The Messed Up Origins of Perseus | Greek Mythology Explained

[@JonSolo]

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[@pkroninverse7307]

Yes he was in Clash of Titans

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[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

1. 16:50 One swedish version of story I read explained that sea monster wasn't affected by Medusa's head because it was blind from living in the dark depths of the sea nad PErseus had instead use his sword. 2 PLEASE, do origin of fairytale that inspired movie 'Litle Otik'

[@bobbytilley7576]

@JonSolo I love your videos I've been watching you since you posted your 3rd video

[@Pridam]

To anyone thinking that Medusa was a beautiful woman cursed into becoming a hideous monster by Athena, that's Ovid's retelling of the myth, a Roman edition that was created long after the original myth. In the original Greek myth, Medusa and her sisters were always monsters from day one and were never cursed at any point

[@pastpatour]

I hate the stronghold Ovid has in the Western culture because his retelling of the myths often features lame and melodramatic crap of his own invention that you don't find anywhere else. He's the one to blame for all this "Medusa girlboss" nonsense

[@killabeenig]

They were always Gorgons, but Medusa didn't look like a typical Gorgon. After she was cursed, she looked like her sisters but gained the curse/power of turning men to stone.

[@GarethOfByzantium]

@@killabeenigNO.

[@lisadooley3872]

Learned something new today

[@HoneyBeeCrafts]

Lmao I camera to say exactly what you mentioned here, except I was going to say that I learned it that way. Thanks for this

[@travishayslip9409]

Imagine grabbing Medusa's head out of a bag, accidentally look at her eyes, and before you can think "oh shit", you're stone💀💀💀

[@dshire71]

Jon, your content is so interesting and well produced. But your humor is what makes it so addicting. Fun to watch and always something new learned.

[@JonSolo]

That's so nice of you to say! Thank you for watching and for that wonderful comment :)

[@masteroftheassassins]

Perseus is one of the few Greek heroes who gets a happy ending

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

Herc did too but it required a painful death

[@pierrebuieii3908]

True

[@kinman3051]

I only remember Odysseus

[@yonanyondo8130]

​@@theanimeunderworld8338 you mean Heracles

[@YawnManQO]

Can you please make a part 5 of the Percy Jackson tv series

[@dracone4370]

The sea monster in this story is Cetus, a monster described as a whale with the head of a greyhound. Also, Cetus is a constellation in the night sky

[@JStryker47]

As are Andromeda, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Pegasus.

[@markloveless1001]

Check out Cetus in the Uranometria - uuuuuugly.

[@fnumbuh]

Ethiopia ? Why isn’t andromeda black?

[@greggiovanni1825]

I wager that there are a LOT of "Derricks" watching your channel... Bring on those rays of sunshine, Sunshine! HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@runningthemeta5570]

I always imagine Perseus used Medusa’s head on him as a way to free Atlas from constantly having to hold up the sky.

[@jagirl966]

Fun Fact: Peresus is Heracles' great grandfather. So, how did Atlas turn back to be in Heracles' myth? EDIT: They both are also descendants of Io by Zeus, with Poseidon fathering another ancestor. Also, Alcheme, Heracules' mother, and her husband, Amphition, were descendants of Peresus.

[@TitularHeroine]

An act of mercy. I swear, too, that somewhere I read a version in which Atlas *asked* Perseus to do it.

[@pierrebuieii3908]

Where you get that idea

[@runningthemeta5570]

@@TitularHeroine yeah I’m in the same boat, I swear I saw that somewhere but I have no clue where I saw it.

[@johnburnside7828]

@@jagirl966 I was just going to mention that little discrepancy in the myths. But of course, they were just separate tales, and people back then didn't have the obsession with making everything fit together in stories.

[@dcbandit]

The king would only have prevented his death by Perseus by not having went to learn if he would get a grandson in the first place, he pretty much signed his fate when he did, though I honestly don't know if it would have happened either way. Btw, I had to write a story thing for school from the pov of a different character in the tale. I wrote it from the Graeae's pov, in which I framed it as an interview with them after their meeting with Perseus, and I made them a trio of nice old British ladies who invited him to tea, only for him to make a mockery of the occasion and be a bother. I had a lot of fun writing it!

[@amb163]

Oooooh! Off topic, but I love Jim Henson's Storyteller series! I watched it when it first aired on tv back in the 90s, and now I own a dvd copy. I need to let my niece watch it...

[@davidawesomeness4466]

Oh yeah!!! I had to do a project for this!!! I did a parody of “I Wanna Rock” and called it “You’re Now a Rock”

[@dynamicentry6808]

I was waiting for the Original of Persuas. Thank you Jon Solo. Keep doing the god's work.

[@okami-chan9772]

Perseus was basically the Gods' pawn to "clean up" Poseidon's mess...

[@TitularHeroine]

"The main logistic problem is that this was mythic ancient Greece." That was the best laugh I had all week!! Ahhhhh, sigh. Nerd humor. You ever try to do sh_t in a mirror that we don't normally do in a mirror? For a long time I thought Perseus was just given everything -- but he must've been the consummate swordsman and *extremely* well-prepared. And, of course -- thank you, Jon Solo! I hope the Fates continue to smile in your general direction!!

[@pastpatour]

Perseus is like the hero of a RPG game who has the most OP weapons given to him for free, but has no XP! He had to do the training all by himself.

[@ThePinkDragon]

loved the orginal clash of the titans

[@juanprada4410]

Excellent video! Other curious details about Perseus: - According to the version, Perseus returns the eye to the 3 sisters or throws it into a river and they lose it (sounds cruel on his part). - There is a version that suggests that the garden of the Nymphs, who had the tools that Perseus needed, was a garden of Hera; this curiously makes him one of the few sons of Zeus that the queen seems to tolerate. - Although no classical version mentions that Perseus rode Pegasus, if there are several representations from antiquity that show him riding the winged horse, it is not unreasonable to consider that there is a version in which he, if he were the first rider of Pegasus, exists. , but did not survive in written form. - There is a version in which Perseus years later confronts Dionicio (at this point Dionicio was still mortal) and Perseus would defeat him, not only this but he would also kill or transform Ariadne (Dionicio's wife) into rock.

[@WiltedRose-wg4xz]

Perseus- ya know? Perseus? Me: Jackson? (P.S, I love your videos so much!)

[@doll9340]

Lol well he was named after him

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

Want to know something else? Perseus is the ancestor of Heracles

[@tvytytanooki]

Have you ever heard of the Greek hero Bophades? He was one of the heroes who fought in the Trojan War. His story is similar to the story of Achilles. When he was a child, his mother held him by the groin and dipped him in the river Styx, as to make him invincible in battle. However, just like Achilles, he had a weak spot. Because his mother held him by the groin, this was where he became vulnerable. In the case of Achilles, this was his heel. So you may have heard of Achilles' heel, or the Achilles' tendon, but I bet you have never heard of Bophades nuts.

[@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo]

You got me.

[@kenslycarpel3140]

Alright, you deserve this 👑

[@DrDolan2000]

Why the groin???

[@derricksilva1407]

I might have to join that Greece trip, it would be hilarious just to have you stuck with a Derrick on the trip.

[@JonSolo]

Lmao! I'd pack an extra "Shut Up, Derek" shirt just for you

[@Flatpixelbot]

I love the Greek mythology series I mean I am a quarter Greek

[@yolman25]

Awesome episode. Can you do an episode on Theseus, the character Henry Cavill played in the movie Immortals?

[@TitularHeroine]

That's a great movie. Not so much if you're looking for something accurate to mythology, but visually, absolutely amazing.

[@sorreljaclyn]

Incubus's and succubus's would be good as a topic. It might be a tad naughty subject, though 😅

[@richewilson6394]

It doesn't make sense for the timeline that they say that Perseus is like the grandfather to Hercules and he meets him again in his like 11th labor. But if Perseus had turned Atlas into the mountains how would he have been able to get the apples from Hera's garden?

[@johnnycage112]

Medusa was the short end of the stick moreso than anyone else screwed over by the gods.

[@MamaCat956]

My favorite novel is Athena's child by Hannah Lynn

[@Pridam]

Well Medusa being a beautiful woman who was cursed by Athena into being a monster was a Roman edition that was made much later down the line. She and her sister were originally wicked monsters that the gods never screwed over

[@johnnycage112]

@@Pridam IK but I like it so much more.

[@pastpatour]

Perseus was an ancestor of Hercules who lived one generation before the Trojan War, so his story was old even for the archaic Greeks

[@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid]

About your comment that it isn't clear why Perseus flew over Ethiopia on the way from Libya to Greece- you have to remember that just because an ancient place has the same name as a modern one it doesn't mean they're the same place, as sometimes people just pick out place names they've come across and give it to other places. There's a rocky structure just off shore in Jaffa (Israel) known as Andromeda's rock, because it is said that's where she was chained. When I first heard it I got confused because, like you, I thought she was from Ethiopia. Well, I looked it up, and according to Google for ancient Greeks the word 'Ethiopia' referred to everything southern of Greece. So, that's one possible explanation.

[@kevin-2.1]

I can’t believe that Perseus actually try to wrestle with Atlas! 😂 And I guess the sea monster Perseus has slain wasn’t much of a problem, since he use a sword and not Medusa’s head. Guess he only needs it for bigger monster, as an emergency backup?

[@Caldor64]

The Storyteller Greek myths are all surprisingly good

[@elvirafrancis-v5u]

Why is Cassiopeia, Cepheus and Andromeda white? Ethiopians don’t have white or even fair skin. They are black, dark black, with extremely beautiful features and wavy hair. Not all of course but they have a look and the picture of the various Ethiopians in this video was nowhere near accurate. 😢

[@christinecallahan5512]

Zeus turned himselfs into water......

[@malak..nightly6667]

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[@malak..nightly6667]

Actually I've been facing some people in this world animals online game the some of them apparently keeps parking on my phone and acting as if they were trying to get my identity or info so they can sell it on the web and keep abusing me online and anywhere I go I didn't find out the jokes so I started compromising myself and arguing with them no way I succeeded so cuz I was tempting to temp them out that temptation and I didn't look good they did quiet down a bit but I'm not sure if they're actually the temptation of having my number and all that because I've been receiving spam calls but I actually deleted all my spam calls so technically maybe the faulty that they are trying to watch me or technically one of the goods bangles that they do to get your attention on something I'm going to say that's good cuz that may have its own advantages but I block the recent explained horme here

[@tinanelligan4153]

How accommodating is this trip for people with disabilities (am legally blind) I would love to go but I don't think I could do things like the kayaking on my own

[@KoshTimeStepper]

A story I heard was that Perseus tried to ride to Olympus on Pegasus' back and fell into the ocean and drowned. I think the teacher had her myths mixed up somewhere.

[@kimmiemore8134]

Ok I'm clearly missing something. Who tf is Derek? 😂

[@kaylaroach7698]

Don't knock the 1951 version. For the time, it has good stop motion monsters. In my opinion, the vest part in the remake the Medusa scene.

[@melvinshine9841]

If Perseus murdered Atlas, then what or who was supposed to be keeping the heavens up?

[@JosephSmith-xy4lp]

Atlas said be gone Perseus said ya motha that was hilarious

[@Cssisabeautifulthang]

Can you do more stuff on norse this that are very not known

[@sdavis8292]

Where did you get your shirt? I love it! The steamboat Willy design.

[@doll9340]

His merch store

[@jessvlogs2518]

If you can do one next year like another trip when I’m done with nursing school, that would be great

[@MotherCola]

God i wanna go on thie trip. BUT I AM BROKEEEEEE

[@DJMarcO138]

Why you gotta be kink shamin' folks Jon Solo? lol

[@redpharaoh4084]

Do you have any stories for Egyptian mythology?

[@RegalLouise247]

Just curious. Why is the queen of Ethiopia white?

[@jesternario]

It was always my understanding that it wasn’t Medusa’s gaze that turned men to stone, but her face. Her curse was to be so ugly that men would be revulsed, at which point they were turned to stone.

[@bethmarriott9292]

The Atlas thing is interesting considering Hercules was meant to have spoken with him, but Hercules was also in some tellings a descendent of Perseus, which speaks to the transference of attributes and actions between mythological figures and creation/origin stories

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I love Jim Henson's The Storyteller/Greek Myths!

[@christinecallahan5512]

Perseus was a nice guy, thats why the gods helped him......

[@griffen34]

I'd love to see him tackle Theseus, that's be fun minefield.

[@popoha4380]

Gunther and Penny know more stories than my mom. Likely not so good at speaking them.

[@lafregaste]

I wanna know what's Eric's opinion xDDDD

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey Playboy 👋

[@DrDolan2000]

A character from the Greek mythos with a happy ending? And the person they marry isn't a blood-relative? What universe am I in again?

[@pastpatour]

The ending of Clash of Titans is hilarious if you think about it. Zeus: Come Perseus, you gotta be a god and live with us in Olympus! Perseus: Screw that! I'm gonna live as a mere mortal! [Walks away with winged horse, magical sword and immortal, ageless hot girlfriend]

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Polydectis had 6 fingers on each hand!

[@ayesnapsnots]

Then he demanded the sword at one tenth its promised price. My father refused...

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

I'm quite fond of Perseus because in middle school we got these scholastic magazines that had plays in them and we would act them out by reading them one was the tale of Perseus and I got to pick the part of Perseus I also really like names that end in eus for some reason

[@c-dotproctah7390]

Not Vicki Gunvalson… I never expected that! 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevin4gwen]

I could not help snickering that you had to specify that his *mother* and his *lover* were 2 separate people!!! 😂😂😂 God damn the ancient people and their incest.

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

4:10 Harry Hamlin who played Perseus in the original Clash of the Titans reprised his role and was the voice actor for Perseus in God of War 2.

[@nathanvinson7992]

Random question but I feel it's relevant.... If Cassiopeia is queen of Ethiopia, wouldn't she be African? In other words, dark skinned?

[@daniluv2696]

one of my fave demi gods!!

[@MahaganyMcfadden]

Can you do more feter fokelore

[@ayesnapsnots]

Hindu mythology up next? Hanuman has some funny/powerful stories. "The Forbidden Kingdom" is a hilarious representation

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

The stuff about Andromeda's Uncle Kind a makes him sound like he was like the leader of Odysseus' wife's suitors, but with the gross personality of Gabe Ugliano. LOL

[@tecumsehcristero]

Both Libya and Ethiopia were names for Africa. Libya and Ethiopia were the same place

[@mattbaltimore7195]

12:39 That reminds me of that Vegan pun from Scott Pilgrim movie.......😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AustynSN]

Though a later more modern edition, I remember a version of the stories (I think it was from a collection of short books by or inspired by Bullfinch, but not certain of the author, though.) in which Perseus was actually able to look at Medusa's severed head before throwing it to Athena. Basically, he'd seen it in reflections so much that he had gotten past the "turn to stone" thing and could see the beauty beneath Athens's curse. He kissed her (I think on the forehead) as a sort of "Sorry I had to kill you"/"Thanks for the help"/"Have a peaceful afterlife". Though a bit cliche, I always liked that detail because even though it was after death and by her killer, it shows that maybe Medusa finally had some tiny bit of release from her curse. (Also, it should be mentioned that the same series included a volume on "Heraclea". Basically Hercules, but gender flipped and a major thorn in Zeus's side instead of a victim of Hera.)

[@leeparenzee2930]

king acrisius was depicted as the person who would have been Perseus father if Zues didnt intervene. Acrisius was no werewolf but disfigured and cursed by the lightning bolt of Zues. C.O.T.T have their own take completely😅

[@maryatracer154]

Andromeda was tied up because she claimed to be more beautiful than the Nereids. The Nereids include Thetis, who in Ovid's version, was tied up by Peleus in order to thwart her shapeshifting ability so she would agree to marry him. So...the only way to settle whether Andromeda or Thetis is truly more beautiful is to see them both tied up, right? ...right? ...why are you looking at me like I'm Derek?

[@timothygreer188]

I find it baffling that Andromeda is usually pictured as a blond white woman. I mean she’s an Ethiopian Princess

[@JStryker47]

Just because someone lives in a certain country, doesn't mean they're going to have the same skin color as everybody else there. It's never stated where Cepheus or Cassiopeia were born and raised. Besides, they're characters in a work of fiction, so who cares?

[@timothygreer188]

@@JStryker47 The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, Aithiops, 'an Ethiopian') is a compound word, derived from the two Greek words, from αἴθω + ὤψ (aitho "I burn" + ops "face"). According to the Perseus Digital Library, the designation properly translates as *Burnt-face* in noun form and red-brown in adjectival form. The historian Herodotus used the appellation to denote the parts of Africa below the Sahara that were then known within the Ecumene (inhabitable world). In Greco-Roman epigraphs, Aethiopia was a specific toponym for ancient Nubia. Among the constellation of ancient writers, Ovid, a Roman poet of the first century B.C.E-A.D., seems to have had the most doubts about the white virgin when updating the Greek myth for Latin audiences, Elizabeth McGrath explains in her fascinating 1992 article, “The Black Andromeda,” in the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 55. Ovid is famous for his 15-volume set of ancient myths, The Metamorphoses, but in recounting the Perseus legend in Book IV, he gives us a hint of Andromeda’s appearance: “As soon as Perseus, great-grandson of Abas, saw her [Andromeda] fastened by her arms to the hard rock, he would have thought she was a marble statue, except that a light breeze stirred her hair, and warm tears ran from her eyes.” In this translation by A.S. Kline, Ovid’s Perseus associates Andromeda with her country, the Ethiopians, and is stunned by her beauty. Yet left open is whether she resembles a column of “white” marble, something Perseus had seen before, or “black” marble, something he is beholding for the first time. It is impossible to tell in isolation, McGrath writes, which is why we need to read The Metamorphoses alongside Ovid’s other writings. McGrath points us to a few: 1. In his first work, the Epistolae Heroidum (Epistles of the Heroines), Ovid uses the Latin word “fusca” to describe Andromeda, and “fusca” means “black or brown,” writes McGrath. 2. In the same epistle, Ovid has Sapho explain to Phaon: “though I’m not pure white, Cepheus’s dark/Andromeda/charmed Perseus with her native colour./White doves often choose mates of different hue/and the parrot loves the black turtle dove.” 3. And in Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Ovid makes the following references to the daughter of the Ethiopian king: a. That Perseus found her among “the black Indians” (i, 53); b. That in terms of attraction, “Nor was Andromeda’s colour any problem/to her wing-footed aerial lover” (ii, 643-44); c. And when it came to fashion, “White suits dark girls; you looked so attractive in/white/Andromeda” (iii, 191-192). While McGrath is quick to point out Ovid could have imagined Andromeda as black or brown, as an African or Indian princess (given her flowing hair), one thing is clear: In Ovid’s world, she wasn’t white but dazzled wearing it

[@timothygreer188]

​@@JStryker47 Just in case you think I'm trying to rewrite history or being woke... The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, Aithiops, 'an Ethiopian') is a compound word, derived from the two Greek words, from αἴθω + ὤψ (aitho "I burn" + ops "face"). According to the Perseus Digital Library, the designation properly translates as Burnt-face in noun form and red-brown in adjectival form. The historian Herodotus used the appellation to denote the parts of Africa below the Sahara that were then known within the Ecumene (inhabitable world). In Greco-Roman epigraphs, Aethiopia was a specific toponym for ancient Nubia. Among the constellation of ancient writers, Ovid, a Roman poet of the first century B.C.E-A.D., seems to have had the most doubts about the white virgin when updating the Greek myth for Latin audiences, Elizabeth McGrath explains in her fascinating 1992 article, “The Black Andromeda,” in the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 55. Ovid is famous for his 15-volume set of ancient myths, The Metamorphoses, but in recounting the Perseus legend in Book IV, he gives us a hint of Andromeda’s appearance: “As soon as Perseus, great-grandson of Abas, saw her [Andromeda] fastened by her arms to the hard rock, he would have thought she was a marble statue, except that a light breeze stirred her hair, and warm tears ran from her eyes.” In this translation by A.S. Kline, Ovid’s Perseus associates Andromeda with her country, the Ethiopians, and is stunned by her beauty. Yet left open is whether she resembles a column of “white” marble, something Perseus had seen before, or “black” marble, something he is beholding for the first time. It is impossible to tell in isolation, McGrath writes, which is why we need to read The Metamorphoses alongside Ovid’s other writings. McGrath points us to a few: 1. In his first work, the Epistolae Heroidum (Epistles of the Heroines), Ovid uses the Latin word “fusca” to describe Andromeda, and “fusca” means “black or brown,” writes McGrath. 2. In the same epistle, Ovid has Sapho explain to Phaon: “though I’m not pure white, Cepheus’s dark/Andromeda/charmed Perseus with her native colour./White doves often choose mates of different hue/and the parrot loves the black turtle dove.” 3. And in Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Ovid makes the following references to the daughter of the Ethiopian king: a. That Perseus found her among “the black Indians” (i, 53); b. That in terms of attraction, “Nor was Andromeda’s colour any problem/to her wing-footed aerial lover” (ii, 643-44); c. And when it came to fashion, “White suits dark girls; you looked so attractive in/white/Andromeda” (iii, 191-192). While McGrath is quick to point out Ovid could have imagined Andromeda as black or brown, as an African or Indian princess (given her flowing hair), one thing is clear: In Ovid’s world, she wasn’t white but dazzled wearing it.

[@chichiboypumpi]

"he was conceived via golden shower" I remember the BS in the 2010 reimagining of CotT, Zeus loved man that he decided to teach the proud king by sleeping with his wife disguised as him, like wtf? and "seriously this generation is out of control!" tell me 'bout it

[@Neyooxetusei]

Perseus was a MURDERER of very powerful, wise women who were healers. Snakes in ancient times meant healer, just another Sun Cult kxller for hire.

[@cask82]

Question, which no one seems to ask. If Perseus turned Atlas to stone long before the birth of Herakles. How was Herakles then able to travel to Atlas to ask for the golden apple(s) if he was supposedly immobile and frozen solid??? What, does Medusas spell wear off on Gods and Titans over time???

[@Laramaria2]

"His mom and his lover... Two separate people", I was expecting an Oedipus joke there 🤭

[@rexevans5477]

I hate the 2010 clash of the titans it takes the 1980s classic which is a celebration of mythology and the creator of the greatest effects of all time, Ray Harryhausen, and tries to say it's the true story of Pereus and replaces the incredible stop motion monsters that still look better than most modern effects with shitty ass cgi. the 80s version isn't trying to tell accurate greek mythology it celebrates the most exciting parts of it and just myths in general. it is meant to show off the glory of the incredible monsters, the bickering gods, the cursed kings, giant kingdoms, beautiful women and thrilling deaths and battles. it also celebrates the greatest of Ray Harryhausen's stop motion, the Kraken resembling the Ymir from 20,000,000 miles to earth along with the thrill of the cyclops from 7th voyage of Sinbad, Medusa showing his love of snakes, and Pegasus being the glory and whimsy his fantasy films gave. the remake replaces this love with cgi and edginess. also fun fact in the 1981 version of clash of the titans was originally going to have Perseus kill medusa by throwing his shield like a frisbee, similar to the death of his grandpa, but Harry Hamlin didn't want to do it but it still can be seen in the comic book adaptation of the movie.

[@jenniferstine8567]

This is a weird thing to be bummed about, but we didn't get to learn much about Medusa's head. Did the other half of the snakes wriggle around inside, or were they just the front half of the snake?

[@brandieduryea1999]

Another great video. I love that you are giving people a chance to come with you on an adventure. Would love to go and see all the history but unfortunately don't have the funds. One day.

[@pastpatour]

Perseus might be the the most wholesome Greek hero. Theseus, Jason and even Herakles committed a lot of immoral and even blasphemous acts. But Perseus is a classic good boy, he kills the monster, saves the princess, deposes the tyrant and lives as a just ruler and good husband.

[@RichardSeebald]

In other versions of the myth, Acrisius maliciously attends to the wedding of his daughter Danaë and Polydectes, enable to inherit an heir to his kingdom. So when Perseus comes back after slaying Medusa, he not just turns Polydectes to stone but also his grandfather Acrisius as well. In another, Perseus also uses the head of Medusa to kill Cetus the sea monster and save Andromeda.

[@wcapewell3089]

If Perseus showed Atlas the head, how come Hercules interacts with him during his labour's. Hercules is Perseus' descendent isn't he? Did Atlas just "get better"?

[@tecumsehcristero]

I always imagined the golden shower to be pieces of gold raining down on her which is how all ancient artworks depict it so I don’t think “golden shower” was a metaphor for urine or sunlight.

[@marcelostalker]

If Perseus is Heracles ancestor, and he turned Atlas into stone, how did Atlas help Heracles get the golden apples during the twelve labors? I know this is nitpicking, but nitpicking is fun.

[@sakilynn]

He tried to wrestle Atlas? What, did he tried to chokehold the guy's toe? 😒 Ha! Reminds me of that Bugs Bunny cartoon when he wrestled the Crusher! 🤣

[@savagegardenrox]

You think Hera didn't try to get vengeance on Danae because Zeus didn't actually have sex with or seduce her at all? Like, there were so many bastards to harass, she just let Perseus off.

[@dadon2aw]

So wouldn't that mean that perseus had jungle fever because, as far as I the majority of Ethiopian people were of color

[@plains7000]

I have a book at home The Hamlyn Book of Myths and Legends One of it's stories is Perseus and Andromeda I read a few years ago.

[@TheQuincyEdwards]

You can keep adding the word “consent” to these Zeus stories, but that was hardly the case at all. But I get it, KZbin algorithms and all

[@jessvlogs2518]

It’s public record your information, so unless you work in law-enforcement or you have a special reason, your information will always be out there

[@OlyChickenGuy]

So, I'm only about 16 minutes in, at the point where Etheopia is mentioned, and I MAY have an explanation for the issues with travel. I don't recall where I heard this, but I once heard that "Ethiopia" was once a catch-all term for "the place that VERY dark-skinned people come from". In the sense that it separates "very dark" from just "dark" skin, we might then extrapolate that to untravelled people of the past, Ethiopia was a specific part of Africa from which these types of people came, but unspecified where, exactly, in Africa it actually is. I'm kind of wondering if I got this information from my Classics Collection original print of the Illiad and Oddysey where the translator put in a LOT of notes on why he's translating things the way he is. I'll edit this comment with his name if I'm about to find it, but I'm pretty sure his last name was Butler, and I'd very, VERY much suggest finding his translations for stories associated with these epics, because even if you don't like his translation, you can still use his footnotes to find what he's using to find to his conclusions. EDIT: Looks like I'm thinking of Samuel Butler who translated the Iliad into prose in 1898. I know I was at first impressed by his view, despite being so old, because he mentions in his opening (uncertain if Iliad or Oddysey) that at least one of the translations may have been a woman and speaks of the potential for educated women in the past as a very real potential possibility and rational to think that women of all time periods have the capability of great intelligence, and even admitted that this is an uncommon view of the time. Also, I have to ask: Where did the version of this story where Perseus defeats Medusa by forcing her to see herself in the mirror come from? If this is answered later on the video, then I guess I'll find out!

[@Marveryn]

which would make andromeda black unlike cleopatra

[@OlyChickenGuy]

@@Marveryn I'd heard that Cleopatra was much fairer skinned than what you would expect to find in that area, but didn't that also have something to do with European bloodlines being introduced to her ancestry or something? Like, she was related to the whole mess of royal family going on at the time? On that note, I had no idea that Andromeda was a real person! I'll have to look that up! Thanks for sharing. :3

[@Marveryn]

@@OlyChickenGuy cleo was direct decended from the greek who took over egypt and they tended to marry within the family. We know all her relative so their no question on who her parents, parents parents and so on are. Giving the location where andromeda are and that we don't have no account of a white skin dynasty in that part of the world. I am guessing that she was a dark skin beauty. as far as she was real. A lot of these stories are fable or base on real event so old that no one has any record of and been embellished giving people superhuman abilities and so on. The fact we don't know that what make them myths.

[@OlyChickenGuy]

@@Marveryn Oohh, okay. That makes a lot more sense. Thanks for the explanation! I still feel soooo very uneducated when it comes to stories, customs, and cultures from Africa and Asia, so learning about them is a lot of fun and much appreciated.

[@joshuamcfatter392]

Dude, are you alright? Something about the tone of your voice, it’s like you got bad news earlier but you still gotta work.

[@jaidenmerithew3462]

That’s so crazy that’s your sponsor for this video when I was pregnant I was finna name my baby Perseus for a boy and Aura for a girl

[@ruzdaniellegarcia4774]

I first thought when i first read Percy's story in a Greek mythology book that the gold shower was urine shower...

[@charmaintrout174]

Paul?? Is that you ? It is! I see you back there. Are you moonlighting? 😄

[@samaissak7589]

Ethiopia is land locked so i wonder if they meant Somalia. Interesting...

[@magicpyroninja]

Technically every story exists before it's written down because you have to think of it before you could write it😅

[@sbusisomanqele4318]

21:03 Ladies and gentlemen If you have to specify that a mother and a lover are two separate people, I think somethings would need to change 😂

[@TraeDonDottaZeno]

"Try a chastity chamber because thys generation iz out of control" 😂😂😂