Hercules's 9 OTHER Labors | Greek Mythology Explained

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» 0:00 - Hercules’s Legacy
» 1:14 - The 1st Labor: Defeat of the River God
» 3:35 - The 2nd Labor: The Execution of Alcyoneus
» 6:48 - The 3rd Labor: The Centaur Massacre
» 8:02 - The 4th Labor: The Freeing of Prometheus
» 10:35 - The 5th Labor: The Domination of Antaeus
» 11:56 - The 6th Labor: The Capture of the Cercropes
» 12:38 - The 7th Labor: The Slaying of Cetus
» 14:43 - The 8th Labor: The Execution of Eurytion
» 15:51 - The 9th Labor: Nessus
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[@JonSolo]

Let's pour one out for the man who accomplished so much that we couldn't even keep track of it all! 🍻 And let me know which labor was your favorite in a comment down below! ▼ Podcast Links! ▼ » Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jon-solos-messed-up-origins-podcast/id1631064271 » Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0zC1NxCX576HHQUoYCuGDo » Google Podcasts: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vbWVzc2VkdXBvcmlnaW5z » Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/e2ab5016-5166-4670-b0a3-7c6ade06947d/jon-solos-messed-up-origins-podcast » Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/jon-solos-messed-up-origins-podcast » iHeartRadio: iheart.com/podcast/99117988/

[@Relcilisity]

Sure

[@poiutrew]

11 Qq

[@alexandershawn440]

this should've been the 21 labors of Hercules u know 9 + 12

[@neilstone3583]

One kind of inaccurate thing is that in some myths humans already had fire, but Zeus took it from us only for use to get it back

[@legoking6165]

For a while now, I've had this idea for a reality TV show where contestants take on twelve challenges based off of Heracles' labors. Think about it: Modern day reinterpretations of the labors of Heracles where contestants prove their strength, resourcefulness and vigor. Call it "Legendary labors". Can you go the distance and achieve mythical glory?

[@ismarwinkelman5648]

I am not chasing a deer for one year, bro 😂

[@legoking6165]

@@ismarwinkelman5648 I said "reinterpretations of the labors", not the actual ones as literally described in the myths. What, you thought I was actually suggesting to have people fight a nine-headed snake or hold up the sky?

[@ismarwinkelman5648]

@@legoking6165 I was not being serious 🙂 But if you can find one I will fight a nine headed snake 😎

[@barbarahouk1983]

Ismar, lol! TY for the laugh. Nice humor.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

@@legoking6165 so a reality show where the challenges that are already pretty predictable?

[@Kalls2216]

Title : Hercules’s MINOR labours …. 1st labour : Kill a river GOD 💀

[@chavaspada]

Heracles is just built different.

[@AdamIshak01]

Honestly the Hercules and Tarzan series deserve so much love. They were amazing back in the day and even rewatching some of the episodes now, a majority of them still hold up and don’t really feel like it’s meant for kids. As Jon Solo put it, “90s Disney was so punk rock”. Also anyone else questioned why Hercules death was so painful? Was Nesuss working for Hera? Because dude was much more of one of the nicer figures in Greek Mythology and he was roasted alive- in every way and feeling possible.

[@toniyami]

Nah Nesuss just wanted revenge on Heracles for slaughtering his centaur brethren. He played the long game and wanted Heracles to suffer as much as the centaurs did. So he manipulated Heracles into shooting him with the hydra's blood poisoned arrow then manipulated his wife into putting his now poisoned blood on Heracles's clothes.

[@AwesomeMusicLady]

They did an Aladdin one too, and a little mermaid one The Aladdin one was my favorite though

[@AdamIshak01]

@@AwesomeMusicLady I did like both the Aladdin and Little Mermaid series, but Disney did that since Aladdin and Little Mermaid were their highest grossing movies at the time so they were riding the wave of their popularity. Hercules and Tarzan though we’re kinda considered failures but both the movies and series were so good idk how they were failures! The same for Emperor’s New Groove and Emperor’s New School!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

HERA: Why are you here in Olympus??? HERACLES: You want me killed,well, here I am...as a god

[@martywolf2011]

Your show is excellent, well told and well researched Thanks man And hugs to Gunther

[@mohammadbashammakh]

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[@redmannamder3620]

Your channel is probably top 5 out of anything on KZbin. Please continue to bless us Jon!

[@matthewrivers8153]

What’s the other 4

[@redmannamder3620]

@@matthewrivers8153 Its all my personal preference to content but mostly creepypasta narrators & Mr. Ballen

[@clarimm6675]

Damn it's crazy how Heracles did so many feats and labours that we can't even keep up with it all I honestly can't chose a favourite, they're all so full of weird shenanigans (and incest and gore but hey what's new in Greek mythology) lol

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

hes the most accomplished hero in greek myth and it shows

[@nudgificator]

I knew about the Alcyonides, I also knew that halcyon, as in 'halcyon days', referred to kingfishers. I did not connect the two things until just now.

[@lilynumber9510]

i really love your videos! thanks for all the effort and research you put in to each one. hope to be enjoying them for a long time to come :)

[@papabumba478]

The disney movie is a complete change, of course, but I actually like seeing their references. I wonder if in the movie, 2 monsters transforming in to kids, to trick Hercules. Is a reference to his kids transforming in to monsters to trick him in the original story.

[@juanprada4410]

hey! It would be great if you would go over the story of Queen Omphale and Heracles. As I understand it, she sent him on a bunch of other "jobs" like slaying a dragon, or taking on the "Cercopes"; and she is kind of a interesting figure. greetings from Colombia.

[@amandasegura75]

Please, please read through the Rick Riordan series (ignore all movies). I really want to see a comparison between them and the myths. You do such a good job.

[@pamelamays4186]

If and when Disney "reimagines" Hercules, I wonder if they'll include the less kid friendly gory details?

[@edsteward7717]

Dude! As much, or more research as anyone on KZbin! Love your mythology breakdowns.

[@robertrub5503]

Mr Solo... U da man, man. Keep slaying it King.

[@nathanmuhindo9627]

Time to learn !

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@@ajplayz4138 the one and only.

[@craftynerdybookish]

Ah, yes. The one episode of the Hercules series I vividly remember. Happy Liver Thursday everybody!

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Hey jon love the vids man been addicted for a week straight a fan from the Netherlands 🎉

[@justinabakugou5813]

Amazing as always Jon😊😊😊😊

[@MrRocksolid81]

Another great video Jon 👍

[@kingdemon26]

You should do a video on Madea and her tragic love with Jason of the argonauts or Beleraphon

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome thanks love all your videos

[@greyworld6242]

Great video wants again solo!

[@Ireton06]

Excellent episode. Would love to hear bout Chiron and Prometheus please

[@kearstynholmes4499]

Love your shirt lol and like how in depth you go with folklore and myths czworld mention u in a recent vid too

[@charlesmiller6826]

Finnally, i am looking forward to next week. I have always had a fascination with traffic cones!

[@SuperChimcham]

I think it’s odd how Herra means mother of Ra and Hathor means mother of Thor. And I believe Heracles just means the power of Herra. It’s been a while since I’ve looked up the etymology of them.

[@GothPaoki]

Heracles means glory of hera

[@SuperChimcham]

@@GothPaoki knew it was something along those lines

[@GothPaoki]

@@SuperChimcham yea and basically this name was supposed to appease hera because she was cheated on by zeus for the 999th time...

[@jcaaata7338]

Man love ur vids

[@Foreverchris01]

I am surprised that for such a heinous thing to done by Hera, Zeus of all people didn't punish Hera severely for making hercules hallucinate and kill his entire family. I mean come Zeus, you might have been a serious horndog but at least have the balls to punish your wife for something evil as this.

[@melindoranightsilver9298]

Keep in mind, she punished a lot of his kids/mistresses. I think the one of the main reasons was because she had promised not to go after him personally after the attempted coup.

[@brianbenjamin653]

Yo these videos are hilarious

[@KERRYPIKE]

The 12 labors of Hercules is very amazing.

[@pumirya]

Thanks for another cool video.

[@taytayz]

Finally, a video that's on time 😭

[@pgplays458]

Great video ❤

[@jaidengames26]

Great video

[@jonathanclarke3189]

Love this channel

[@JonSolo]

and I love you!

[@gamaninja9915]

There is a reference to the second one in supernatural Can you please do an episode talking about the lore in supernatural They even have Zeus in the show along with the world eater

[@Jalen861]

The Messed Up Origins of Horrid Henry. When you think about it, he's something of a modern day Loki.

[@ajerjavec4723]

I wouldn’t mind you doing a video on Hercules as many children because many are very interesting stories

[@Jmnzz]

Forgot about the Hercules cartoon series. Don't fully remember any episodes but I do remember one bad ass one that crossed over with the Disney Aladdin cartoon.

[@blackphoenix77]

I've heard about these; I didn't know they were considered labors as well!

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Mint probably spent more on this promo that Reynolds' commercials lol

[@Phantomermaid]

Have you ever thought about teaching a class at a college? I’ve learned so much from your videos more so than I have in some college classes. Either way love your videos huge fan! ❤️

[@JonSolo]

Ha! I've considered designing a MUO™ online course... but it'd be challenging to get it to count for a college credit. If people were still interested in just learning and testing themselves I'd love to put one together though :)

[@darthmortis9960]

I love the shirt btw

[@novatryxward9372]

I always liked how he just strangles antaeus to death, a man who would wrestle and kill anybody couldn't do shit when he couldn't touch the ground and got hugged to death

[@mystictimewarp9831]

I like how in the cartoon the pelt he was wearing was scar lol

[@Foreverchris01]

11:53. Ayo, that's some serious insult to injury.

[@robertoandresalvarezgonzal46]

Could you make a video explaining Romanian mythology? Like the Urias

[@emperorblackman5710]

Thanks Jon for that exestential crisis like 7 seconds into the video.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Can you cover the part of Journey to the West where Wukong got trapped in a jar and almost got his immortalities thwarted

[@LaCrownedGamer]

I like the 4th minor, the Freeing of Prometheous the most. That mad did a lot for humans and deserved a second chance. It also has a tie to turn best Centaur Chiron ( it sucks he passes but his legacy lives on.) I don't know there is something so redeeming about this minor labor. Side note: maybe I am mistaken, but has Jon ever talked about any lady centaurs? As a whole centaurs always get a bad rap and the stories are usually male dominated.

[@blackphoenix77]

I don't think there are that many Greek myths about female centaurs; I can't even think of one.

[@LaCrownedGamer]

@BlackPhoenix77 that would make sense... I also can't think of a story either. Hopefully there is something out there though

[@Dalinos]

@@LaCrownedGamer Most mythical beings in Ancient Greek mythology were gender-locked. Satyrs were always male. Nymphs were always female. The Muses were all female. Hermaphrodites, the children of Hermes and Aphrodite were both genders at all times. Centaurs, much like Satyrs, were all male. No such thing as a female centaur. Wasn't depicted on any pottery, wasn't talked about in any stories, wasn't mentioned anywhere. Just like the female satyr or the male nymph, it just did not exist. Yours truly, a Greek.

[@Shamiah286]

Great show. Fun fact I have the purse that matches your shirt.

[@tregorn]

I want you to dissect mythological movies like the Immortals, Troy, Helen of Troy etc.

[@lunchize]

Thanks for the story bruh

[@mrmcoc6461]

Blood of Zeus (Netflix) will help a bit on the gigantomachy part of this video. Cool tv show by the way

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[@jonathanclarke3189]

Yes!

[@10cvWHO]

Its awesome 😎

[@themorningstar347]

I've been seeing a lot of thumbnails about god killers from other channels, but I would rather watch it here. If you could do an episode, please.

[@Whats_a_ZJ]

Herculea fighting the river god is pretty much the original guts fighting an apostle. The river godnwveb uses his release form.

[@AJbassist]

u should do japanese folklore later :) and uses anime tie in

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Do one on ompa loompas😮

[@Relcilisity]

Awesome

[@TheNikiShow3]

Yay!!! First!! Love your videos👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@mistermacwaffle2800]

Would you know of a book that covers both the major and minor labors in one text?

[@Terry.M.I.]

8:45 i prefer the first telling but if anything was ever real was probably the second one

[@SiriusZiriux]

Hey Juan; are You going to try Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom?

[@kaiser9109]

Very small error at end, Hercules died from the centaur blood because the Greeks believed centaur blood was poisonous. Just wanted to point that out because I’m a big Greek mythology fan, otherwise great work. Keep up the good work

[@ld4206]

Chiron was also in the Percy Jackson movies looks like he took an arrow to the knee.

[@lisapop5219]

If you're fighting no rules to death, dirt in the eye is a good tactic ngl

[@elinmagg]

anyone know the name of the music playing while he's talking?

[@kabagee]

Hercules out here doing side quests

[@OoOd4v3OoO]

So there's two different stories about the destruction of troy and they both have a special horse and a demigod getting pissed

[@mbncd]

I've never understood why Heracles goes by his Roman name of Hercules in most of the modern tellings of stories with the decidedly Greek version of the gods like Zeus and Hera. Anyone know why they get mixed together like that?

[@FireDemon0313]

I thought it was the titans fighting the gods (again) and that it was called the titanomachy

[@jensenrogers6611]

🐴"Step aside, two-legs!" 😠"Pardon me, my good - uh...🤨uh, sir!" 😳

[@mobilematthew]

✨️✨️Nothing✨️✨️ is what i will be remembered for

[@Weednimbus]

Damn so Hercules broke two backs that night 🤣🤣🤣

[@HasufelyArod]

Again, Sprightly was not there, so I'm reluctantly watching this. 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@bobby2hands227]

9:12 So he took an arrow to the knee...

[@J.P_INC.]

Greek mythology is my favorite type.

[@annaroselarsen4218]

If I die tomorrow I would be kown as the crazy bird lady lol

[@raxxie]

yay remember

[@richewilson6394]

The Romans would have in the Colosseum performances of prisoners with tunic soaked in some kind of alcohol or pitch that they would set on fire to recreate Hercules dying by the tunic.

[@Suno-ta-sei]

I'd be forgotten in about a week 😅 And nobody would notice. Sad but true.

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Mint mobile isn't much cheaper for unlimited than straight talk

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

Can you do Jack Horner

[@WhiteLongSword7]

Makes no dang sense how Hercules managed to lift a giant off the ground...among other things I suppose lol

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[@kaiumeda6341]

12:39 Are You Sure about that? Because PERSEUS killed Cetus

[@JonSolo]

Wait, you mean there’s more than one version of a Greek myth?! THATS KUH-RAZY!!! 🤯

[@JStryker47]

The Perseus version is the "canonical" one, since several of its characters are adjacent constellations. Then there's the Clash of the Titans movie, which tells the Perseus version. (Though for some reason, King Cepheus is omitted from the original.)

[@geogemini8528]

Hercules used pocket sand on the first guy 😂

[@everettabor1372]

Just his liver? No fava beans? No Chianti?😳

[@jeffreygao3956]

16:29 Too bad they never actually read his Yelp reviews.

[@airyshark324]

U should’ve gotten the Hercules Hercules clip an put it in after u said everyone in the west knows him

[@dylansearcy3966]

The cercropes were satyrs