The Sacrifice of Iphigenia: Agamemnon's Favorite Daughter - The Trojan War Saga - Season Finale

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  • Greek Mythology: The Sacrifice of Iphigenia: Agamemnon's Favorite Daughter - The Trojan War Saga - Season Finale
    Art: Raphael Gritti
    Color: Rod Fernandes
    Script: Bruno Viriato
    #GreekMythology #Mythology #SeeUinHistory #History #MythologyExplained

Komentáře • 303

  • @candyqueen0064
    @candyqueen0064 Před 2 lety +258

    I f*cking cried at Iphigenea's bravery and Achilles' nobility to defend her to the death
    How wonderful that such old stories can still elicit the same powerful reactions as from people back in the day

    • @ThePaganSun
      @ThePaganSun Před 2 lety +1

      Agamemnon tried to defend her too but was betrayed by those closest to him, Odysseus and his own brother.

  • @dymonddavis7847
    @dymonddavis7847 Před 2 lety +106

    Even though she knew she was going to die, this woman showed no fear only bravery and courage

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi Před 2 lety +239

    Mythology in school: 😀
    Mythology in reality: 🌚

    • @rageraptor7127
      @rageraptor7127 Před 2 lety +11

      Disney: mythology? How can we make money with it?

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 Před 2 lety +8

      @@rageraptor7127 Just add a couple of songs.
      You should be good.

  • @PatRick-zi3ok
    @PatRick-zi3ok Před 2 lety +323

    Well, there is another version of the story where Goddess Artemis saved the princess and made her one of her maids.
    Trojan War is one of the biggest events in Greek mythology where Goddess of Discord Eris is the principal architect.
    As far as I remember Artemis, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Eris, and other gods and goddesses sided with the trojans. While Hera, Athena, and other gods and goddesses sided with the Greeks.
    Hera and Artemis had confronted each other in this war, Hera wounded Artemis in this fight before Artemis fled to her father Zeus. Her mother Goddess of Motherhood Leto treated her wounds.
    Athena and Ares had also confronted each other in this war, Athena handily defeated the God of War in combat.
    (English is my fourth language so sorry for the grammar issues.)

    • @morelosazucena
      @morelosazucena Před 2 lety +25

      Rule of thumb. When Hera and Athena team up, thry always win. Goddess of empires and the goddess of war

    • @jagirl966
      @jagirl966 Před 2 lety +28

      Your grammar is better than most native English speakers.

    • @Tamo8
      @Tamo8 Před 2 lety +10

      I was going to comment the same thing since Artemis is the goddess of young women, I was expecting her to appear and save the princess

    • @ishtar1301
      @ishtar1301 Před 2 lety +10

      When you come to Greece , there is this temple in Vravrona, a beautiful spot for Artemis, where Iphigenia was the priestess.

    • @erwinjasonlim9395
      @erwinjasonlim9395 Před 2 lety +4

      Play age of mythology.. everything is there.:)

  • @sonamtshering194
    @sonamtshering194 Před 2 lety +32

    That princess has got to be one of the bravest mortals in Greek mythology if not the bravest

  • @danielelunardi9812
    @danielelunardi9812 Před 2 lety +229

    Ifigenia wasn't dead. I heard Artemis had mercy of the girl and saved her making of her her great preist in a far land

    • @efaristi9737
      @efaristi9737 Před 2 lety +56

      that depend on the author, every myth has multiples versions. Even in the antiquitie.

    • @THomAs.H.P.76
      @THomAs.H.P.76 Před 2 lety +22

      I think it was Euripidis who made this theatrical version for Dionysus festivities, the myths were much older than his time.

    • @ThePaganSun
      @ThePaganSun Před 2 lety +13

      @@THomAs.H.P.76 No, there's evidence of Iphigenia surviving in Hesiod and in fragments of the Epic Cycle but it's true that it's slightly different in each version. Menelaus was kind in Homer's version but demonized in the Athenian plays since Menelaus was a Spartan.

    • @CultofThings
      @CultofThings Před 2 lety

      Ya right

    • @themythologynerd7020
      @themythologynerd7020 Před 2 lety +1

      There are many different versions

  • @boxinsteadyeddie
    @boxinsteadyeddie Před 2 lety +67

    The best trojan series on CZcams. I was so dismayed to find a lack of content for it on CZcams that I almost started a channel for it myself. I don’t have the narrative voice that you offer though, and I’m grateful to have found this and for it to be ongoing. Thank you so much.

  • @aubreyyoung6664
    @aubreyyoung6664 Před 2 lety +125

    It’s so sad that Agamemnon has to sacrifice his daughter because he loves her so much

  • @AdamIshak01
    @AdamIshak01 Před 2 lety +22

    Ok. Beautiful.
    But can we please get the rest of the story too? A whole war happened and the story ended with the Greeks still not sailing for Troy 😭
    The artwork, the animation, the narration is all great which is why I want it to continue on.

  • @Argos-xb8ek
    @Argos-xb8ek Před 2 lety +47

    Agamemnon always rubbed me the wrong way everytime I read the Illiad. Also the gods were so cruel to force all this suffering for some entertainment

    • @ThePaganSun
      @ThePaganSun Před 2 lety +8

      Agamemnon is one of the most interesting and complicated figures in epic history and the gods didn't cause all of that for suffering for entertainment but rather the biggest reason was they they didn't want to lose their demigod children or their favorites (like Zeus for Sarpedon, Thetis for Achilles, Athena for Diomedes and Odysseus, Apollo for Hector, Eos the Dawn for Memnon, Ares for Penthisilea, etc..)

  • @nikolascend
    @nikolascend Před 2 lety +25

    Ifigenia was taken by Artemis in a cloud just as Kalhas was about to sacrifice her and put a stag in her place. Nonetheless, none of the Greeks saw that. Ifigenia became a priestess for the Goddess, and later found by her brother Orestis as written in the tragedy, Ifigenia en Tavris.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před 3 měsíci

      It's pretty common in mythology for the hero or heroine to not really die, like King Arthur, he's just sleeping and will return. They even use it in Star Wars, Yoda and Obi Wan become spirits or Merlin in Exalibur.

  • @tundrarunner4951
    @tundrarunner4951 Před 2 lety +2

    Agamemnon looks like he's wearing some dope sunglasses at 4:09.

  • @spartan-s013
    @spartan-s013 Před 2 lety +2

    just awsome. That whole saga was the best you made till now

  • @dijonstreak
    @dijonstreak Před 2 lety +2

    awesome..so WELL done and narrated...many thanks to bringing this legendary sacrifice to Life. !!....

  • @sierraluers4543
    @sierraluers4543 Před 2 lety +1

    PLEASE MAKE SEASON 2!!!!!
    This was amazing

  • @manasidash7823
    @manasidash7823 Před 2 lety +6

    Your trojan war saga is awesome. Keep up this work.

  • @athensinrome
    @athensinrome Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank you for making this podcast. I really appreciate your perspective (as I am a high school teacher who has taught this text to students).

  • @chrizaoyan7916
    @chrizaoyan7916 Před 2 lety +11

    This is really good! I’m looking forward to watch the next video!! Tbh, if this comic is for sale, I’d definitely buy it lol! It looks amazing!! ✨✨

  • @ruchikaagarwal6630
    @ruchikaagarwal6630 Před 2 lety +6

    I enjoyed this season! Hope for the next one to come soon.❤

  • @thewolf-sb3mq
    @thewolf-sb3mq Před 2 lety +1

    Cant wait for this epic work .. what a masterpiece

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 Před 2 lety +7

    I wouldn’t have expected something like this from Artemis considering she is one of the more reasonable of the Olympians.

    • @ThePaganSun
      @ThePaganSun Před 2 lety +5

      She's usually pretty merciless to men but it was probably Calchas the priest that lied about it and in most versions, Artemis does save her.

  • @charliemcternan8190
    @charliemcternan8190 Před 2 lety +4

    Another amazing video this looks so awesome I love ancient Greece

  • @gorvarhadgarson5227
    @gorvarhadgarson5227 Před 2 lety +8

    Oh, I wonder how Aeneas will look like. Dudr is my lowkey fav dude from the Trojan War

  • @tiewlamonsyiemlieh3993

    I been waiting for the next episodes please comeback soon😊

  • @415carlton
    @415carlton Před 2 lety

    keep it Up See U. im addicted to this series

  • @TheVinceLyons
    @TheVinceLyons Před 2 lety +5

    If you don't mind subtitles or speak Greek there's a great movie from the late 70's called Iphigenia. Specifcally about this. About Agamemnon's torment at having to sacrifice his daughter.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah I saw that, it was so much better than the 2004 which just wanted to rush from one fight scene to the next.
      The production design, locations, costumes, casting and acting were outstanding. It really felt you'd stepped back into the bronze age. Having actual Greek actors helps too.

  • @suhailrashid7254
    @suhailrashid7254 Před 2 lety +5

    Upload more about Trojan war..i love it also upload about Aeneas adventures ❤️❤️

  • @astiriffic4722
    @astiriffic4722 Před rokem +3

    She was utterly brave, gave up her life so that others would not have to give up theirs.

  • @margaret7949
    @margaret7949 Před 2 lety +9

    I recommend watching the Greek movie Iphigenia (1977) is a faithful adaptation of the play! Its available on CZcams with English subs. the production is amazing and the performances spectacular (the famous greek actress Irini Pappas plays Clytemnistra). Definitely is for those who love the ancient greek tragedies.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yes I saw it too, it was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign movie. The production design and costumes and locations give it a strong sense of being authentic bronze age, the army is much more a rag tag bunch. The film is extremely tragic, the Greeks really knew how to lay it on thick. The king is potrayed as much a hostage of his army as its leader.

  • @jacksongibbs8998
    @jacksongibbs8998 Před 2 lety +3

    “In order to take the stone, you must loose that which you love.”

  • @itwasalwaysme8577
    @itwasalwaysme8577 Před rokem +1

    Found out recently about this channel and loved it. Even more, because Avlida and its lovely mythology is my home town. The storyline is well presented. The only thing i would change is the pronunciation of Avlida. The one mentioned here, as Aulis=i-lish is wrong. Aulis in greek sounds as A-vlis. Aulis=Avlis=Avlida (modern name). Apart from that, all great!!!

  • @despinasgarden.4100
    @despinasgarden.4100 Před 2 lety +18

    No wonder why Clytemnestra ended up killing him.

  • @tarriagh9516
    @tarriagh9516 Před 2 lety +7

    Oh my this series is just breathtakingly epic❤
    Cant wait for the fight between Achilles and Hector(although l always feel a great sadness by the result of it😖)

  • @gkalenaki
    @gkalenaki Před rokem +6

    Ifigenia didn't die, goddess Artemis covered her with a cloud and put a deer on her place, as a sign of her accepting the sacrifice. The cloud took the young maiden to the land of Tauris where Ifigenia became the arch priestess of Artemis in order to thank her for allowing her to live. The tradition of Tauris was to sacrifice every foreigner who would dare to step a foot on their land as a gift to goddess Artemis.
    The king of Tauris wanted to make Ifigenia his wife, but she would be making various excuses in order to avoid him. When she was about to succumb to the king's pleas as she had almost run out of excuses and as she was performing a cleansing ritual by the sea in order to buy some more time to herself, she noticed of a ship that had wrecked nearby.
    Using her priestess identity, she went off to get to know of the whereabouts of the people who were on that wrecked ship. Later on, she met with their leader, who ended up being her little brother Orestes, who was still a little boy by the time Ifigenia was sacrificed.
    Together they made an escape plan that was successful, only to return to Mycenae and discover that their father Agamemnon had been murdered by their mother, Clytemnestra and her lover and Agamemnon's cousin, Aegisthus. Orestes killed Clytemnestra in order to avenge their father and exiled himself until years later, when he killed his half brother Aletes and claimed the throne of Mycenae. Meanwhile Ifigenia remained a high priestess of goddess Artemis until her peaceful death of old age.

  • @masulubonak9275
    @masulubonak9275 Před 2 lety +10

    Imagine if they delayed the savrifice a little bit more, like give it time to think again and other options then she would have been alive and that oracle would've been dead 😅

  • @gideongarcia5242
    @gideongarcia5242 Před 2 lety +6

    Both Paris and Helen ended up in Dante's Inferno, punished in the 2nd Circle of Lust.

  • @kimabooyah9669
    @kimabooyah9669 Před 2 lety +4

    Masterpiece.

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview Před 2 lety +16

    Achilles is so noble yo. Iphigenia juz gotta take one ☝️ for the team yo!

  • @savagedarksider5934
    @savagedarksider5934 Před 2 lety

    Great video.

  • @julzzzzzzzzzdc163
    @julzzzzzzzzzdc163 Před 2 lety +1

    Still here waiting for the next upload for this series

  • @papadoc7266
    @papadoc7266 Před 2 lety +5

    Liked it cant wait for the next episode although this was the best episode of all

    • @JorgePicco
      @JorgePicco Před 2 lety

      And where is the next episode if I may ask?

  • @joaniebalonie707
    @joaniebalonie707 Před 2 lety +3

    I love this series and I just binge watched it. I’m sad that I have to wait for the next episode 😭😭😭

    • @nkwane7019
      @nkwane7019 Před 2 lety

      Ikr.. at this point I wish I'd discovered it a lot later so i could properly binge watch all seasons😓

  • @gofurmia6997
    @gofurmia6997 Před 2 lety +1

    I have seen heard read about trojan war like hundred of times still it facinates me

  • @hariharanannamalai5721
    @hariharanannamalai5721 Před 2 lety +7

    And the father of the year award goes to....

  • @krishnasaivootla8761
    @krishnasaivootla8761 Před 2 lety +1

    when is the next season coming? I can't wait anymore.

  • @smartguy458
    @smartguy458 Před 2 lety +15

    You know, we would think that Agamemnon would take this as a sign to not invade Troy. Because, Agamemnon has literally no stake in this, only Menelaus wants to sack Troy.

    • @efaristi9737
      @efaristi9737 Před 2 lety +3

      yeah but he was under oath, he has no choice. It would have been a incredible dishonor to refuse, something a king can't afford.

    • @smartguy458
      @smartguy458 Před 2 lety +2

      @@efaristi9737 I know, but still, Agy is still a parent, and nothing should be worth doing if a parent has to sacrifice their own kid.

    • @efaristi9737
      @efaristi9737 Před 2 lety +6

      @@smartguy458 different time, different morality. Menelas himself wasn't too concerned about dragging everyone in a war just to retrieve his wife that leave him willingly. The ancient greeks... in fact any civilisation of antiquitie thought of war as something normal and glorious to do, they have a different perception of it than us.

  • @jadenbediako8066
    @jadenbediako8066 Před rokem

    love the soundtrack

  • @aasports8924
    @aasports8924 Před 2 lety

    Season 2 please!

  • @JorgePicco
    @JorgePicco Před 2 lety +1

    It is just wrong that this marvelous series has not been viralized yet by the yt algorithm.

  • @alexanderhyatt5359
    @alexanderhyatt5359 Před 2 lety

    Nice, but when is the next story taking place? It’s been three weeks now and not a single video about the Greeks’ arrival on the shores of Troas!

  • @danewillis263
    @danewillis263 Před 2 lety +1

    Can you do an episode about the Aesir-Vanir war?

  • @oh_for_gods_sake_niall
    @oh_for_gods_sake_niall Před 2 lety +2

    When will the next season come ?

  • @samsam6929
    @samsam6929 Před 2 lety

    Please upload the next one ❤️🥺🥺🥺

  • @Avatar_Ky0shi
    @Avatar_Ky0shi Před 2 lety

    Can't wait for Season 2

  • @elijah_oofoof8891
    @elijah_oofoof8891 Před 2 lety +2

    4:11 agamemnon looks cool 😎

  • @TheKrazykwasi
    @TheKrazykwasi Před rokem +1

    Odysseus turning out to be like Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds. For someone that didn't want to be involved in the war, he's a shrewd detective and has been deceiving alot of innocent people along the way.

  • @donnyc9430
    @donnyc9430 Před 2 lety +5

    Yep

  • @user-dm2ji4oz3g
    @user-dm2ji4oz3g Před 2 lety +3

    According to Goethe: Aphrodite had mercy and Iphigenia ended up a priest on a small island, Tauris, and was pressured to marry the island's king, who was in love with her. She declined often, claiming that she couldn't let go her responsibility. But later she was saved by her brother, who came to her due to a prophacy and brought back to her home.

  • @justinetrinidad4829
    @justinetrinidad4829 Před 2 lety

    Yo! Wheres the next part? Been 2 months now. Upload it please 😭😭😭

  • @Tekmirion
    @Tekmirion Před 2 lety

    Bravo

  • @predatorb7647
    @predatorb7647 Před 2 lety

    Can u please make a one full video like 1-2h longe one when all the episodes are done

  • @irtijanuhash2447
    @irtijanuhash2447 Před 2 lety +11

    If Kratos from Gow was here he'd sacrifice Artemis instead

    • @ladypeny
      @ladypeny Před 2 lety +1

      I love Artemis, that would be a pity

  • @lw3646
    @lw3646 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The 1977 film is a must watch for anyone interested in this story.

  • @shafayetrafi9962
    @shafayetrafi9962 Před 2 lety

    Won’t there be any other episodes on trojan war??

  • @terrynewsome6698
    @terrynewsome6698 Před 2 lety +2

    4:10, the birth of sunglasses

  • @zeroalpha9713
    @zeroalpha9713 Před 2 lety +1

    More I need more

  • @writingtotortureyou
    @writingtotortureyou Před 2 lety +2

    First off this is great but small thing Agamemnon wouldn’t have written a letter to anyone most likely. As the Mycenaeans used Linear B to write and it was really only used by scribes to keep track of like trade and taxes boring sort of stuff. Unfortunately they just didn’t using writing in the same way we do. Even homer writes that a message to have a man killed was only as complicated as a few mark scratched into “tokens” which I always took to mean like little clay or wooden tiles, this as close as you get to a letter in the day of Agamemnon.

    • @ThePaganSun
      @ThePaganSun Před 2 lety

      That's partly true. But the Mycenaens used Linear B for administrative things. But they might've used other languages like Hittite and Luwian for letter writing. And in Euripides' play, Iphigenia at Aulis. He sends a "letter" (a clay tablet).

  • @sga._5567
    @sga._5567 Před 2 lety

    Please bring the next season

  • @truthspreader1996
    @truthspreader1996 Před 2 lety +5

    I understand that she agree to be sacrifice and stuff but did Agamemnon have to be the one to end her?
    That seemed to cruel.

    • @ThePaganSun
      @ThePaganSun Před 2 lety +2

      He's only the one to do it in rare few versions. It's usually the priest Calchas who does it in the source material.

  • @JorgePicco
    @JorgePicco Před 2 lety

    By the end of season 2 you are going to hit 2M subs.

  • @martinogbuigwe7813
    @martinogbuigwe7813 Před 2 lety

    Can anyone find the soundtrack playing in the background when she was being sacrificed?

  • @DanielM1224
    @DanielM1224 Před 2 lety +21

    This is a nice little game the gods have going on...we're just their entertainment.

    • @inmagiasiderum5612
      @inmagiasiderum5612 Před 2 lety +2

      Do you think the gods still using us mortals here on earth?

    • @keshikakiran7799
      @keshikakiran7799 Před 2 lety +1

      @@inmagiasiderum5612 Probably not as ferociously. 😂😂

    • @inmagiasiderum5612
      @inmagiasiderum5612 Před 2 lety

      @@keshikakiran7799 well that's interesting 😅

    • @keshikakiran7799
      @keshikakiran7799 Před 2 lety +2

      @@inmagiasiderum5612 no seriously, you can't sacrifice your daughters these days. The police will sacrifice you. 😂✋🏼

    • @inmagiasiderum5612
      @inmagiasiderum5612 Před 2 lety +1

      @@keshikakiran7799 no lol, that is not what I mean haha. What I meant is that, it's interesting that these gods or deities are still manipulating our fate and destiny here on earth as we are just mere mortals...

  • @talilemtor8705
    @talilemtor8705 Před 2 lety

    Next part please

  • @tasiadupree
    @tasiadupree Před 2 lety

    Where is season 2 or when will it come out?

  • @StevieJaysAllDAY
    @StevieJaysAllDAY Před 2 lety

    When does the next season come out??

  • @livyatanwh4676
    @livyatanwh4676 Před 2 lety

    When will season2 come out?

  • @ak-zxr0358
    @ak-zxr0358 Před rokem +1

    Why was this such a good story 😭

  • @pratiklandge3207
    @pratiklandge3207 Před 18 dny

    "The killing of a sacred deer" brought me here... Great movie! If you haven't watched it yet! I'm surprised the movie's name is not all over the comments...

  • @Derevocsidi
    @Derevocsidi Před 2 lety +1

    Pls upload the next part fast 😂

  • @innergi5516
    @innergi5516 Před 2 lety +3

    Acheilies: The Greatest Bandit in Greek history.

  • @vuyomnanzana2201
    @vuyomnanzana2201 Před 2 lety

    When is the next video coming?

  • @agniswar3
    @agniswar3 Před 2 lety

    So this is the season one finale right?

  • @ihateambulances7981
    @ihateambulances7981 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow that makes Agamemnon not look as bad

  • @gauthamanganesan3535
    @gauthamanganesan3535 Před 2 lety

    Waiting for the next chapter

  • @sgoddard638
    @sgoddard638 Před 2 lety +2

    All this because Eris didn't get a wedding invite.

  • @kannansatheesh3075
    @kannansatheesh3075 Před 2 lety

    When is the next episode????

  • @nicholasbarber3644
    @nicholasbarber3644 Před 2 lety +43

    that beating kratos gave the greek gods was justified

  • @rajmodi3107
    @rajmodi3107 Před 2 lety

    Plz release next season of trojan war saga it's been 1 month.

  • @karlbenito9992
    @karlbenito9992 Před 2 lety +3

    will they do other sagas? even from other mythologies?

    • @SeeUinHistory
      @SeeUinHistory  Před 2 lety +4

      yes, soon

    • @agniswar3
      @agniswar3 Před 2 lety +1

      @@SeeUinHistory then make from The Ramayana and The Mahabharata.

    • @martinogbuigwe7813
      @martinogbuigwe7813 Před 2 lety

      @@SeeUinHistory please what was the soundtrack when she was being sacrificed?😭 where can i find it?

  • @nkwane7019
    @nkwane7019 Před 2 lety

    When is season 2.. you can't just leave me hanging like that

  • @morrismurimi3965
    @morrismurimi3965 Před 2 lety +3

    First place
    No sacrifice No victory!

  • @nanonatronaviation6007
    @nanonatronaviation6007 Před 2 lety +1

    *sigh* we had to read the story in German lesson last year... Would have been such a great help

  • @reenatai75
    @reenatai75 Před 2 lety +3

    Who sent the messenger to prevent sending the daughter to the camp is it agamemnon

    • @chiefjudgefish4193
      @chiefjudgefish4193 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes it is. Agamemnon was desperate not to sacrifice his daughter, she was his favourite.

  • @Yash-vy9iv
    @Yash-vy9iv Před 2 lety

    Next season???? WHEN IS THAT??????

  • @raguld1881
    @raguld1881 Před 2 lety

    Waiting for season 2

  • @CultofThings
    @CultofThings Před 2 lety +3

    War is just human sacrifice

  • @jaspreetsinghsandhu24
    @jaspreetsinghsandhu24 Před 2 lety

    Next episode by what time

  • @frakow49
    @frakow49 Před 2 lety

    4:24 he's like 😎

  • @genevevehedrickse3756
    @genevevehedrickse3756 Před 2 lety

    When are they realising season 2

  • @arndural3375
    @arndural3375 Před 2 lety

    So, where is the rest?