Miscellaneous Myths: Io

The moon! The myth! The legend! The three millionth woman to live through an absolute nightmare just because Zeus couldn't be bothered to keep it in his pants!
Still had a better life than Callisto, though.
Pro tip, if someone is listed on wikipedia as a "lover" of zeus, that does not at all indicate that their relationship was consensual.
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[@rickytickytimbo9182]

Ovid's Medusa is the original "give-a-villain-a-sympathetic-backstory" trope

[@JaimeNyx15]

So Maleficent is just Disneyfied Medusa. Yeah, that checks out.

[@rainbowmothraleo]

And also inventor of the rule 63, being the first one to turn monster into a hot waifu

[@vintheguy]

All of you need use something that isn't tv tropes holy shit

[@Arkouchie]

@@vintheguy i mean this very channel dives into tvtropes, so

[@sourwitch2340]

@@rainbowmothraleo wait, that's not what rule 63 is.... The gorgon was always a woman, rule 63 is swapping genders. at best you're referring to rule 34 in the sense of 'take something strange and make it bangable', though that would really just be in bad taste given HOW Medusa was rewritten by Ovid, not as a super hot woman but as a victim of assault.

[@archsteel7]

Zeus appearing 3 times in the same family tree. **Good, great, amazing**

[@efecaktl5432]

OOH BABY A TRIPLE!!!

[@banjobill8420]

"A surprise to be sure, but a -welcome- expected one"

[@agihammerthief8953]

Sweet home Olympus

[@ThunderGleek]

No wonder Heracles is so strong... Zeus has f*

[@CrimsonBlasphemy]

Also Poseidon. Nothing like banging a great grand niece. Yet another reason immortality would suck, especially if you're unrestrainedly horny. Eventually you're gonna be related to just about everyone.

[@laffinggas8068]

The fact that Zues is in Heracles's family tower THREE TIMES is incredible, disturbing, and remarkably in character

[@BoopDaSnake]

Don’t forget about Poseidon in there!

[@SutaFokusu]

So Heracles is 4X more Olympian

[@videogollumer]

Meaning Heracles is slightly over 56% Zeus.

[@dangerousflyer4485]

I was confused by the "family tower" for a sec but honestly it's quite fitting lmao

[@sydryi3086]

the same thing for Dionysus, his mother was apparently a daughter of Ares.

[@SanjayMerchant]

"Hera is furious... at Io for some reason." Io's facial expression there is priceless. "Lady, how is ANY of this my fault!?"

[@cgt3704]

Fun fact:Io is a priestess to Hera. Thats one way to treat your disciples.

[@sausagetheman2363]

@@cgt3704 just like Medusa and athena

[@JayJayM57]

@@sausagetheman2363 you didn't pay attention. Medusa was seduce by Poseidon. The rape version was created by Ovid.

[@sausagetheman2363]

@@JayJayM57 I ment the Ovid version

[@JayJayM57]

@@sausagetheman2363 Yes but Ovid is a roman. he has the most complete work, but you need to read it with a grain of salt. he hated the greek gods and wrote them to be evil.

[@ShadowZealot7]

I feel that 80% of Greek myths are just like 'dammit Zeus, not again!'

[@rafaelfigfigueiredo2988]

The 20% have 10% as people being stupid and 10% zeus dad

[@SpaceCase132]

Yeah, it feels like Zeus’s family tree would be less of a tree and more of a wreath.

[@1Kapuchu100]

Nearly all problems in Greek mythology can be chalked up to Zeus not being able to keep it in the toga.

[@justabossman6147]

Welcome to ancient Greece. Where the head God is a guy who can't keep it in his pants, his wife is constantly jealous. Has a daughter that is a compulsive shipper, a mad lad, a party dude, king of the sea, sweet cinnamon roll of the underworld. And the rest of the Greek Pantheon who could barely keep the universe from collapsing in on itself

[@jeannette3138]

It's more "Damnit Zeus/Apollon/other god dude" + "gonna spice up the game by transforming in animals. Today It's gonna be a cow ! Because I ate beef yesterday"

[@RaymondChan119]

“Hera is mad at Io. For no reason.” So..a normal Tuesday?

[@saltefan5925]

Hera not being angry and vindictive happens every day Zeus keeps it in his pants.

[@irondolphin9387]

Salt Efan So never.

[@saltefan5925]

@@irondolphin9387 Sounds about right

[@saltefan5925]

@taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty I'd say Hermes is less likely to troll *anyone* than Zeus looking for something or someone to screw.

[@Anastas1786]

Oooh, _Hera_ being hysterical. Must be a day that ends in "Y".

[@chrisashford3379]

I always felt bad for Argus. Poor guy was just doin' his job.

[@bradpotts1747]

dude didn't deserve dat shit

[@CJCroen1393]

His legacy lives on in a bird, at least.

[@ayapsichos4610]

Is most telling it wasn't Hera that put the eyes on the peacock. It was when Io was under his watch, he raped her and she gave birth to the peacock

[@pikachusdisciple7389]

I dont reely no argus that much but i still feel bad for him

[@spongmongler6760]

yer doin me a concern with that rabble of words.

[@nemo_is_real]

*"REJOICE MORTAL, FOR I HAVE DECREED THAT WE SHALL BANG!"* god I love your jokes

[@chicknorton8839]

General Shepard as a God

[@sadtitties222]

@pleff floof Words any woman would want to hear. 🤣😂

[@ronjayrose9706]

@@sadtitties222 no woman

[@ahmedamine24]

Yorokobe, shoujo.

[@greywalker505]

@@chicknorton8839 “Commander.”

[@eatinganemone89]

"Rejoice, mortal, for I have decreed that we shall bang!" greatest pickup line in history

[@barleysixseventwo6665]

Too bad its coming from the worst pickup artist in mythology.

[@rockyblacksmith]

@@1000Tomatoes I mean, within a generation or two nobody will remember the last time he used it, so there's a chance it will work again.

[@agungpriambodo1674]

Zeus banged women without a pickup line for the next century, and disguised as an animal or their husband in 2 centuries later

[@Wertsir]

Well they can't say no, because of the implication.

[@Rainbowthewindsage]

Having read the orginal source, the actual pick up line was more like "Hey, Io, baby, did you know I'm the strongest god, you'll totally be safe with me if we go into these woods."

[@entr3_nou5]

Woman: **exists** Zeus: *_it’s free real estate_*

[@jammyjamfam1202]

Ganymede: am I a joke to you?

[@kingmerpyderp5947]

How bout naw

[@onyxsavior7179]

SyrinxPriest2112 Zeus: * slaps earth * this baby can fit so many illegitimate children

[@agungpriambodo1674]

Zeus also banged Hera (pre marrige), after rejecting his proposals & advances, Zeus knows Hera likes animals sooooo, Zeus turned into a cuckoo bird and chirped on her bedroom window, Hera let him in and hugged him in between her boobs, whereupon Zeus turns back and promptly bangs Hera

[@nonyabuiz6767]

Agung Priambodo one more reason to hate zeus. That god whore Zeus. So much shit wouldn’t have happened, if only SOMEBODY would’ve CUT HIS DICK OFF. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[@omida124]

"Screw Zeus" No! Don't screw Zeus. That's how 95% of Greek problems started!

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

The other 5% are only tangentially related to Zeus screwing things

[@canyouwriteanythinghere]

@@chaosandbunnies8291 I'm pretty sure the other 5% are Apolo falling in love or one of his kids doing something that pisses one of the other gods.

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

@@canyouwriteanythinghere And Apollo is the result of Zeus screwing someone

[@canyouwriteanythinghere]

@@chaosandbunnies8291 Yeah... And Zeus is Cronos' son and Cronos is Uranos' son and Uranos is... How was he born?

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

@@canyouwriteanythinghere Pretty sure Gaia made him, though I'm not sure how this relates to your original point.

[@R4yj4ck]

Zeus: How many times can I get myself in this guy’s family tree? Perseus: GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

[@Gondorian04]

Zeus: -Zoidberg noises as he charges into a random bedroom.-

[@monkey_blu]

"THAT'S AGAINST THE HOSPITALITY RULES!! PREPARE TO SUFFER!!"

[@whoknows7968]

@@monkey_blu It would be against the rules of hospitality IF I LET YOU IN BUT NO YOU JUST HAD TO BREAK IN THROUGH THE DOOR.

[@elrick44]

It's kinda weird that Heracles is technically the brother of his great grandpa

[@nathanreid268]

How can one family tree have so much incest

[@jaumeblanco5632]

"The greek equivalent of Godzilla" is the best description of Typhon i have heard in my life

[@SalreixVonOtsuu]

i mean, Godzilla often has the title "The King of the Monsters" and Typhon has the title "Father of all Monsters", so...

[@sarahouillette1357]

Agreed

[@triforceofcourage100]

Typhon would eat godzilla for lunch

[@paodepota8373]

Yeah real accurate

[@phoenixfire1074]

It’s extremely accurate

[@evanw6606]

When Zeus is at the start of a story: "Ah Crap, here we go again"

[@thechainwarden]

Corection: "Ah shit here we go again"

[@youcantbeatk7006]

*shit

[@harrowed2289]

If you're going to meme, do it right.

[@agungpriambodo1674]

Zeus is a wanker

[@month32]

@@agungpriambodo1674 He is not. And that is the problem.

[@Huy-G-Le]

Odin: Nerdy but have responsibilities. Ra: fatherly kind a responsibility. And here we have Zeus, the *Man child*

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

If you want a good dad, look at........ Maybe i choose the wring decision... Maybe... Hermes? Maybe Apollo.

[@Huy-G-Le]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 i am not sure about those 2.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@Huy-G-Le Apollo once let his kid ride the sun chariot... But then the chariot crashed in Afrika creating the Sahara

[@Huy-G-Le]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 lol, i guess

[@ajustice1768]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 That was Phaethon, the son of Helios. While I know Apollo and Helios are sometimes considered the same entity, from my experience, they are more commonly seen as separate deities but similar all the while, And in the version that I am most familiar with, Phaethon is driving the sun chariot and then promptly being shot down by Zeus with his lightning bolt after Phaethon caused brief destruction to the world. His forever scorching body fell into a body of water and it became extremely toxic. His sisters then found this lake and mourned for their brother until a god (Can't remember which) pitied them and turned them into trees that lined the edge of the body of water. And finally after all this, Helios, filled with grief, refused to drive the sun anymore, and passed it on to Apollo. So... yeah.

[@allenwalkeranime7968]

I just remembered that there is a part of the myth where Hera tricks Zeus into thinking she killed the "cow" and served it for dinner. She was seriously trolling her husband on that one.

[@DumbCrow1]

Is it wrong I find that funny?

[@User-jj1ng]

@@DumbCrow1 yes

[@sobersplash6172]

on one hand he deserves it on the other, Io doesn't deserve it

[@catiseith]

I am surprised that Zeus is compassionate enough towards the mortals he screwed to feel guilt and try to fix things.

[@allenwalkeranime7968]

@@catiseith If Zeus had a lick of compassion at all he wouldn't have screwed the mortals in the first place. He's just scared he won't get any lovin' from his wife if he gets caught.

[@bluesapphire170]

She deserves an award for escaping the mind games of Zeus and Hera. Also for making the biggest horn dog in Greek myths feel guilty.

[@agungpriambodo1674]

her reward should be immortality

[@alucard347]

@Benjamin Keslar it made me laugh, and then I remembered how fucked up it is.

[@alucard347]

@jeffery Fields No, not really The star formations and planets are named after them, not the other way around.

[@alucard347]

@jeffery Fields no, because when naming these planets, astronomers looked back to older mythology and tradition, and named them. so they named the biggest planet Jupiter, after the head of the deities. they named the planet closest to the sun, and as such also the fastest, Mercury, the fastest of gods. They named the red planet Mars, for the god of war. Neptun, for a far away, blue planet. Pluto, for a planet who's not exactly a planet, one which they are not sure if is in or not, just as pluto isn't really an olympian, or part of the main group. The only exception I know for this is Venus, as Venus and aphrodite were already associated with the morningstar since ages. Lucifer's apiteph, morningstar, came very much so from connections the Catholic church made between him and Venus, originally.

[@DolusVulpes]

@jeffery Fields the planets don't even have the same names as the Greek Gods, they have the names of the Roman versions of the Greek Gods.

[@Bengy.]

"oops, incest!" It's sad to think it's not the saddest part of that family tree.

[@jacket6213]

Isnt most of that family tree incest? I mean, Zeus and Poseidon been adding onto their own genepool.

[@youcantbeatk7006]

I don't think divine incest really means much.

[@drakolisklord8604]

I just think it is creepy that Zeus showed up three times in that family tree

[@broman2084]

said every family of very high political power in the medieval period

[@youcantbeatk7006]

@@broman2084 Is that an insult or a compliment?

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

Well this certainly explains why Hercules was such a badass considering he's got three doses of Zeus and a little bit of Poseidon in his family tree

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

@@AnimeAngel88 can't find it would you be willing to drop a link

[@AnimeAngel88]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2KZm4KMeJqepqM

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

@@AnimeAngel88 thanks homeboy

[@AnimeAngel88]

@@fearthepiggaming2998 I'm a woman.

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

@@AnimeAngel88 my bad still thank you

[@highlyopinionated5611]

Zeus: "I'm the king of the playboys!" Poseidon: "Challenge accepted, bro." Hades: "....Apparantly, I'm the only one here who ever grew up."

[@joaocisne556]

and hade had triplets with Persephone

[@shadowwriter329]

joaocisne556 to be fair to Hades he did marry her (or kidnapped then married depending on the source) and those kids are from that marriage. He also seems more responsible taking care of the underworld and the dead with far less myths is him messing around compared to his brothers.

[@shadowwriter329]

Hera: “Ahem.” Demeter: “Forgetting someone brother?” Hestia: *being adorable* Hades: “.....” Hera/Demeter: *glares* Hades: “My apologies Hestia, I didn’t mean to exclude you.” Hestia: “Forgiven brother.” Hera: “Now See Here!”

[@darkwhispersstories47]

@@shadowwriter329 me:No offense Hera while you are justified..doesnt exactly change the fact you cant make your Husband not sleep with Every mortal that still breathes..and i really dont think its fair to blame it on the kids dont ya think? Hades:Hera..sweety deary..no offense BUT FOR THE LOVE OF ME!You know how crowded this place gets when You trow a "Zeus did it again" tandrum..TOO MUCH you make Athena and Ares look like saints!

[@cesare_1302]

Then Disney show up...

[@karentrejo244]

Can we take a moment to realize how many branches Zeus single handedly created in his family tree.

[@laurence3128]

He's in there 3 times, and the last 2 instances are within a generations of each other. Also, hi Poseidon !

[@kirstenpaff8946]

Zeus also married his own sister. The mad man liked to keep things in the family.

[@SuperWowOMG123]

Yeah he banged his great great granddaughter.

[@epicremarc]

Still not as weird as Persephone

[@Generalfoley]

At that point, it's more like a knurled bush than a tree, lol

[@Dafuro]

Don't you love it when Zeus is your dad, great-great grandfather AND you great-great-great-great-great grandfather? *I sure do!*

[@seanboyd2898]

Maybe the insanity was due to the limited gene pool.

[@Dafuro]

@@seanboyd2898 That just leads me to believe everyone that comes into contact with the gods are all somewhat insane.

[@petermarsella6537]

Alabama 100

[@Rosegirl132]

Dafuro and your boyfriend?

[@elliehathaway3694]

And when he is you x amount of greats uncle in 20 different ways

[@colleenposley1084]

Io spelling out "KICK ZEUS IN THE" is the best thing I've ever seen.

[@agungpriambodo1674]

it should've been: Cut Zeus' .... Off

[@spacemegalodon5049]

I think everyone except Zeus agrees that he should get the Uranus treatment.

[@TheAustronaut03]

@@spacemegalodon5049 There was once a conspiracy led by hera to trap zeus forever and replace him with an olympian council. They managed to trap zeus with a special rope gods couldn't escape from, but a nymph found and freed him. Apollo had to work for 12 years as a slave to a human king, also he was turned into a human for that period. Ares wasn't allowed to kill anyone for 7 years. Hera was tied up and left to hang above a giant ravine for eternity. After a few weeks Athena convinced Zeus to let her go. And the nymph was made immortal. Also her daughter was banged by Zeus. The end.

[@spacemegalodon5049]

So that kinda proves my point except they didn't cut his balls off and throw them into the ocean.

[@PhoenixFlame321]

Fun Astronomy Fact: Io (Jupiter's moon) is one of the few satellites that have actual volcanism going on inside. The reason for that is that it's being pulled so hard by Jupiter's gravity that all the stress from the tidal forces produces Io's internal heat. Talk about an unhealthy planet/moon relationship.

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

Wasn’t Zeus Jupiter in Roman mythology, too? Interesting..

[@davidbanan.]

@@anonymouscausewhynot i think so, but thats the point if so

[@ramseykeilani9569]

@@davidbanan. Yeah, all the moons of Jupiter are named after different "lovers" of Jupiter/Zeus

[@rogaldorn2312]

That makes too much sense

[@Xalerdane]

Different Interesting Fact: Io’s volcanoes do not expel lava, but sulfur. Be very very glad that you have to wear a sealed space suit on Io. Or be very very glad that we’ll probably never go to Io or any of Jupiter’s moons, because Jupiter is so ridiculously radioactive that the only reasonable choice is to skip Jupiter and its moons entirely and head straight for Saturn’s moons instead.

[@dangreen3868]

Holy hell, someone actually managed to get away from Zeus and Hera? She deserves a medal!

[@fireline4765]

She deserves a fucking movie!!!

[@Hulkzilla0]

Being chased by a Fury makes you faster than Usain Bolt.

[@guobaisprecious2456]

Hell yea she does!

[@LadyLunarSatine]

I'd say statues and the like being made to honor you as divinity is better than a medal.

[@guobaisprecious2456]

@@LadyLunarSatine oh yea right

[@MrDj232]

I never understood the Athena's curse version of Medusa's origin, since there were other Gorgons. Thanks for clearing that up for me Red.

[@animallover6245]

Marduk Sometimes that’s explained by Poseidon and Medusa having a consensual relationship and Medusa’s sisters help them sneak into the temple.

[@Treegona]

As I heard the myth, Athena cursed Medusa and her two sisters into being gorgons, but for some reason, she made the two sisters immortal, while Medusa retained her mortality.

[@MusicMaster1371760]

This isn't the first time this happened...

[@Jotari]

Talk about victim blaming to the extreme. Not only does the woman get blamed for getting raped, but her bloody sisters get punished too by mere blood relation. Being Greek sucked.

[@leonr8255]

Don't trust Ovid's Medusa. It's full of shit.

[@sizzlybubbledragon5854]

Honestly Io is such an underrated person... Like, she went through all that crap and STILL got a happy ending AND GOT ZEUS TO FEEL SORRY??? AND SWEAR TO BACK OFF FOREVER????? WE STAN.

[@SaveVenice]

In school in year 5, we had a Greek day where everyone dressed up as people from myths. There were about 30 of Zeus and Aphrodite, but then I was there as Io.

[@concept5631]

​@@SaveVenice based

[@Silverwind87]

Compromise: Medusa was always a monster, but Poseidon still wanted to hit that.

[@kamronspencer4910]

Oh he did. Even before Ovid wrote his version there are small references to Poseidon “laying with Medusa” in a field of some kind.

[@CJCroen1393]

That's how I like to see it and there's definite evidence for it. Provided everything is *purely consensual,* I find it oddly sweet. Poseidon saw a hideous snake monster who turns anyone who looks upon her to stone and his first response is "WHO IS THAT FINE LOOKIN' LADY?

[@madmonkee6757]

Under the sea, under the sea...

[@mako3271]

@@CJCroen1393 It's Greek Mythology. Almost nothing is ever consensual!

[@rainbowmothraleo]

I mean, overall Poseidon is a bit safer than Zeus, and I like the idea of Medusa having an actual relationship with someone. Obviously not counting her sisters.

[@joeevans5770]

'the world's most powerful man child' I have never seen a better description of Zeus in all my life

[@meloh1na]

I didn’t think I needed to see a picture of Athena quickly smacking Arachne with a stick but here we are. Amazing work as always Red!

[@peterdumpel5729]

If I remember correctly, the picture is actually from red's video on arachne.

[@h0m3st4r]

It is, and Ovid’s version of the myth had it so that Athena did it out of jealousy for some reason, rather than the more widely accepted and reasonable canon that she did it because Arachne blatantly mocked her and her family with her tapestry.

[@ashleyyang8565]

Aspiring Marauder You mean from the Aphrodite video? As the Hellenized version of a Semitic god, read “Hellenized” as “Bastardized”. That was a video on a Greece god after all.

[@ignisleo4966]

«Screw Zeus» -... I don’t think that is a good idea, Red

[@Quintinohthree]

Doesn't matter, can't be avoided.

[@GuiSmith]

(Like the “in Russia” memes) In Greece, Zeus screw you

[@tron-do7ii]

.... how many famous teachers has zeus actuly... *ahem*’d

[@garrettallen7427]

tron 1112 fucked over? Probably a lot

[@ignisleo4966]

Way too goddamned many, He’s resposible for so many of the greek people who dies tragically due to upsetting Hera or somethng

[@timothygiltz1493]

"Because apparently Zeus has the self awareness of a stump tailed Macaque" is the best line I've heard all year.

[@Renvere]

Every time Zeus shows up in a story, I’m always like: “Yeah, this won’t make me somehow hate him more...” Instantly, I hate him more.

[@malcomalexander9437]

There are stories where Zeus isn't being an evil dick. For instance the thing with Tantalus: the guy who killed his own children and then fed them to the gods to see if they'd know what they were eating. The gods instantly knew and Zeus shoved him into Tartarus.

[@wave1090]

You shouldn't judge gods based on human morals. Zeus asked Prometheus to create us as play things for the gods after all.

[@daddyanonymous7802]

Mateo Wells that was Gaia

[@emeros8631]

You know it's make sense that they were made in our image. Or vice versa.

[@daddyanonymous7802]

My dog is named after that cheating poop and I don’t blame Hera for trying to kill Zeus

[@pithemathyt7099]

last time I was this early Zeus had a healthy marriage

[@andrewcarmichael2371]

So never

[@reecegallagher1822]

😂😂😂

[@A_the_loser]

OOF

[@phantom117b4]

so never

[@PreciousGrant369]

When was that? 😂

[@gregorymckenzie7511]

Zeus: Hey cow! Looks like you need a bull. Io: Ono

[@shadowking1380]

Hermes: “is it a booty call?” Zeus: “kinda” Hermes: “fine”

[@dezopenguin9649]

Ovid is living every fanfiction writer's dream, where his "fix-fics" are so famous that popular culture has completely replaced previous iterations with his.

[@TheHornedKing]

"Horns are cool". Damn right they are.

[@cramerfloro5936]

The Horned King Hell yeah

[@EdoDave]

Dunno, man. You seem pretty biased

[@nobodyinpar]

Damn, I was gonna comment that

[@stanislawwitkowicz918]

Mythology: _gives me random character_ Me: ok Mytholgy: _gives me random HORNED character_ Me: cool!

[@accordingtosophia]

I feel like your account was made specifically for that comment

[@pridelander06]

"Screw Zeus. Someone should really overthrow that guy." *Kratos would like to know your location*

[@davidrozo766]

God of war Kratos or actual Greek myth Kratos?

[@elrick44]

@@davidrozo766 My guess would be the one that actually killed Zeus, so video game?

[@Guciom]

@@davidrozo766 Greek myth Kratos is a winged enforcer of Zeus that never disobeyed him. He was the son of Pallas and Styx. And brother to Nike, Bia and Zelus.

[@steadyalbatross]

@@Guciom maybe kratos was named after the servant of Zeus as a sort of showing of respect? Ironic how that turned out

[@ASquared544]

pridelander06 Well, there was a prophecy in one Greek myth I heard that said Zeus would someday give birth to someone who would overthrow him, so if Kratos isn’t an option, another one is bound to pop up.

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

4:56 "Io is widely worshipped as a god" Specifically as the Egyptian god Isis.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Imagine her taking Ra's true name for some self-security in case Zeus kicks down Egypt's door to try something

[@joaocisne556]

@@JoshtheOverlander truth

[@wildcardjoey4776]

Really? This entire time I figured it was Hathor

[@nyxshadowhawk]

No, as Hathor. Hathor is the bovine goddess. Isis and Hathor were eventually conflated, though.

[@cqstlupin6074]

So this is why yukari's persona evolves into isis

[@izzy1221]

Welcome back to the hit reality show ‘GODSDAMNIT ZEUS’ in this episode, Zeus gets *cowed.* _I’ll see myself out._

[@talkingtaco879]

No, tell me more

[@kimiphillips8034]

Holy COW! I-Ove this show!

[@Gojiragon]

No, no. Stay! ENCORE! ENCORE!

[@alexandrapedersen829]

@@madelinecarroll7503 Both the woman and the entire fucking continent.

[@silentspirit8923]

Not just by Hera, but by an ACTUAL COW!!!

[@kennak5719]

Nobody: No one: Not a single person: Every Greek myth: aND THEN aLONG CAME zEUS

[@williamwyckoff]

he hurled his penis-bolt

[@konata736]

He came, he saw, he came

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

You know, he’s “father of gods and men” for a reason...

[@sketch-eee4165]

@@williamwyckoff It was a nAaAasty place.

[@gibraillagneau1302]

@@sketch-eee4165 There was *** wherever you stepped

[@Veryfreshveryflourish24]

Never call a woman cow. Call her Io.

[@chronicles2613]

A tragic victim of circumstance?

[@foxgamer8847]

Yukari fans be like.

[@armaggedon390]

@@foxgamer8847 You a Persona fan: Yukari Takeba. Me, an intellectual: Io Nitta from Devil Survivor 2.

[@LadyLunarSatine]

Where's the beef?

[@Gloomysushiroll]

Io means ‘me’ in italian

[@displacerkatsidhe]

So fun fact: In the full tree he's actually in there 5 times! D: Just only directly banging his own descendant 3 times... :| Io is his cousin a few generations later he bangs Taygete the Pleiad having Lacedaemon king of Sparta, then proceeds to BANG HIS OWN GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER Danae, who is in-turn the great-grandmother of Alcmene! And it gets worse! How much worse? Well Alcmene's grandma Astydamia is the great-granddaughter of Ares (meaning gg-granddaughter of Zeus, so more related!) and Alcmene's maternal grandfather is the grandson of Zeus again! spoilers! So basically Alcmene's AT LEAST a pinch god herself, both her parents are grandchildren of ZEUS, one is also a great-granddaughter of Ares... So yeah, Hercules came out at least 75% god... *cringe*

[@displacerkatsidhe]

So Spoilers: I actually did some rough genetics maths, and Hercules is in fact 74.7% God. I was off by .3...

[@justaamateur6533]

Sweet home alaba-

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

What

[@displacerkatsidhe]

@@tabletaussendienst2721 the greek gods did themselves a lot of incest. I just did a lot of math to see how much lol

[@paulkofler519]

It has not to do with with the divine genetics in this family tree but Alcmenes mother Anaxo is the daughter of Electryons brother (who both are children of Perseus -> grandsons of Zeus). So she married her own uncle. Gross

[@catpotato3697]

Fine looking lady: *Exists Zeus: This is the love of my life

[@WebofHope]

That's kind of a misinterpretation, most stories involving Greece's favorite adulterer rarely mention him being in love. He rarely looks at the same girl twice unless the first time didn't involve actually getting to do the deed. He's just hornier than a bunny in spring.

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

TheWebofHope Come to think of it...is there ever a real reason why Zeus wants to have sex with anything that moves?

[@justaguyiguess910]

Will Zeus ever keep it in his pants? No. No he won't. What did you expect?

[@cthonisprincess4011]

TotalHumanScum if it weren't for Zeus’ libido, Greek mythology would be a whole lot boring.

[@manamongmen3381]

Well technically, he doesn't wear pants...

[@pretzelbomb6105]

Honestly, I’m just happy the Ancient Greeks had just ONE god be the inciting incident for half of their heros. Most of the other ones at least try and court the people they fall in love with. Imagine if ALL the gods in the pantheon acted like Zeus. Greek Myths would probably be classified as Erotica.

[@MrAranton]

How can he? In the depictions I've seen he's either naked or wearing some kind of robe... It's hard to keep _it_ in article of clothing you're not wearing.

[@PipPanoma]

Next comes a stoy of how Zeus had his dick cut off and was killed by the pantheon after the Olympians. Then the dick fell in the sea and that's why electric eels exist.

[@impiish5414]

REJOICE, MORTAL, FOR I HAVE DECREED THAT WE SHALL *BANG*

[@Generalfoley]

I'm stealing that for my D&D campaign

[@impiish5414]

@@Generalfoley lol. may i ask where it fits in your story? i'm curious.

[@Generalfoley]

@@impiish5414 Got a bard that's thinking of multiclassing into being a Warlock, I figure I might as well make it fitting.

[@impiish5414]

@@Generalfoley that could go so many different ways and i'm here for it. gl

[@kimiphillips8034]

🖕 U, ZEUS! You go to Tartarus and rot, Asshole!

[@autumnfox4906]

I had always been confused by the fact that she was one of the Gorgan SISTERS and the fact every source I had said that she was TRANSFORMED into a gorgan even though it never mentioned her sisters being transformed too. So... THANK YOU!!!!

[@Cell287]

Yup. Three Gorgon sisters. And then Ovid made up the backstory cause he hated the emperor

[@AtticusKarpenter]

@@Cell287 and being too lazy for not doing plotholes and give tragic backstory to someone who not have close relatives of same monster-kind

[@Cell287]

@@AtticusKarpenter yup

[@edgarwolfe9]

It might have been the translation I read (I read a free PDF of the Theogony), but it says that, while Medusa was a sister of the Gorgons she started as a mortal and "Suffered a woeful fate." It also states she slept with Poseidon. Did I read a bad translation or?

[@jessnalulila5552]

​​@@edgarwolfe9 the "woeful fate" was described as the fact that Medusa wasn't immortal like her sisters Stheno and Euryale. Here's a translation from the Theogony they are Sthenno, Euryale, and Medousa (Medusa), whose fate is a sad one, for she was mortal, but the other two immortal and ageless both alike. Poseidon, he of the dark hair, lay with one of these, in a soft meadow and among spring flowers.

[@subatomicgxn7807]

“And never has to deal with Zeus again!” Io: *flips Zeus off* Me: YES. SHOW HIM THE ALMIGHTY MIDDLE ONE

[@AishaVonFossen]

Every time I watch this video, I pause that frame and just stare at it with deep satisfaction. LOL

[@noclue4108]

AishaVonFossen I thought the same until I realized that Zeus shows up multiple times throughout the family tree of her descendants...

[@AishaVonFossen]

@@noclue4108 * sigh * Yeah, technically she would deal with him again, at least through her family to come. But at least she herself wouldn't. LOL

[@agungpriambodo1674]

yeah, that's great happy ending

[@chteretreeart]

Last time I was this early hyacinthus was still alive

[@plasma-chan8980]

Chtere 201855 MOOD

[@Art-zp1qg]

Chtere 201855 we shall always remember Oh... I need more of the gay

[@sherwinpote9207]

Me to

[@mysticalkeyblade759]

OHHH SHIT BOI! Are you Helios’s son cause you got burned!

[@youtbuecraert]

HUSHSHSHSHS

[@jordanloux3883]

Hades to Argus: So you ended up getting killed because of my brother's infidelity? Persephone, we need another apology pack! Persephone: HOW ARE WE ALMOST OUT ALREADY?!??!

[@margaretschaufele6502]

Love this. I like the image of Hades and Persephone just fed up with Zeus's BS, and maybe Hera coming to Persephone for comfort.

[@jordanloux3883]

@@margaretschaufele6502 'Comfort.' Please, we know they're just planning creative ways to torture him together while Hades makes tea

[@margaretschaufele6502]

@@jordanloux3883 oh that sounds better, yeah.

[@CABRALFAN27]

@@jordanloux3883 Not that Hera is anywhere even close to innocent in most of these cases.

[@downsidebrian]

I'm loving the family tree bit. Also, just realized, since Ares is Heracles's brother, and Hippolyta was the daughter of Ares, one of his Labors, which he was supposedly doing as pennance, was to bang his niece and steal her underwear. I think, with all the Zeus in his ancestry, he wound up more Zeus than Zeus is.

[@hanbigim]

lmaooo "more zeus than zeus is"

[@tacorobo9226]

well he also ended up marrying his sister

[@jessnalulila5552]

I don't think a belt count as underwear

[@chloemajeske6189]

So Zeus is Heracles' Great-something grand father, and his dad. Nifty.

[@xanderxalamander9492]

He is Great-something grand father TWO TIMES! This must be a new record!

[@jacobwilson8579]

You think his dna looks like a lightning bolt at this point.

[@eyeofthetyger8504]

@@jacobwilson8579 I lost it. I absolutely lost it.

[@baszko6152]

@@jacobwilson8579 Well it's no surprise that he is the most powerful hero of Greece if he had Zeus DNA times 3 and Poseidon's once( Good Gods{Hades and Athena mainly} how fuckn wonderfull that Hades don't have his brother tendencies because with all big 3 DNA in one single hero...

[@E.T.360]

Baszko Jesus imagine

[@WhenTao34]

OSP: uploads Me: clicks as fast as Zeus pounces on hot women

[@grass4655]

(Basically) every Greek myth ever: Zeus: Oh she’s hot Hera: *death glares* Let the insanity cook for a bit and you get a dead mortal(or something) and a child nobody wants or a hero or both

[@DeathMessenger1988]

Or a big new monster for his born-of-rape bastard demigod children to kill.

[@agungpriambodo1674]

and then Hermes has to lead them to Hades and he & Persephone will cheer them up

[@beembamb]

@@agungpriambodo1674 Literally any living female: So I was just minding my business and then.. *sobs* Hades: Persephone! We got another one! Persephone: *hands them tissues and pomegranate ice cream* there there honey it's okay

[@juannaym8488]

It's weird how of the three brothers, Zeus and Poseidon have never grown up and always stayed man-children, whilst Hades was always pretty mature and reasonable

[@neoqwerty]

Dead stuff is chill, oceans and skies are capricious little fucks and one random event away from deciding to game end people and/or cause a natural disaster (respectively sea storms and tidal waves, and lightning strikes that split trees in twain and kill people dead and lightning strikes that turn into wildfires.) At most a dead thing might cause an issue if you mess with it. When you account for how the gods are all associated to what they govern to some level...

[@Attaxalotl]

Poseidon has done some shit, but is significantly less... that, than Zeus. The only thing Hades has ever done like that was kidnapping Persephone, and even that wraps around to being Zeus' fault.

[@allthebanter9316]

Tbf, if you think about it hades is the oldest, and has the least fuckery, Poseidon is the middle child with a bit more fuckery but less than Zeus, and Zeus is the youngest who felt the need to compensate with an absurd amount of fuckery. It kind of makes sense if we view gods outside of conventional ageing (which also explains how Hephaestus could make a robot dog to guard his father as a baby)

[@Attaxalotl]

@@allthebanter9316 Man, Youngest siblings are the worst,

[@NapaCat]

The gods didn't exactly 'grow up'--Hermes could formulate complex plans at hours old. They never had to change their mentality away from 'i get what i want'.

[@elliehathaway3694]

There should be a “Zeus just f***ed me” where you can tell Hera ( and therefor be innocent) that Zeus did it again and that it wasn’t your idea or your fault

[@phastinemoon]

Ellie Hathaway Wouldn’t jive with Greek sensibilities about power in the household - the wife could not retaliate against her husband, but COULD abuse his lovers. So, basically, Greek culture was “no punching up, but kicking those lower than you is A-okay”

[@tigerslioncub]

@@phastinemoon I sometimes wonder if there was ever a prayer to Hera. "Hey, Zeus is trying to get with me, and I SUPER don't want to do that, because I respect marriage and want a family of my own. Can you please protect me from the serial rapist you married?"

[@Pridam]

@@tigerslioncub Which...sadly didn't work out. The one time Hera led a rebellion against Zeus, it failed miserably. Zeus spared Hera ONLY because she was his wife, and even then he nearly killed her, and made sure that she knew her place, which was as his wife and ranked under him

[@charlotteshenkenberger345]

@@tigerslioncub I feel like that might actually was a prayer to that effect but Zeus would never let Hera act on it. EVER. No wonder she was constantly mad. All those prayers and she couldn't do a damn thing about it.

[@neutronium9542]

Character bashing: a thing in fanfic for at least 2000 years.

[@oof-rr5nf]

Apparently! Reassuring thought, really. After all the years I have spent in the Harry Potter fandom trying to dodge Ron bashing.

[@jadefields695]

@@oof-rr5nf does anybody here follow hades on twitter

[@agungpriambodo1674]

Hades' twitter is a normal suburban guy who's a stable CEO of the Underworld Hotel,married to Persephone who he never cheats on, and takes care of their children, along with Aphrodite's bastards

[@unkindled6410]

@@agungpriambodo1674 but you think hades apreciate dank memes?

[@0riginal_zer030]

@@unkindled6410 Man, being God of the Underworld is hard work. I think he would actually appreciate dank memes.

[@catendway4754]

I'm glad this video exists so I finally know how to pronounce "Io" properly EDIT: I was being ironic when I made this comment, I wasn’t actually taking Red’s pronunciation of “Io” to heart

[@KravenErgeist]

Is it "ee-oh?" I've always pronounced it "ai-oh." Wikipedia also gives us "aɪ.oʊ," as in the "i" in "tide" and the "o" in "code."

[@NothingButGiggles]

Dan Xander Pronouncing “Io” as /ai-oh/ is more in line with how English would pronounce it /ee-oh/ is based on how Ancient Greek pronunciation was reconstructed, with the original name being spelled Ἰώ Iota is closer to a long /ē/ sound rather than long /ī/ in the reconstruction

[@chasapis5972]

UM ACTUALLY the name originally (Ιώ) has an empashis on the 'Oh' part. Still a great job by Red though.

[@NothingButGiggles]

Spiros Ch. sorry the other marking is the breathing mark to show smooth breathing. It just means there no /h/ sound at the being. Not an accent, sorry for the confusion

[@CDexie]

@@NothingButGiggles He meant that it's not pronounced EE-oh, it's pronounced ee-OH

[@lucapena9330]

Anyone else feel like it was unnecessary to kill good old Argos? He was only doing his job...(,_,)

[@kittycatkyla2344]

There's more to the tale than was mentioned. In some versions, killing Argos was because he killed Echidna, mother of all monsters. See, Typhon came to kill Zeus and a whole fight broke out that ended with Zeus throwing a mountain on top of Typhon to kill him. Zeuse then decreed that his wife, Echidna, would be spared because she was a widow and had birthed many of monsters--Cerberus, the Hydra, Chimera, Sphinx, the list goes on--who may seek revenge on humanity for her death. Argos killed Echidna in her sleep. So killing Argos was hitting two birds with one stone. Io was freed and Echidna was avenged.

[@yugioh_samurai]

Red - "Hey, here's all the info on Hermes!" Audience - "Sweet. Hermes is as weird as ever." *Io appears* Red - "Did you notice the foreshadowing? :)" Thank you Red for all the work you do. I hope someday we see how Hades or Hestia was created. I really don't know much of Hestia, since all Olympian head counts I saw always had Dionysus. And Hades is just Hades.

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

Both Hades and Hestia were born from Rhea and Cronos and inmediately swallowed by their dad. They are part of the original 6 olympians (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter).

[@Majikkman13]

Loving that family tree with the action movie titles for Zeus. Maybe soon we’ll get Zeus 4: Return of the Perv-God

[@matiaspereyra9392]

Then zeus 5: it's about time Zeus 6: the revenge of hera Zeus 7: Zeus strikes back Zeuz 8: the lightning strikes twice ...and I'm out of ideas

[@chavamara]

I just wish people would remember Medusa's sisters more often. She had TWO! And they were immortal! Stop using Medusa in all your Greek mythology stories, and use them!

[@CJCroen1393]

I remember feeling really bad for Euryale when I heard that she cried after discovering Medusa's death.

[@khangnguyenthaiduy9129]

Stheno and Euryale are not well-known you know. We can't blame them.

[@todddempsey1277]

I think people use Medusa more because she is probably the only gorgon sister that can turn people into stone.

[@khangnguyenthaiduy9129]

@@todddempsey1277 it's quite the opposite, because Medusa can turn people to stone, she is well known so people know about her more. Her sister, despite can't turn people to stone, they are immortal so heroes can't kill them. Thus, there can't be any myths about them.

[@Circurose]

God of War series used all of them.

[@darknight1220]

I kinda like the idea of a cow hauling ass all over the Mediterranean chartering ships, finding work as a cart hauler, and getting up to many cow based shananigans to escape a fury nobody else can see

[@carlyblack42]

I've seen the Ovid version of Medusa's myth popping up all over lately. Thanks for clarifying that it was Ovid fanficcing the Pantheon. Great video!

[@andrewrawlings5220]

All myth is *someone* fanficcing a pantheon.

[@ooffordays566]

To be fair, myths themselves are just retold and re-edited fan fiction about the various systems of natures in a humanoid AU.

[@jacobfoxfires964]

I believe Red said it best one time where “nothing is actually canon, it’s all stories interconnecting with hundreds of years of retellings and such”. Really pantheons are some of the earliest form of fan fictions that everyone messed around in, in the form of cults of the time. So really I say don’t try and stress out on the canonicity of myths.

[@Doralga]

@@andrewrawlings5220 If the Myth predates the person who wrote it (Ovids case) then it should be Fanfic as he wasn't the original writer of Medusa tale

[@drascin]

@Aibori KJ The entire point is that there ISN'T an "original". There is no such thing as an original version. Ovid's version is exactly as valid and exactly as invalid as anyone else's.

[@eris2178]

I can finally correct that famous tumblr post about Medusa!

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790]

Which one?

[@Azzabackam]

The one where her hair is gummy worms? Or the one about that FUCKIN RAD statue of her holding Perseus's head?

[@Satellite2]

The one asking if her leg hairs are also snakes?

[@zeeb2190]

@@Azzabackam "Or the one about that FUCKIN RAD statue of her holding Perseus's head?" Is that real? I need to see it if it is.

[@FlyingAlfredoSaucer]

*When you hit the like button and it goes from 2.8 to 2.9* 0.0

[@ravioliravioli118]

I love how heracles' family tree is just someone someone zeus someone someone zeus over and over again

[@youtbuecraert]

4:58 *Claps hands and fist pumps into the air* THAT'S MY GIRL!

[@cthonisprincess4011]

I almost want to kiss you for pointing out that Ovid made his versions of the myths up. That guy just ain't reliable for several reasons, including the fact that his Metamorphosis books were literally written as propaganda for Julius Caesar’s deification, and his control over Rome was divinely sanctioned by the fact that he was a descendent of the goddess Venus. Ovid basically re-wrote and changed the ancient myths so that they’d match with the Roman gods; i.e. Mars (Ares) and Venus’ (Aphrodite) roles were increased, whereas chthonic gods roles were reduced. Among other things involving other gods, Ovid went as far to reduce Hades (or rather Pluto/Dis Pater/Orcus/shit-toI-of-other-names) to an elderly god of the riches below the earth and Persephone to a simpering maiden who was more concerned about her crushed flowers than the fact that she was being abducted. After Julius was assassinated and subsequently deified under Augustus, and following the entire Pax Augusta and the century-long rule of the house of Julii, Ovid became scripture. The mythology was an afterthought, Caesar and the deification of his descendants was the goal. --- The thing that people need to remember about the ancient Greco-Italians is that different cults had different traditions that were then looped in under the worship of the Theoi. Some stories were later changed for continuity, and many different things were said and believed about the many different characters.

[@cthonisprincess4011]

Master Yoda I was referring to Julius Caesar's deification and divinely sanctioned ridership over Rome. But yes, Augustus had it written.

[@Healermain15]

​@@harperfrye2800 All the versions are made up though?

[@cthonisprincess4011]

sander heutink Not always, sometimes they were documentations of regional/cultural beliefs.

[@craxnor]

sander heutink the only difference in myths is which is older

[@jeannette3138]

Many myths can be seen as propaganda between cities and civilization. I always thinkthat the story of Minotaur was something made up by Athenians for demonizing people of Crete like "They fed a monster with the flesh of our young people". (For every parallel Fascist or Stalinist propaganda, you earn a godwin point !)

[@emanuelly.santos]

"Io's great great great great great great great grandson" This sounded so funny for some reason lol

[@mjbull5156]

And Zeus' great great great great great great great grandson, great great grandson, and son.

[@zeeb2190]

It's even more funny when Zeus pops up in the family tree like 3 times.

[@lydia3824]

"Worth it!"

[@CritScratch]

Zeus heard the "I'm my own granpa" song and said "hold my wine"

[@kaileighhaynes7691]

I don’t know why I’m surprised that Zeus popped up three times in that family tree. This is *Zeus* we’re talking about so my confusion is pointless

[@Himark89]

So he slept with his grand daughters. ewwww...

[@lordnul1708]

@@Himark89 thing is, even without taking any mortals or mortal-bloided "members" into account, most of the Greek gods genuinely had no qualms with incest so long as it wasn't both literally and specifically that God's son/daughter/parent (that was generally where the line was drawn), part of why Zeus never made a pass at Artemis, the other reasons being the same as why the rest of the pantheon simply doesn't). Hell Hades married his niece (Persephone), Zeus and Hera were siblings (at least according to the version of the Chronos vs Zeus myth that I read back in highschool) and Aphrodite by being born from Oranos's castrated testes in the ocean pretty much makes her Zeus's aunt, and she's pretty much slept with almost all of the Pantheon. TL;DR: To say that their family has issues... is the understatement to end all understatements.

[@Himark89]

@@lordnul1708 Incest is one thing, pedophilia is another.

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

@@lordnul1708 yes

[@zeeb2190]

@@lordnul1708 " Zeus never made a pass at Artemis," I'm quite sure she'd shoot Zeus in the .... if he did

[@brosephnoonan223]

Ya boi Prometheus out here, getting his liver picked out, and he STILL ain't sorry. What a legend.

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

Prometheus you look healthy

[@doggo8373]

I wonder how many times the Greek god family tree would have "Oops, incest" or "Zeus, for the nth time" in it

[@robertminnie782]

Probably for at LEAST as many likes as that comment has.

[@thegrandberry4418]

Isn’t the entire pantheon a result of incest ?

[@malcomalexander9437]

@@thegrandberry4418 it is. Gaia and Ouranos were mother a sun/brother and sister, the titans were all siblings, and the Olympians were siblings.

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

@@malcomalexander9437 omg

[@SyaShim]

Honestly I still love that screenshot of someone tweet that was floating around Pinterest. About a horde of Zeus child’s that team up to... resolve some daddy issues . Mainly Zeus tbh. With a kind old woman/witch that is totally is not Hera that is super done with her husband I swear! ... I actually want it in a book format

[@Cell287]

One word, Kratos.

[@straydotmp4]

All of your acoustic covers absolutely SLAP and also wonderful vid as always, Red

[@wizardpig02]

Uliana Chembrovich Michelle

[@tingting1650]

0:37 Top 10 rules of anime: When the eyes start glowing, YOU START RUNNING

[@rahmanmoncatar9675]

YAH GOTTA.GO FAST

[@AcidicGothess]

That family tree. *Sweet home Alabama plays intensely*

[@mankomamada2545]

*Hapsburg family theme plays

[@Knasbas]

@@mankomamada2545 *Full House theme plays xP

[@mankomamada2545]

@@Knasbas I'm sorry,I've never watched Full House.Is there some wierd incest plot?that sounds strange.

[@agungpriambodo1674]

more like family thorn bush

[@Knasbas]

@@mankomamada2545 Sorry for the confusion. That was just a really messed up joke om my part. ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Having only ever heard up until the "turned into a cow" part of Io's myth, the thing that surprises me most is that Zeus felt guilty at all given he seems to never do so in any other myths I've heard. This is especially surprising given Ovid's apparent antiauthoritarian bias. Huh.

[@AnEnormousNerd]

Zeus is surprisingly frequently depicted as a manchild who never thinks through the consequences of his own actions, but he still does feel bad about mortals in unfortunate situations, especially when it's his fault.

[@kottonkandy0962]

Zeus | UPGRADE Zeus 2: Electric Boogaloo | WAIT GO BACK Zeus 3: This Time it’s Personal | I SAID GO BACK

[@burstmortem6638]

My beast friend's head was cut off This is your fault.... COW

[@aaronjafri9004]

Y'know, I always thought it weird that Medusa had two siblings who were also gorgons and yet was also originally human. Turns out there was a reason for that.

[@somebodyactually1490]

Some versions have Athena take pity on her and turn her sisters so she'd have company

[@MrMikado282]

Surprising he didn't just say her sisters were also priestesses and Poseidon went for a triple. Any number of reasons for them to split up or be killed separately leaving Medusa to be the big bad for Perseus.

[@halfbloodwitch8545]

Apparently, Athena thought that the sisters let Medusa go see Poseidon so she cursed them as well

[@greekgodsandhumanmythtakes5116]

Can we all take a moment to acknowledge that Hermes is the greatest Wingman that ever lived? Get it? Wingman? Shoes with wings? WAKA WAKA... Okay, I'll see myself out.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

I am offended that nobody has applauded your Muppet Show reference here.

[@manymudkips8514]

Fozzy: Not bad kid, not bad..

[@riceanimation8751]

i finally understand it wingman is like the helper that can be count on of somebody right?

[@marcus2431]

@@riceanimation8751 A wingman is the person that helps you get a date

[@riceanimation8751]

@@marcus2431 oh ok

[@jeannette3138]

Notices in Herakles's genealogy that Zeus is both his Father's and his Grand Father's and his Great Grand Father and...I gonna stop here Zeus, the ultimate MotherF***ka

[@minatodroger7890]

Oh shit it's TRUE herc was a descendant of perseus wasnt he lol

[@steampunker7]

"MotherF***ka" in every definition of that word.

[@nkbujvytcygvujno6006]

Which means Zeus was just constantly having sex with his own daughters, great-nieces, and granddaughters.

[@anonymousdratini]

Wait does that technically make Zeus his own father in law... Twice?

[@jeannette3138]

@@anonymousdratini in the case of the marriage of Persephone and Hades, he is both father in law for his brother and brother his law for his daughter...and also is her Uncle in law ? Thanks God the Greek Gods have the excuse being the incarnation of concepts

[@teragram38crows49]

Is there ever going to be a story about Hephaestus? He's my favorite Greek God and he doesn't get enough love! (No pun intended)

[@agungpriambodo1674]

His life is pretty depressing to talk about

[@severalpigeons6946]

@@agungpriambodo1674 So is Io's

[@Slowpoke3x]

That is a thinking man's joke you must have intended that pun

[@yupbrookeishere5681]

@@agungpriambodo1674 he was thrown away at birth, he life was tragic

[@merrittanimation7721]

@@yupbrookeishere5681 And then his wife kept cheating on him with his hotter brother.

[@matthewpang7496]

5:07 Zeus you're already in the family tree once! You do NOT need to be there multiple time

[@christopheschermesser5440]

on the other hand, when you live forever, it means you can only bang the few first females, and then a long everlasting life of abstinence.

[@Triggered6277]

Zeus just sees a random woman “Hmmm, let’s see how many times I can get into _this_ family tree!”

[@thecollector4332]

Matthew Pang But without his shenanigans we wouldn’t have Perseus and Heracles :(

[@jaymartin8273]

Thank you for pointing out that Medusa started out as a monster! As someone who grew up with the greek myths I'm getting really annoyed at how people keep turning the Medusa the Murder Monster into this tragic figure! :=(

[@Cell287]

Ovid was an asshole, great writer, but still an asshole.

[@jaymartin8273]

@@Cell287 Yeah, guess so :=)

[@74bassman]

You grew up w the myths? Do u mean ur family still believes in them or that you've been interested for long time?

[@jaymartin8273]

@@74bassman I grew up hearing them, my mother used to read them to me as a kid

[@kheegimunkhuu9303]

i wouldn't wholeheartedly agree with you...? since i personally believe there is no one single definitive version of Medusa and as such with all characters in Greek Mythology. These figures have been constantly revised and evolved and each different versions of them are used for different themes and ideologies. For me and possibly many others, the 'Medusa with a tragic backstory' is represented as an icon to stand up against r*pe and SA towards women, basically a Feminist iconography. So saying "stop using it as a symbol to protest for your rights because it isn't historically accurate" sounds a little... shortsighted.

[@ellamunson-jackson3149]

Hermes: *brings back Io* Zeus: Thanks, I Owe you one. haha what is my life

[@widdershins3785]

Argus's decapitated head: "Am I a joke to you?!" ...Poor eyeball giant, only doing his job!

[@ellamunson-jackson3149]

@@widdershins3785 lol this is Greece goddammit did u think we'd care about the monster? pfft

[@widdershins3785]

@@ellamunson-jackson3149 Well, I figured if the women weren't getting any respect then *something* would.... *Nothing is sacred in the ancient lands of Greece.*

[@ellamunson-jackson3149]

@@widdershins3785 that's where you're -wrong- right kid

[@blarg2429]

My contribution to the discourse: Iowo

[@silentspirit8923]

I remember reading this in my Freshman English class. Kinda hated Zeus because he was going around with a bunch of women...doesn't help that a bunch of his "lovers" are his descendants....

[@nameless4392]

Anime Gamer Spirit I mean, who doesn’t hate Zeus by this point. That’s all of Greek mythology

[@silentspirit8923]

@@nameless4392 Very true, and I still hate him now.

[@plasma-chan8980]

Hgggggh

[@bambi3845]

I mean, there's nothing wrong with someone sleeping around so long as everyone involved is a fully informed and consenting adult, the problem with Zeus is that it is typically neither of those things.

[@bambi3845]

Also the fact that he's married to Hera and she's not cool with his antics in this regard is a major dick move on his part. Especially for the mortals involved given that he is well aware of her penchant for revenge.

[@Emma-jh2kn]

Zeus feeling regret I- I can’t believe it!

[@tenhirankei]

just the teeniest bit

[@rahmanmoncatar9675]

IMPOSSIBLE

[@juliaguevara4512]

I can't believe its not butter!

[@postmodernguava9518]

HEADCANON: Ovid's version of Medusa's origin story is wish fulfillment where Augustus's daughter is banished instead.

[@Cell287]

Quite possible

[@andrewkim9848]

“Ok so then this cow tried to eat my liver after I fell asleep, and-“ *”Why would you talk about your mother like that?”* “When will you stop with that”

[@shingshongshamalama]

So basically she becomes Hathor and then eventually begets Zeus' ultimate comeuppance? Ironic.

[@SnowFox-gv2rn]

Thanks for clearing up the Ovid stuff. Even ask a kid when I was told a somewhat more family friendly version of Medusa’s curse (Poseidon and Medusa were both consenting and were hanging out in Athena’s temple, and Athena is annoyed at them and cursed Medusa), I didn’t understand why Athena would be like that. Even with the Arachne story I thought it was off from Athena’s usual character. She’s usually seen as level-headed, being the goddess of wisdom and all, and only gets angry when it’s for a really good and strong reason.

[@CollinMcLean]

It honestly does make more sense. Athena can be pretty petty at times. No matter how you slice it what she did to Arachne was a pretty dick move. And during the Trojan war she had no problems manipulating things to her liking. For instance when she manipulated the fight between Hector and Achilles, or when Ajax the lesser defaced one of her temples she convinced Zeus to destroy the Greek ships yet when the women of Troy were praying for her protection she did not help them.

[@firemarioproductions2003]

Hades:”How am I the bad guy? I’m not even in this story.”

[@mohammedyousef4005]

What is this a reference to something?

[@Samaru163]

If I'm remembering correctly, another detail from Prometheus' prophecy was that this descended of Io's would end up freeing him, which ended up true when Heracles killed the eagle eating Prometheus' liver and broke his chains, but one piece remained on Prometheus' finger and became the first ring.

[@paulwagner688]

My Precious

[@zvonimirtomac7896]

Wait, a happy ending?! In Greek Mythology?! We found another rare gem!

[@shallandavarpainterofsouls9509]

I know, right?

[@TheJinx1441]

There are a few happy endings in Greek Mythology, like Eros and Psyche, Philemon and Baucis, Perseus, possibly Odysseus, and Pygmalion, to name a few.

[@deeplysuperficial1637]

@@EmmaAppleBerry gotta love sexism and If this is satire it's fucking hilarious.

[@kayfactor6663]

@@EmmaAppleBerry it's greek mythology from thousands of years ago what did you expect

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

@@kayfactor6663 what are you on about i didnt expect anything at all. I was responding to the main comment.

[@blu-rayy]

i really want Red's full version of each song she covers during end credits, that voice is golden!

[@Azzabackam]

Ditto

[@Tfin]

I'd settle for an explanation of "Michelle" being at to beginning.

[@elisabethschmerzler963]

I don’t remember where I read it (D’aulaires probably) but I know one telling of the myth is that when Cow-Io arrived in Egypt, the people thought that she was so beautiful and must be divine so they started worshipping her. After seeing how even as a cow Io was still beloved, Hera frustratingly gave up and turned her back. The Egyptians, who saw their super cool divine cow suddenly turn into a woman, just went “This is fine” and continued to worship her!