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@Jellygirl3132 жыл бұрын
Video Idea Rccomendation: Jon, might I recommend doing an episode for "Famous Folklore" on The Koopalings from the Mario franchise? I mean if you want an origin story that is certainly messed up) then I think you're in for a treat. Especially you have to compare their video game to their animated counterparts. Yes, they have "cartoon counterparts" in both "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 and "Super Mario World." Heck, there's even the messed-up fact they're based on a creature from Japanese Mythology, called the Kappa.
@finnie43942 жыл бұрын
I ain't got money for no matress
@Jellygirl3132 жыл бұрын
@@finnie4394 😂
@finnie43942 жыл бұрын
@@Jellygirl313 I'm just telling the truth lol
@Jellygirl3132 жыл бұрын
@@finnie4394 I wan's t thinking you were lying or anything.
@taekwongurl2 жыл бұрын
Polyphemus loving himself was surprisingly adorable.
@greatsage4ever Жыл бұрын
The story about the elderly couple is one of my favorite Greek myths. So many mortals who win the favor of the Olympians make selfish, short-sighted wishes. This couple gave their wish considerable thought, and in the end, they make a very humble and wholesome request that shows how much they care for and love each other. Neither of them wished to leave the other with the burden of burying their dead body and living on alone in the world they spent so many years together. It is a story not only about Greek hospitality being honored, but also an example of a married couple very much in love and growing old together.
@christianjohnson53792 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Galatea was also the name of the woman Pygmalion sculpted out of ivory who Aphrodite transformed into a real woman in answer to Pygmalion's prayer.
@benthomason33072 жыл бұрын
it's all coming together...
@deathserpent97472 жыл бұрын
So thats where Galatea from Claymore got her name
@SusanForeman1963 Жыл бұрын
So which came first? Was Pygmalion creating a statue of the nymph that Polyphemus fell in love with, or was the nymph that Polyphemus met formerly a statue, or are they just two women with the same name?
@debymello4756 Жыл бұрын
@@SusanForeman1963 most likely differs between version, also likely the last. It's less uncommon for mythological characters to share names (so much that, depending of where you look, you can read that there were two Eros: the primordial god and Aphrodite's son). It's inevitable in a pantheon of ~30k
@michaelpacinus242 Жыл бұрын
He didn’t forget. He didn’t mention it.
@thegingergyrl4552 жыл бұрын
I love mythology..I’m so glad this channel exists since I’ve read the stories for years, but now I’m having issues reading so I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Thank you, Jon.
@emmetthowell8992 жыл бұрын
It feels like a friend rambling about their special interest and it’s kinda comforting
@kentuckywildcatgobigblue7190 Жыл бұрын
Polyphemus: "NOBODY IS KILLING ME!!!" Other Cyclopes:"It's not always about you Polyphemus!"
@justineck56642 жыл бұрын
"You're too stupid to remember nobody!" My favorite line from the sea of monsters.
@thecoolbroscoolman4672 Жыл бұрын
Much less anybody
@pamelamays41862 жыл бұрын
In my highschool mythology class I read The Odyssey. The story of the Cyclops was my favorite part. I thought that the guys hiding under the sheep was very clever.
@bezalel50812 жыл бұрын
Men were smaller back in those days…. Or sheep were bigger🤔
@freddymeisner2 жыл бұрын
Would be really cool for you to go through the Iliad and Odyssey in a video series, could put a messed up origins twist on it too I’d love to have it broken down into bite sized pieces the way you do
@noaag2 жыл бұрын
It's also worth everything to me to have his grounded, empathetic presence in these stories. Like when Jon said "this is far from the most toxic relationship in mythology", BOY did I feel that. I failed my online Greek Myth course because I could not stand all the women-as-property. Students are just graded on literary analysis (i.e. how much sparknotes did you read?) and that showed in our "discussions". It felt like nobody in the class cared about the atrocities and the reality of ancient Greek culture. I hated it. And I loveee this channel for making it something that interests me and inspires me again.
@trixiekay222 жыл бұрын
Lauren doing the head tilt with the pups was the cutest!! ❤
@icollectstories57022 жыл бұрын
The second lesson was to never reveal your real name while committing a crime. This mistake cost Odysseus many crews. What I got from the Odyssey was to avoid travelling with survivors. Sure, they tell great tales when they get back, but I never thought my odds of making it back were as good.
@elderscrollsswimmer483323 күн бұрын
Another error I saw was adding insult to injury. It's just -- he's at sea and decides to identify himself, boast about injuring Poseidon's son and mock said son too. No way Poseidon was going to let him get away with that even if Polyphemus didn't complain and ask for such a thing.
@caridadchang78952 жыл бұрын
The old couple transformed into interwined trees actually sound like a lovely couple, which is pretty rare in Greek mythology
@SilknSass762 жыл бұрын
Polyphemus’ role in Handel’s Acis and Galatea has some great songs in it!
@michellebrouellette2 жыл бұрын
Aeneas wasn't part of Odysseus's crew, he was a Trojan prince (and son of Aphrodite) who managed to escape the sack.
@aSUGAaddiction2 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your content so much. I loved Greek mythology and mythology in general even when I was young. Thanks for the great content
@twitch62602 жыл бұрын
Love your channel, as a mythology buff I know a lot of the stories you tell about these characters, but at the same time you tell me versions I haven't heard yet, and that's awesome. Keep up the good work Solo!
@michaelpacinus242 Жыл бұрын
Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 😮😊😅
@joejaboy2 жыл бұрын
If I correctly remember the Aeneid, the (Roman) story of Aeneas, he was not a part of Odysseus's crew, because Aeneas was of Trojan descent. I feel like there's some mythological shenanigans or misunderstandings or something wrong. You may need to do a video on the Aeneid (Roman) vs. the Odyssey (Greek) because Aeneas visits some of the same places that Odysseus does.
@keeganrichards31632 жыл бұрын
you are correct.aeneas was prince of dardanos and son of venus.he did visit the island of the cyclopes and took on acamenedes on his ship knowing he was greek.acamenedes also warned them of cylcopes and to not linger or even make port on the island.jon got a few details of the story wrong but this one i cannot forgive
@joellynncrowthers46232 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if I was the only one who caught that Honestly I think if Aeneas had seen Odysseus again, he probably would have killed him for burning down Troy
@keeganrichards31632 жыл бұрын
@@joellynncrowthers4623 yes,seeing as it was only venus's intervention that spared helen from his wrath,i think he would have lept on odysseus with the quickness had he seen him
@That_Stinger_GT52 жыл бұрын
I love this channel, you get the humor, education and Gunther!
@Leo_Genshin2 ай бұрын
"You killed my sheep 👹My favouritе sheep☹️" PLEASE MAKE A EPIC THE MUSICAL VIDEO SIR😭
@novatryxward93722 жыл бұрын
When annabeth pretends to be nobody to distract polyphemus
@SoranotRoxas2 жыл бұрын
10:32 The mad lad actually named this section *The Simp* 🤣
@AdamTehranchiYT2 жыл бұрын
One bit of context that is often missing is that many parts of the odessy are a story within a story. So telling a story about hospitality being breached might have proven useful.
@EBThisThat2 жыл бұрын
How timely of you to be covering this ! I created a tiny cryptid called an Autch (pronounced ‘ouch’), which is a tiny black bipedal triangle that so happens to be a cyclops. They’re vampiric but aren’t dangerous. They’re a bit dim and annoying, but not to be feared.
@grapeshot2 жыл бұрын
People at one time thought the skeletons of mastodons were the skeletons of cyclops.
@freddymeisner2 жыл бұрын
That’s so cool
@ladiesman1810022 жыл бұрын
That’s right! I learned that from the elephant Zoobook!!!!
@garouthedemon74012 жыл бұрын
Honest mistake if you didn't know what an elephant skeleton look like your brain would go wild with suggesting especially in ancient times
@barbarahouk19832 жыл бұрын
As always glad you are here. I will continue to follow your entertaining content .
@Franticgamer-cx7xg2 жыл бұрын
Love you jon keep up the studying please you make my education so much easier we all love the videos best to you man
@DIGardening2 жыл бұрын
That was a great episode! I am a huge history buff and this was absolutely fantastic.
@connorthompson83762 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned the intertwining trees, I remembered an episode from ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ called ‘The Perfect Pear,’ which covers the backstory of the parents of one of the main characters. There’s a wedding scene where they plant each other’s trees (feuding fruit farm families) on each other’s land, and the characters find it at the end, and see that it has grown into a giant intertwined monument to their love. Just a coincidence? Then show actually does take inspiration from mythology several times, that doesn’t bother to be especially accurate. I’d love to see a video covering that series.
@dcbandit2 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting how some interpretations of a cyclops either keeps the eyes and adds a third, or removes the two but keeps the brows. I think the brows version actually looks fairly interesting.
@spooniesarah2 жыл бұрын
I find the artworks with cyclopes' eyes in the middle of the forehead, with eyebrow ridges and apparently closed normal eyes underneath, to be very... creepy
@Jenjen-qc5eq2 жыл бұрын
The Greeks come up with some wicked stories, I became hooked on Greek mytholigy when I was five when my teacher would read Greek mythologies. Uk
@lisamartinbradley10392 жыл бұрын
I like it better when you say "Remember, Jon shot first"
@KitsuyuutsuR2 жыл бұрын
I’m a huge fan of Greek mythology, so I really enjoy these videos 😊 What’s even better is when they make these stories into movies that I watch with my husband and I’ll start rattling shit off before it happens and he’s just dumbfounded. 😂 He knows I love Greek mythology and have since I was a very young girl, but I guess he didn’t know how much. They look on his face is priceless when I rattle shit off 😂
@Kuro_Tsuki2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 same lol
@pamelamays41862 жыл бұрын
Did not know that the Cyclops had a name. In the Chalk Zone animated series, there is a version of Polyphemus, named Biclops.
@TickedOffPriest2 жыл бұрын
Only after Rudy gave him another eye. Before then, (according to the wiki) his name was Cyclops.
@noaag2 жыл бұрын
@@TickedOffPriest Fun fact for the linguist nerds: etymology is kuklos + ops, "round-eyed" or "circle-eyed". So when he got another eye, they should've called him bicyclops! (Yes, like a bicycle; a "two-circle"!)
@AdamIshak01 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE CHALKZONE
@gonfin350 Жыл бұрын
You know I think of all the KZbinrs, Jon is the only one that has kind of convinced me to try and buy the sponsors product
@LetsNerdOut2 жыл бұрын
The irony of this video being promoted by a bed company and me being wide awake watching this at 5am knowing I have work in 12 hours is not lost on me
@lilahjowhitfield2 жыл бұрын
Came here to say the thumbnail is incredible and is why I clicked on the video absolutely amazing
@dariusjackson19292 жыл бұрын
I would love to see Jon Solo do a video about the messed up origins of Assassins and Templars. 😂 This guy can literally narrate anything.
@AurmazlZudeh2 жыл бұрын
Big props to Arthur and DW
@elizabethbarringer27912 жыл бұрын
Absolutely entertaining thank you for the video dude keep up your good work.
@harrietlyall19912 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation, most enjoyable and interesting, thank you!
@-ladyofstars-2 жыл бұрын
Omg Jon solo I had spinal surgery too last year it was for scoliosis. what a coincidence haha 😹 Btw love your videos especially the Greek and Norse mythology ones 😁
@rachelthevoice2 жыл бұрын
almost a week later, but still watching.😃your readings of these vast interpretations of these historically influenced stories made me get into mythology more due to how easy it is to soak in these incredible tales! 😁 EDIT: when you were talking about the cyclops in the beginning and talking about the "snackage" I was eating a sandwich with hot sauce so...not the BEST timing on my part 🤣
@michaelpacinus242 Жыл бұрын
What speed did you have playback set to?
@rachelthevoice Жыл бұрын
@@michaelpacinus242 regular
@michaelpacinus242 Жыл бұрын
@@rachelthevoice and it took a week to watch? Wow!
@finnie43942 жыл бұрын
Hey Jon may I ask what your personal advice is on making an interesting mythology that would interest people like you?
@Ash-ws9pr2 жыл бұрын
Yay! I got the 1st like! Lol love ur show jon, always look forward to it.
@johnd70832 жыл бұрын
I have a problem with the Polyphemos didn't treat his guests well, so he was punished. Odysseus and his crew are not guests, they are thieves. They broke in and started to steal food. I don't see how Polyphemos owes them guest rights. They didn't present themselves as guests before entering.
@Dahaka-rd6tw9 ай бұрын
Well, in a way of speaking, they were punished in the end.
@geenhern6 ай бұрын
Must nitpick an ancient story lmao
@almar88742 жыл бұрын
The problem with punishing Polyphemos for not respecting the law of Xenia is that it was Odysseus who did not respect it: He and his men went into the cave with theft in their hearts.
@roebow19522 жыл бұрын
One of your best videos, kudos
@frankd45812 жыл бұрын
Please make a video for the messed up origins of the fairytale titled Pince Lindworm please
@noaag2 жыл бұрын
Nice one Jon! Very fun.
@tayloredwards49682 жыл бұрын
Please do the tale of princess kaguya next
@cattaleacres2 жыл бұрын
Okay, I usually bypass sponsorship bits, but you three are too cute in this one. Nicely done!
@TroubleReading2 жыл бұрын
I have always wondered. What kind of sheep are big enough to carry a full grown man?! The story doesn’t seem to mention anything odd about the sheep other than they belong to a cyclops. Greek mythology usually mentions when something is weird about the livestock. Man eating horses, perfect white bull, unstoppable boar, murderous golden sheep, etc So what kind of sheep can carry a grown man?
@homebrewedthoughts20332 жыл бұрын
Lots of big species of sheep
@dakotapiercy1742 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to watch this tomorrow
@devencherry89762 жыл бұрын
Love the videos, keep it up man..
@Jamilajahankhushbu2 жыл бұрын
9:04 I was so confused why would they advertise with a clumped up carpet and it took me way too long to realise that was a dog 😭 😭
@billriddle92152 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid...one of the best.
@toxicstarcandy2 жыл бұрын
Has anybody else started to thing that Greeks practically made fanfiction about their favorite characters. like their end in a story isn't just the end of them because they had a minor role.
@michaelilori6202 жыл бұрын
Interesting I was expecting you to talk his hatred of Zeus as form of his inhospitality. Also since you are comparing myths, have you never noticed giants are usually shepherds and herdsman? Compare him with Geryon the one in Heracles labors not the inferno.
@noaag2 жыл бұрын
I wonder, maybe ancient shepherds wished they were giants, so that they could herd the flock as easily as a docile pack of mice or something. It brings to mind the biblical analogy of a powerful god capable of defending his "flock".
@DIGardening2 жыл бұрын
I loved that episode of Arthur!
@crazyasalways92726 ай бұрын
I do love how Odysseus is supposed to be very smart yet was stupid enough to let someone who would definitely come after them or have someone do it for him his true name after tricking him
@marcusfridh84892 жыл бұрын
You can also say that the episode with the Trolls in the hobbit is a version of the polyphemos narriative.
@macenfilth51992 жыл бұрын
Not to be biased, because, O Brother Where Art Thou is my favorite movie of all time. But the sharpened wood is referenced in the movie. Only it doesn't kill the Cyclops as he catches from the sky. It's when our heroes of this southern tale drop a burning cross on him instead. That's a burtal way to go in my opinion.
@dariusvanderbeck58852 жыл бұрын
Great Video Jon thanks for calling out my English teacher
@hungrstrke2 жыл бұрын
Poseidon sure knows how to pick em
@bishoukun2 жыл бұрын
I feel ya re spine being hecked, my dude. I'll have to check this out.
@ooohlalaandrea2 жыл бұрын
He's super committed to the name, weird little Yoda on his lap 😳 😂
@stephensmith47502 жыл бұрын
Love your stuff keep it up
@edwarddesive46052 жыл бұрын
Dude i love your videos
@DneilB0072 жыл бұрын
Haven’t seen the video yet. I just had to comment on the thumbnail. Best yet!
@DarkINsides062 жыл бұрын
Jon Solo, have you done a video explaining nymphs, they show up nearly all Greek myth and it's never really explained what they are. Your videos are fun, mellow, and insightful ☮️🖖🏽
@philokrnotch3872 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mamma Solo.
@kjhee1250010 ай бұрын
In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Big Dan(the cyclops) almost has his eye impaled by a flagpole, but catches it in the nick of time. You did not mention it, so I have for you.
@idontknowhowtochangemyusername Жыл бұрын
No way, that was Polyphemos in “O Brother Where Art Thou”? That’s crazy 😂
@Scalesthelizardwizard2 жыл бұрын
Love the video can you please do Egyptian Mythology also I'd try to survive Polyphemos by introducing him to manga
@Andrea.r942 жыл бұрын
you probably already know it, but actually it is thought that the large hole in the center of the Deinotheriumskulls (wich is an ancestor of elephants and has a hole that suggests a pronounced trunk) to the ancient Greeks, could well be the foundation for their tales of the fearsome one-eyed Cyclops.
@JohnSmith-yw3jr Жыл бұрын
Omg those pups are totes adorbs! 😍
@Catherine-uh9yu Жыл бұрын
Two quick things: Most of the Odyssey is a lesson on how to be a good host and guest according to Greek culture Also, the story of the old couple also has ties to the story of Noah's Ark because in some versions they're told to toss rocks behind them as they flee the flood. The rocks turn into men and women (based on who did the tossing), and thus they repopulated the place.
@melianatara2 жыл бұрын
15:02 of course he's short-sighted he's a cyclops
@humongousfungusamongus38712 жыл бұрын
Avid fan of Mythology & Solo!
@Jsscahd2 жыл бұрын
Glad I didn't skip the ad, your lady and you are the cutest 😍 wife and dogs for views is solid plan👌
@charlesnewman64682 жыл бұрын
Very interesting very cool. I never knew that there was a myth about him.
@ambermarie47762 жыл бұрын
Could you do the origins of oedipus if you haven’t already?
@denisemcdougal64452 жыл бұрын
Good video!
@Ahshsihdsjchi2 жыл бұрын
"Appears in *movies* like Percy Jackson-" 🤺🤺🤺
@pamelamays41862 жыл бұрын
Suggestion, when you can get around to it: The origins/ story behind Grandma Willow from Disney's Pocohantas.
@elibreezy2 жыл бұрын
That shirt is cool af Jon
@Rylosalex2 жыл бұрын
"He was still ugly as all hell." LOL
@sainiharika4 ай бұрын
lol love ur story telling 🥰🥰🥰
@OmnipotentSaiyan2 жыл бұрын
I read Homer’s Odyssey in 9th grade and I wanted to know more about this cyclops, but once I left school after reading it and doing work on it I didn’t care. Now I care again…
@JonSolo2 жыл бұрын
that’s beautiful man. never stop learning :)
@icollectstories57022 жыл бұрын
The name "Polyphemus" is amazingly fancy for a shepherd; since it supposedly means something like "really famous," I can only assume that this was a winking reference to someone really famous. So the Homeric version was, at some time, slanderous. Does no one question the scene of a man reaching between his legs to check his woolly sheep?
@brandendrew20192 жыл бұрын
I find videos like this interesting 🤔 to watch.
@PrinceBriefsYT2 жыл бұрын
Love the intro
@ezethic77222 жыл бұрын
23 SECONDS AGO? I WATCH YOU UPLOAD LIKE A HAWK! PUT SOME ADS LEMME WATCH THEM TOO
@bermanecombranne52562 жыл бұрын
How do you feel about the Disney plus series for the Percy Jackson trailer ? @Jon Solo I’d appreciate you’re feed back on the topic.
@WarPhoenix2 жыл бұрын
I love the story of Baucis and Philemon! Also, I'd be consumed
@kirbymarchbarcena2 жыл бұрын
I am amazed that a nymph and an olympian produced a giant Cyclops...what a wacky family
@chichiboypumpi Жыл бұрын
so this one-eyed brute is also Percy’s sibling?
@vampyre_1 Жыл бұрын
yes
@christianjohnson53792 жыл бұрын
I look forward to seeing your take on the Second Percy Jackson film, let's be honest the first film was terrible....BUT not nearly as much as Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. 😂🤣😂🤣 I hope you really tear into it. Also, not Greek mythology related, but I hope you eventually do what I suggested on Twitter and actually do your video on Robin Hood. It's a legend that will always be timeless, yet so many people have misconceptions about it. People often for example believe Robin Hood actually stole from the rich to give to the poor, and people have used this to justify stealing if the people that are being robbed are rich or insured, too many people have this mentality today, as well as also using Robin Hood as a symbol and justification for Socialism. Really it was actually stealing from a tyrannical government that was over taxing its citizens who had become impoverished because of it. It would be good for you to clear up those misconceptions about him, as well as going over each of the major stories and adventures he goes on.
@psychokinrazalon2 жыл бұрын
I don’t condone stealing but people like Jeff Bezos don’t exactly help the argument in favor of capitalism.
@Kuro_Tsuki2 жыл бұрын
I agree whole-heartedly with this. We need a Robin Hood episode.