamia as well as a host of Greek kings including Minos, Tantalus, Ixion, Sisyphus and Erysichthon.
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Title: The Worst Punishments of Greek Mythology - (Greek Mythology Explained)
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@MythologyFictionExplained 3 жыл бұрын

Who ended up with the worst punishment?

@TheNumber 3 жыл бұрын

The guy who did the bad thing

@kokoskully 3 жыл бұрын

King Tantalus

@lowesgameing2003 3 жыл бұрын

Acteon

@arbknight12 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Prometheus? Zeus punished him for giving man the gift of fire

@MrPink-qf1xi 3 жыл бұрын

Erysichthon

@Celestial7Heavens 3 жыл бұрын

So Zeus punishes anyone who has the hots for Hera, but it’s okay for him to cheat on her on a daily basis? XD

@samwisegg5500 3 жыл бұрын

Power move

@Zoe-rn5cr 3 жыл бұрын

Chad

@Rodiacreed 3 жыл бұрын

Well he is king of the gods and ruler of the universe. Many mortal monarchs have had hundreds on lovers and Zeus is a god.

@anselmareich3549 3 жыл бұрын

The double standards of the ancient Greek world. -_-

@trenton227 3 жыл бұрын

He's the father of the gods he can do whatever he wants.

@Shadowkiller-dq2ju 3 жыл бұрын

Zeus is anything but a loving and loyal husband

@H240909 3 жыл бұрын

R/whoosh

@nikkisummerside27 3 жыл бұрын

Which then reduces any sort of regard for Zeus

@H240909 3 жыл бұрын

@@nikkisummerside27 Seriously, do you guys not know what sarcasm is? Because he was clearly being sarcastic in the video.

@gz6746 3 жыл бұрын

Copied

@river5414 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair he was loving though. He really LoVeD women

@MrKhho100 3 жыл бұрын

I think Prometheus had the most f'ed up punishment. Not for the punishment. But for the reason itself. He wanted to bring knowledge to his people.

@thedukeoflegends1981 3 жыл бұрын

zues was angry because it's easier to rule the ignorant and fearful

@Rkenton48 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I was just about to ask about Prometheus, though all of the punishments listed in the video pertain to humans/mortals, not other Titans.

@davidjones272 3 жыл бұрын

It's the same as the tower of babel in the Bible, God's like their followers ignorant and supplicant

@Rkenton48 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidjones272 so do religious leaders, but when they get sick or injured, they run to the scientists for healing, not their fellow priests. Hm....

@silasfrisenette9226 3 жыл бұрын

Fire, not knowledge, right? 🤔🤔

@alexanderfarmer7315 3 жыл бұрын

"He can either be transformed into a girl, or just die. Which admittedly isn't much of a choice." I laughed out loud hard at this.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

Worlds first documented trans person.

@alexanderfarmer7315 3 жыл бұрын

@@funkyfiss see, i laughed because the obvious choice is death

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderfarmer7315 LoL

@notnero5280 3 жыл бұрын

@@funkyfiss "Worlds first documented trans person" lmfaoooooo

@heyhowsitgoing1721 3 жыл бұрын

Now, I’m not gay but if I were given the choice to die or become a woman, I’d gladly have a vagina and breasts. That sounds pretty cool actually.

@richardnathanielmercadal205 3 жыл бұрын

Zeus: World's Greatest man-child

@vigilantvillain8802 3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@mpaauwe0519 3 жыл бұрын

Wut

@aloysiusprasetyo3737 2 жыл бұрын

Tantalus deserved that

@Rawkwilder 3 жыл бұрын

Artemis should have ask spider girl for a shower curtain.

@Rkenton48 3 жыл бұрын

lol. That would've saved a lot of people from harm, huh?

@carldanielemnace2411 3 жыл бұрын

Yah Artemis should’ve did that and asked now a spider Arachne

@sarahbellee.bradburn8760 3 жыл бұрын

This comment is incredibly underrated

@TheShadowHatter 3 жыл бұрын

The worst is the stag transformation only because he didn't mean to peep on her and him calling out his dogs was also as a kindness to not disrespect her, and yet she still punishes him for something out of his control. The others had their reasons but this one was just fucked.

@Heyprinny 3 жыл бұрын

It was written by Ovid, who had a bit of an anti-authority/anti-gods attitude on account of being banished from Rome

@becbanok8216 3 жыл бұрын

@@Heyprinny Most myths paint the gods in a negative light

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

She did warn him though. Not her fault he didn't listen properly to what she was saying. Many wives can relate.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

@@becbanok8216 This is true, gods were not seen as perfect but flawed. With human flaws.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

@Somewhat_salted Oh No! You NEVER want to piss off the old gods. Their vengeance was always bad.

@miss_xandra_mars 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely Erysichthon in my mind. Being so ravenous with hunger that you wind up mindlessly devouring yourself in hopes of satisfying it? Nightmare fuel right there. Love your channel!

@Changeling-hn3hn 2 жыл бұрын

I've always felt bad for the hunter who accidentally peeped on Artemis only to get turned into a stag and ripped to pieces by his own dog. Homie made a genuine mistake and got killed for it, shit is messed up yo.

@stevecouldbeme9288 2 жыл бұрын

Women:

@kirbymarchbarcena 3 жыл бұрын

KING: I am king! Nothing is above my authority and power! GODS: Let us show you what "god-mode" is!

@zach6395 3 жыл бұрын

Zeus sips his coffee: Hmmmm

@magpie_in_blue317 3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to King Lycaon of Arcadia, who fed one of his own sons to Zeus at a feast to see if the god was truly all-knowing. I guess he got his answer when Zeus got so pissed, he turned Lycaon in a wolf to devour the remaining sons. Thus we get Lycanthropes, or werewolves.

@shauntempley9757 2 жыл бұрын

Then there is the version where Zeus threw a lightning bolt in Lycaon's halls, then turned him into a lycanthrope while he was running away.

@colinm2056 3 жыл бұрын

These punishments are nothing compared to a single day at the DMV!

@cheesepuffmcgruff30 3 жыл бұрын

We don't mention that name here.

@Rkenton48 3 жыл бұрын

That's where the Greek Gods work now, inflicting horrible trials/tribulations on us mortals.

@av2155 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@screamindog8772 2 жыл бұрын

Susaneous, goddess of the DMV, patron of monotone voices and the slow ticking of clocks, rituals are often performed in her honor by having pictures taken of the souls of mortals wandering into her domain.

@AnnaBridgland 3 жыл бұрын

Doomed to feel a hunger that could never be satisfied...sounds like being pregnant 😂

@ericostling4727 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂

@itsMeUhDanii 3 жыл бұрын

True!!!

@sparkslegends7482 3 жыл бұрын

King Erysichthon and Acteon punishments are the worst. King Erysichthon eats himself and Acteon is turned into a stag and eaten by his hunting dogs.

@Alphapkmn 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Acteon was peeping on ARTEMIS while she was bathing. And peeping on a lady bathing is already a douchy thing to do. When said lady is one of the CORE TWELVE GODS

@sparkslegends7482 3 жыл бұрын

@@Alphapkmn, he didn't know he was peeping on her and before he could explain she cursed him.

@isaklal518 3 жыл бұрын

@@sparkslegends7482 he must have seen the nymphs but he become too stupid to peep at a woman who is served by many women and still peep he could have been a queen

@FengLengshun 3 жыл бұрын

I can't agree because in their case at least they didn't have to suffer for eternity. The two kings that has to suffer for eternity was the worst simply because the infinite scale of eternity. If we're talking about worst in the context of undeserving then I'll say Arachne and Medusa won that contest.

@Xehanort10 3 жыл бұрын

And for Erysichthon it was just because he chopped one of Demeter's favourite trees down. Condemning somebody to eternal hunger for cutting down a tree she liked is really petty.

@1997Linds 3 жыл бұрын

I just realized something, apollo is older then Hermes because the day after being born Hermes steals Apollo's cows. However Hermes delivers Zeus and Hera's marriage invites. However now comes my confusion Hera sent a giant snake after Leto for sleeping with her husband. But How can they be married when Hermes isn't born yet to deliver the invites?

@martijnalblas1761 3 жыл бұрын

That's mythology for ya. You shouldn't read too deeply into it, over half of the stories will fall apart that way

@1997Linds 3 жыл бұрын

@@martijnalblas1761 That's very true 😅

@betsymusumba2150 3 жыл бұрын

Hermes had the gift to grow very quickly and also change to a child,remember he stole Apollo's cattle then changed himself to a child again.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

They were renewing their vows. The first marriage was a small affair. They wanted to go all out on their second.

@jamessirot854 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't the wedding last for like 300 years?

@mysterionslyther5762 3 жыл бұрын

Hera has the worst case of obsession with zeus lovers

@mathieuleader8601 3 жыл бұрын

the punishment that Tantalus has got was very creative and understandable as the Olympians got eaten by their dad Chronos

@concept5631 8 ай бұрын

No wonder why they gave his kid a shiny shoulder.

@OnizukaAllMighty 3 жыл бұрын

I am so digging the intro, great stuff my man

@diegos7337 3 жыл бұрын

The worst Punishment is to be turned into a rat and be taken by the trash man!

@chocobochick5390 3 жыл бұрын

what's wrong with being a rat?

@screamindog8772 2 жыл бұрын

@@chocobochick5390 just the occasional person trying to kill you in a multitude of violent ways because you were raising your babies in their garage

@chocobochick5390 2 жыл бұрын

@@screamindog8772...It was rhetorical

@Belleayeesha 3 жыл бұрын

So it seems Artemis needed to have her baths in more private places 👀

@hunterandre6360 3 жыл бұрын

Would you consider doing a video on the creation of the universe in Norse Mythology it has always confused me

@IronDragon-2143 3 жыл бұрын

I think he already did

@bloodstoneore4630 3 жыл бұрын

in short; two worlds (fire and ice) merge and form the current system is what I heard

@Sandlin22 3 жыл бұрын

That video is in his Norse Playlist. Maybe look before asking?

@Valigarmanda 3 жыл бұрын

Basically in the beginning there was this giant Ymir, whom the three brothers Odin, Vili and Vé killed. The three brothers dragged Ymir's lifeless body towards the center of Ginnungagap, this is the place where they created the world from the remains of Ymir. The blood became the oceans, rivers, and lakes. The flesh became the land.

@maccurtis730 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the most important question does Zeus play the song wheel of fire for King Ixion as Herms spins him around on that wheel of fire?

@ElleBelle2303 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the stories are given in a metaphorical sense

@richturteil2 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for dante's inferno pt.2... still good content

@danieldorsz1047 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@br1mst0ne54 3 жыл бұрын

purgatorio

@debbyseabi 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@ajjpg-km3us 3 жыл бұрын

Good news, part 2 is out^^

@sleeplesssongbird7625 3 жыл бұрын

Doth mine ears hear correctly? Were the words "kind" & "loving" used in the same sentence as the name "Zeus?" 🤣 (Yes I know it was sarcasm I just find that hilarious.) This was a very well-done video!

@jeremiaas15 3 жыл бұрын

I'd add Kassandra and Echo. Being forced to always try to help yet always be ignored.

@raginbacon9202 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Could you would you please bring Dantes inferno pt 2 to my life

@miss_xandra_mars 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@derrickhaggard 3 жыл бұрын

In some versions of these myths the one who did the punishing was the eldest child of Nyx Nemesis the Goddess of Vengeance, and Retribution and her role was basically punishing the wicked humans who committed crimes some minor like Narcissus when he cause the nymph Echo to die from a broken heart in the literal sense, but mostly major ones with the two crimes that really guarantee a wicked human was getting a less-then pleasing visit from Nemesis were hubris, and breaking a oath. So yeah this so-called proto-goddess was one who was both respected and fear at the same time. And yes proto-goddess is technically the correct term as most myths have Nemesis being older then the main Olympians and older then most of the Titans.

@IronDragon-2143 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on the Winter Goddess Skadi from Norse and Germanic Mythology and Folklore?

@andrewrawlings5220 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing out that it was Ovid, rather than the Greeks who would never have dreamed of doing so, who conducted the character assassination of Athena (as part of his 'All gods are jerks, The Emperor is a god, therefore the Emperor is a jerk' stealth attack on the man who banished him).

@WraythSkitzofrenik 7 ай бұрын

THANK you

@JaythePandaren 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't there a version where Zues expels exion from Olympus and then struck him down afterwards for drunkenly bragging about how he bedded the Goddess hera?

@markbloom1165 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a part two of the Divine Comedy

@pixelcanvas2814 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos they make my day!

@giants2k8 3 жыл бұрын

The art style in this video is utterly fantastic.

@Calvin300clan 3 жыл бұрын

I am obsessed with history and lore and the blending of the 2

@MrFossil367ab45gfyth 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Another character who is punished is Phlegyas, son of Ares and King of Lapiths or Boeotia. He got enraged when he found out that Apollo seduced his daughter, he burned his temple. Due to this, Apollo killed him and Phlegyas was then punished in Tartarus "the hellish regions of the Underworld". According to Virgil's "Aeneid", Aeneas as he travels through the Underworld encounters Phlegyas being punished. His punishment is that he is bricked up into a wall and force to look at a table full of food.

@antonioc5062 3 жыл бұрын

I always found Thanatos story about being trapped in the underworld and death ceasinginteresting. Because he is only God of Peaceful Death his sisters Keres were violent death. So technically there would still be death in things like war, murder, suicide etc. Also random silly thought can you imagine how busy Atropos must be cutting threads during a thing like war? Lol. P. S. You are my favorite mythology KZfaqr no one holds a candle to you.

@farah_nm162 3 жыл бұрын

I want a part 2 of this video. It's really interesting...and I love your content😍😍

@larryearlvictor6289 3 жыл бұрын

That intro is awesome

@thehomebird999 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are getting more & more professional with every upload. It’s amazing to see your growth

@brodacyrex 3 жыл бұрын

You’re “early enough” congrats you found this

@pixelcanvas2814 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@TheMetaB 3 жыл бұрын

Thx dad

@qscorpionic 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@slugwaffles 3 жыл бұрын

I see you

@robbabcock_ 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff!

@afroemperorfictionmythology 3 жыл бұрын

Really refreshing video...!

@HyperionaSilverleaf 3 жыл бұрын

Please cover Alaskan Indigenous folk beliefs and myths!

@DeltaOdyssey 3 жыл бұрын

I barely know anything about inuit folklore besides senna and the story of the sun and moon, so that would be pretty good to see.

@DeltaOdyssey 3 жыл бұрын

Plus, some of Saturn's moons have names which originate from inuit folklore.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

It was a great sin to treat any guest in a bad manner as Zeus was also the god of hospitality. So killing a guest was seen as a strike against the king of the gods himself.

@SonicSupremeSGT3 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, King Ixion, the real reason why the Dark Side of Sagittarius exists.

@Modesta888 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed. Dantes Inferno seem to be the only video that has gotten 1.6m+ views for you. Please do pt2.

@jimm1villa 3 жыл бұрын

Great channel this!

@wyattrichards1896 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I haven’t watched in a while and the graphics have really been kicked up a notch! Good stuff

@s.o.q2914 3 жыл бұрын

I always love your guys intro and videos

@anastasiumircea 3 жыл бұрын

Your content is awesome! Would love to see a video about Wukong. I don't know if you already made one. I searched your playlists but didn't find one. Cheers and good luck with your channel!

@171QA 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, hospitality was taken very seriously in Ancient Greece. I wonder when the origins of that came about?

@yarasamir9767 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual, although I would really appreciate it if you wrote timestamps in the description box or even the names mentioned in the video as they are sometimes misspelled by auto generated subtitles 😅

@MrPink-qf1xi 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend the movie Triangle 2009 and The Lighthouse 2019, if you liked this video's subject matter, very good movies too.

@kemuelMiller 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I love your intro! So cool

@williamcastro2963 3 жыл бұрын

It was like reliving 2020 all over again.lol

@thegreatbocaj 3 жыл бұрын

This would be a good series for each mythology. Would really like to hear the worst punishments for Egyptian and Norse mythos.

@gmoney4980 3 жыл бұрын

More please!

@YoWhoDat 3 ай бұрын

Your artist is on another level.

@yousraamarki6415 3 жыл бұрын

Maaan i love your videos

@zach6395 3 жыл бұрын

Heracles had it pretty rough fom Hera, the twelve labors and all

@edsonmarlon 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual, how are you though? I remember that in one of your videos you said you were having audition problems, hope you are doing better!

@jasonmeyer1349 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear you talk on the Lougarou shapeshifter in Haiti. In my college class one of my friends really did believe in it.

@lavenderandchrysanthemums9441 3 жыл бұрын

The greek gods sure were "creative."

@RyanDanielG 3 жыл бұрын

Very tantalizing video. More please

@johnsmith-wj7qf 3 жыл бұрын

another great vid!!!! thank you.

@torshawnmomon2416 3 жыл бұрын

I like this video I love Greek mythology can you make a video about the king lycos

@jeff33herndon 3 жыл бұрын

All of M&FE are great! I wish it was available to podcast as well.

@fl3a445 3 жыл бұрын

Good video

@jayart5980 3 жыл бұрын

Cool and interesting topic...😁😁😁👍👍👍

@ObviouslyNotYou 3 жыл бұрын

The opening just gets better and better #NeverGetsOld

@mutationally 2 жыл бұрын

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy." How would you guys interpret this?

@VideoJe1 3 жыл бұрын

Wow great intro btw.

@kizaruthegreat 3 жыл бұрын

can you maybe do one about medusa and her sisters? always wanted to know more about eurlyle (not sure if written correctly) and stheno

@jaydraws4881 3 жыл бұрын

Upon learning that Zeus has thing with Xenia, that makes the Ixion situation kinda funny.

@lirettesquad7706 3 жыл бұрын

I think that you should do the Echo story

@DarthRellek55 3 жыл бұрын

I completely forgot you did these I've Been in bedtime stories alot

@KamiTenchi 3 жыл бұрын

This is why Kratos set everyone free from the gods.

@aarongarner4862 3 жыл бұрын

He’s not real

@KamiTenchi 3 жыл бұрын

@@aarongarner4862 Did I say he was real? Stop being so ignorant.

@HallowedLife 3 жыл бұрын

@@aarongarner4862 Your brain isn't real.

@thedukeoflegends1981 3 жыл бұрын

Men should not pray to monsters.

@starhaislip9118 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, love mythology so this channel is home to me. I know you only have 7 Egyptian videos and I found a Goddess I would like to know more about. Serket. Please keep her in mind and when you get the chance do a video one her. Thank you.

@Temptation666 2 жыл бұрын

The Nordic Loke's punishment was worse than any of these

@frywolnywoczykij4522 3 жыл бұрын

Opening music is epic

@dammyaden7513 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing.. Simply amazing

@humanity600 3 жыл бұрын

Best intro ever.

@KamenRiderHellhound 3 жыл бұрын

How is Hermes alive during the marriage of Zeus and Hera ..... as he's the YOUNGEST Olympian.

@mathieuleader8601 3 жыл бұрын

its maddening to think that Tartarus is Zeus's Great-Uncle

@theflyingdoom874 3 жыл бұрын

What is this intro, I am surprised :0 loved it :3

@mikilegovindsamy9874 3 жыл бұрын

I read an extract from the dresden files (book series) he says that hades was the only one who lived up to his responsibilities.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

Except for that one time he stole Persephone.

@mikilegovindsamy9874 3 жыл бұрын

@@funkyfiss Jim butcher theorized that Demeter suffered from empty nest syndrome and let it be known that Hades stole her. I'm mean besides that, how many other shenanigans did the other gods get up to? Zeus turned into a bull and seduced a virgin. Thus, the minotour was born.

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikilegovindsamy9874 Oh the gods where always up to shenanigans and were just as flawed as people. No god was perfect. I suppose it was the greeks explaining why nature was sometimes cruel and unfair. That your actions don't go unpunished or rewarded.

@mikilegovindsamy9874 3 жыл бұрын

@@funkyfiss but their actions went unpunished. Thems the benefits of being a god I suppose

@funkyfiss 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikilegovindsamy9874 only mortals get punished. Symbolically it was a way of keeping people humble. Like who do you think you are? A god? The gods did punish each other sometimes but noone could punish Zeus, that's why Hera took all her frustration and hate out on Zeus's lovers and children and never directed it towards him personally.

@imjustwolf 3 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked that Lycaon wasn't mentioned at all. Maybe I'm just a fan of wolves.

@MusikCassette 3 жыл бұрын

I think Prometeus is missing especially because of the unfairness.

@Lucifer_M0rningstar 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone of those kings Deserves their punishments they were greedy, selfish humans had the audacity to try and challenge and out smart the gods. The one True innocent one was Prometheus he didn't deserve that fate.

@supercanadaeh9483 3 жыл бұрын

I can get behind some of these for sure. Feeding people your kid is pretty high on the yikes teir, but some of these others kinda make me understand why Kratos did what he did in GOW. Damn, Artemis and Athena (depending on the version) don't mess around.

@hanzohattori7372 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you mythology &fiction explains for video 😀💯💯👍 I really enjoy your video and see u in history and the legend of history video to. Think worst punishment turn in to a spider like spiderman but do like real spider they scary.

@mathieuleader8601 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the Lamia from the Spook Chronicles by the Delaney does anyone else

@kyriakidisfotios2899 3 жыл бұрын

Arachne(Αράχνη) is the translate for the spider in Greek.

@atriumgamesmore4336 3 жыл бұрын

That Ahelios (guessing on the spelling) guy, honestly, pretty sweet deal. Punished by the most beautiful woman in the cosmos, got to see her show off how gorgeous she was, then get's turned into one of the most badass animals in nature? Fuck yeah, bro.

@Zachary-vw7dc 3 жыл бұрын

These gods need a soap opera

@zanethzarareth6747 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say sniffing cinnamon powder is up there... Thanks Kevin. You were a cruel brother holding my head to the cinnamon bowl every time we had to make mom pancakes when we were learning how to cook