Miscellaneous Myths: Heracles
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- The man. The myth. The legend. The hero so ancient, he's been alleged to have gone pretty much everywhere and done pretty much everything (and everyone!) I can't possibly talk about all of his exploits in a single rationally-sized video, but here's the major highlights in the timeline of Heracles.
(Should I do separate videos on the Gigantomachy, Heracles's questionably realistic adventures in Egypt, and the whole "saving Prometheus" thing? Let me know!)
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“And do you Heracles take Husband Destroyer to be your wife”
Heracles- “ Yeah, What could go wrong”
He was probably like, "Husband destroyer? Challenge accepted!"
*Top 10 Most Epic Anime Battles*
*Gets boned to death*
Appearantly, she fell into despair when she realized what she did and killed herself. >.> Way to go, Herc.
And people still say the name "Victor Von Doom" is too on the nose.
My favourite part of Hercules:
When he fought the Hydra, Hera tried to get him killed by sending a Crab to distract him by pinching his feet while he fights.
He stepped on the Crab, killing it.
Hera took the Crab's body and placed it in the starts (Cancer constellation) as a memorial for its bravery facing such a mighty foe.
Superdark33 A foe the crab faced because of Hera in the first place...
Bitch
That is a fascinating story, especially since I'm a Cancer! Go crabs!
go crabo go !
Superdark33 that is the story books and parents should tell, "this constellation is cancer the crab, they say the greek goddess hera put the crab up there after getting curbstomped by hercules"
Superdark33
Holly shit that's adorable
Apparently, Super buff man gets through a surprising number of problems by just asking nicely and talking to people like an adult.
and his mortal sin is wrath... from someone with the sin of wrath, he really is a polite dude
@@arthurdias6860 . . . like for 4 minuts, and the moment it does not go his way he rampages. He shot an arrow at poor hades, it is thanks to hades, that that did not escalate and end in disaster, not Heracles . . .
It kind of makes sense though. When all logical and diplomatic possibilities of negotiation and discussion are extinguished the only pathway that is left is the path of Wrath and warfare. And Hercules is the very apotheosis of this. His wrath is his downfall only when he finds all avenues of negotiation extinguished leaving it as his only way forward as he can see. I can associate deeply with this concept. For there is nothing that can drive a logical or rational reasonable person to the depths of foaming at the mouth insane rabid rage, then dealing with someone so obstinate, arrogant and stubborn that they refused to give even an inch for the sake of negotiation of diplomacy.
@@SingingSealRiana good point, but that was incidental, wasn't?
@@arthurdias6860 Considering how many times Red basically went "He killed a guy," wrath does make sense, even if Red glossed over those parts.
Greek myth in a nutshell:
And then along came Zeus
Literally came
@@josephradley3160 i- 😀
He hurled his thunderbolt if you know what I mean 😉
@@jackrobertson6808 nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more squire.
This sub comment section is a nightmare
Hercules: oh fair lady i wish to know your name and marry you
Dienara: my name is husband destroyer
Hercules: thats a metal name what could go wrong
OXOTNHK aka D3ath Patr0l
Hercules: I bet you only destroy your husband in bed ayyyyyy
(a couple of years pass)
Hercules, currently covered in hydra acid: “should have seen this coming, oh well, may as well bellyflop onto a fire.”
*clap* *clap* *clap*
"Husband Destroyer? Challenge accepted."
\m/ METAL name. Nice
*most intense metal scream*
I love that most of the tasks boil down to "Go get this thing," and when Haracles does, the response is "Aaaahh put it back put it back!!"
Given that intended outcome was "and then the thing killed Heracles", 'put it back' is appropriate response to a 'success'.
PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM SO HELP
A. Cunningham
I will invoke the wrath of Hera on your soul.
@@a.cunningham4974 is... is your username a book of mormon reference??? If so, HEY BROTHER!
The best part is how these shenanigans were portrayed by the Greeks themselves--look up the "Antimenes painter"
Persephone comforting hades after he got shot with an arrow is adorable
Persephone is literally half the reason I want to be like Hades.
@@josephradley3160 what's the other half?
@@mohammedyousef4005 He has the best dog in the world.
While Heracles runs over like HEY MAN I BROUGHT THIS BACK HHAHAHAHAA, absolutely brilliant.
@@josephradley3160 makes since to me
"He was married four times, with his third wife being the one to kill him."
Never change, ancient Greece. Never change
Unfortunately, it changed, thats why ancient Greece isnt today Greece
@@JocaPlays87 well if you want greece to restart slavery then.....
@@wankawanka3053 The ritual torture was also bad... You know like the "Creten Bull" where you make a cage/horn out of bronze the shape of a bull, and the screams of the people you're torturing sound like bull moos/bugles. Other stuff sucked too about ancient Greece that luckily don't exist in modern Greece, but if someone wants Greek bi/poly love triangles with cheating, (like ancient myths,) i'm sure someone would fund that reality show.
@@viewer-of-content that was literally an execution tool, the human sacrifices were much more hands on when they happened
@@viewer-of-content pretty sure that was just used as an execution not as a religious tool
I love how Helios gets shot at and immediately goes: "Aww, aren't you adorable?"
I also love how Artemis and Hades are totally chill with Herc coming in and going "Hey man, mind if I borrow this?"
It always made sense to me. After all, Hades is literally Heracles' uncle, and Artemis is his half-sister. Hera might be mad at her husband's bastard for existing but there's no reason Heracles' relatives also would be.
He knows all those guys, they made him swag, but the nemean lion broke them.
I can imagine Hades being shot like
"Fucking dog! Uncle Hades, I'll just shoot the mutt so he sleeps for a while!"
"Heracles stop he doesn't like arr-- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Shit. Third time that's happened"
They’re used to their little brothers borrowing stuff
To be fair, would you say no to Heracles?
The first version of the Cerberus myth I heard involved Heracles _literally_ taking it out for walkies.
oh i like that SO much better!!!
Heracles: Hey um... can i borrow your dog?
Hades: Oh yeah, he's due for his bicentennial walkies, can you handle that?
Heracles: SWEET!
I'm trying to remember how it went in the story I heard it and I think it was something like:
Heracles: Hey man can I borrow your dog?
Hades: If you can tame him, yeah.
Cerberus: >:(
Hades: Walkies!
Cerberus: :D
@@randomguy-tg7ok I think you mean
Heracles: Hey man can I borrow your dog?
Hades: If you can tame him, yeah.
Cerberus: >:( >:( >:(
Heracles: Walkies!
Cerberus: :D :D :D
Yes, you're right, I do.
@@strideryourself EPIC CORRECTION, THANK YOU. XD
Artemis and Hades let their half-brother/nephew borrow their favorite animals because he needed to get redemption and did it so willingly and nothing went wrong in the process. How wholesome.
Hades got shot
@@benquinn3817 can you kill somebody who is already death tho
@NoOneCares yeah but he lives in the underworld he is halfway there
And Persephone consoled Hades... so cute... plus "'cause Heracles was a toothy little baby and boob nommed a little to hard, and thre him away because, ow." I *DIED.*
Hades would disagree. He survived sure. But you survive stubbing your toe too. And I'm sure you'd still object to describing that as "nothing went wrong in the process"
"The description of the gods fighting is pretty crazy too
Poseidon throws an island at a guy
Athena tears off this one guy's skin
_Dionysus smacks a dude with his ivy staff_ "
Imagine getting into war and killing someone with a stick
Oh hey you're hades
@@Shirokroete indeed i am
@@yesyouarecorrect1315 Hug persephone for me will you
@@Shirokroete sure why not
Fun fact: that stick/staff had a pine cone on the top which iirc had some magic powers that he used to smack the giants with
Hades: what are you doing
Heracles: I need your dog
Hades: ....
Heracles: you mind
Hades: fine but no weapons (don’t want spot to get hurt)
Heracles: k
Someone else has heard that "Cerberus" could be translated as "spot"!
Some vase work also shows Cerberus leaning into Hades’s hand, wanting to be petted.
Yup, the guy took one of the spawn of Echidna and Typhon, named it Spot, and made it the family dog.
@@narutardkyuubi Sweet!
Emery Paine Pretty awesome power move
narutardkyuubi that’s adorable 😍
"He was married four times, his third wife being the one to kill him."
Oh That Ancient Greece!
how has no one replied to clarify how this works
His last marriage happened after he died and became a god on Olympus.
Yeah he married the goddes of youth in heaven.
Awesoke, Stephen
Because it was explained in the video
@@archibaldholmer9920 Hebe
"Fortunately, Heracles being Heracles, this wasn't too hard. And Hippolyta takes one look at him and quite willingly drops her clothes."
When someone's fanfiction makes it into their religion's canon
I mean, that's practically the point of the Amazons in Greek myth: to be conquered by the mighty spears of male heroes. In either capacity.
Ancient Greece was like that about women.
@@daviddaugherty2816 to be fair it was hercules
He so handsome even straight guys would turn gay
@@painvillegaming4119 "be gentle Hercules"
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle r.I.p the continent
@@painvillegaming4119 lol
Fun fact: Heracles's mortal half didn't just cease to be or anything, the mortal half went straight down to the underworld where he meets Odysseus. From what I can remember, Heracles seemed pretty depressed, like most shades, but he was still a badass because the shades around him are mentioned as being either afraid or screaming out of fear. I think he expressed sadness and some degree of regret for the life he lived doing the labors.
Neat
Whoa!! Heracles split??
@@Shadow1Yaz Son of a god. Makes him half mortal, so his immortal half goes to Olympus
Now wait a second. if heracles' arrows went on to kill paris, how come his dead mortal half meets odysseus in hades when odysseus dies a long time after heracles.
I guess that means he was just chilling down there until odysseus died.
@@okuyasuniijimura I don't think his arrows did that, wasn't it just his bow? Also that was Philoctetes' feat, even if he was using Heracles' gear
Disney: Hera will be his mom!
Hera in mythology: I'm gonna end this whole man's career
I've always found it unfathomable how Disney could make Heracles' greatest foe basically have no role in his story.
More like imma make this man's whole career
@@kylepessell1350 yeah. Annoying Disney with no respect for source material
hera: why can't I end this man's whole career?!
That's Hercules doe *wink wink*
Problems in Ancient Greece:
1% actual, natural problems that need to be solved
9% some god pissed off another god
90% Zeus couldn’t keep it in his pants
Nate TSO the truth hurts
I feel like not enough blame is placed on Hera for thinking that infanticide is an appropriate response to her cheating husband.
Magmafrost13 also true
Zeus can hardly be blamed for what happened. Hera's immaturity was what got multiple people murdered, a baby born prematurely, and Heracles' life being one giant shitfest.
Class A, Rank 7; CZcams Hero: Keyboard Warrior While Hera certainly wasn’t the most mature person in this situation, I still think the blame largely falls to Zeus who, despite knowing that Hera hates it when he cheats and is wont to punish his children severely for it, he still goes around putting his dick in whatever pretty girl he feels like.
What I'm getting from that is that Heracles died just before the Trojan War, which, in hindsight, is really lucky for the trojan because they could have faced Achilles AND Heracles AT THE SAME TIME.
Hercules conquered and destroyed Troy already during his lifetime
Oh that would not be good-
“Hey there beautiful, what’s your name?”
“Castrator Hubbykiller.”
“...so what’re you doing later?”
Lol he just wanted someone who could dominate him the way he dominates in all his fights, no shame
@@bobthegamingtaco6073 There is a part of the story when Heracles went to retrieved the Cereberus that he met his friends and fellow Argonauts, for example Meleager. Meleager asks Heracles to keep eye on his sister because he was worried about her. Heracles as a man with honor so after finishing all his labor, he went to see Deinara and took her as his wife instead, though Meleager warned him. This explained how Deinara and Heracles met.
@@wyvrusgriffion3948 Hercules, to Meleager: "dude, I dunno how to tell you this, but your sister is capital H Hot!"
Meleager: "what, the husband destroyer? She literally just crushed her last husband's skull between her legs!"
Hercules, with hearts for eyes: "yeah..."
“I am not gay because i like boys, i am gay because it’s really manly.” Is the strongest power move.
I need to use that
Using this
I can very clearly hear Kirishima from BNHA saying this
You don't like boys? That's pretty gay bro...
PrincesRoyalCan And fries that was a very spartan thing cus you’d fight harder to save someone you love, so love your fellow soldier.
That or Greek ass is worth killing an army over....
Because what’s manlier... THAN TWO MEN
Three men~
Four men-
5 men*
Six men.
The Pillar Men...
*plays theme song*
2:02 For those unaware, Hera tried to murder baby heracles with snakes, which surprisingly DIDN'T work; heracles strangled them.
Not the snakes!
Correction baby heracled strighr up snapped both of their necks easily
He strangled them and snapped their necks off. METAL
@@BoostedMonkey05
Where does the snake’s neck end and their body begin?
@@beastmaster0934 the join that allows them to move their heads.
For someone whose fatal flaw is wrath, he solves a surprising percentage of his problems by just asking whoever's in charge for help/permission.
"Heracles, the starbucks of Greek mytholigy, wherever you go he's there." - Percy Jackson
I love that series!
HA! XD I understood that reference! I also have the entire Riordan-verse books. Only Tower of Nero is left. (grin)
Oh GODS 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Percy Jackson is the best. Plus he has an awesome sense of humor!
Rafael Sierra Fun fact I’ve read the entire Heroes of Olympus series 3 times. Damn I love that series. Leo is the best.
I for one like to imagine Atlas was totally sincere and would have taken back the sky after he delivered the apples, and just wanted a couple weeks off. It’s funnier that way.
Too bad Heracles had already gotten chastised for getting help.
That does actually make it funnier
Heracles probably would have died by then
From the source i read, Atlas actually was sincere and told Herc he wanted to be free but still wanted to help,and Herc complied,but still bails the guy
wait perseus turned atlas to stone but heracles was perseus's descendant, but atlas and heracles talked and atlas moved???
Can we just appreciate that Hades was the chill uncle who let his nephew borrow his dog for a while?
Poor thing was getting antsy and needed walkies.
He’s the more normal of the gods. Some are chill. He is plain and simply the nicer and reasonable one. Hell he probably has cause to feel sorry for Hercules since both have been screwed over by Zeus.
"everyone! heracles is totally kidnapping our queen!"
"WE INSTANTLY BELIEVE YOU!"
i died
Kratos: Try me. 😡😠😠😠😠😠
Hera finally got what she deserved in God of War and DC's New 52 Wonder Woman.
Kratos should have gouged her eyes like Poseidon.
Apollo as the new king of the Gods banished her from the Mount Olympus to the Mortal realm and turned into a mortal. Funny because Hera messed with his mother and years later Apollo did the same thing to by making her a weaker being.
“Just let us compare our abs in private”
" *HONEY YOU MEAN HUNKCLES* "
~unfaithful Disney adaptation
*" WOO-HOO! I LIKE TO MAKE SWEET MUSIC WITH HIS-"*
Isagail I already said that
also known as my 2nd fav movie right after tresure planet
You stole my comment before I even posted it!
Who put the "glad" in "gladiatooooor"? Not Heracles, because gladiators were Roman!
Amazons: "Oh no, Heracles is trying to kidnap our queen!"
Hippolyta: "Honey, I think you mean HUNKules!"
most underrated comment XDDD
I can’t breathe omg
Way too underrated lmfao.
bAcK wHen tHe wORlD wAs nEw
This comment makes me want to break out in song
Honestly, the most twisted thing about this story for me is the fact that Hera locked another woman in childbirth just to intact revenge upon her for something her own husband did. Girl, you know that pain. Why would you do that? Like, curse your husband to get acid on his junk or something. Problem solved!
The last time Hera tried to outright defy Zeus, he hung her from the sky and used her as target practice until she _begged_ for mercy.
I personally also imagine she screams at him a lot when he does this shit, but he basically just hears the noises the adults make in the Peanuts/Charlie Brown features.
@@balanc-joy9187 this sounds both funny and brutal-
@@maucazalv903 Yep.
Even worse she tied her daughter up to do that.
@@92JazzQueen tbf some versions put it more like Eileithyia is on her mother's side when it comes to Zeus's cheating. And so when Hera is like "I don't want you assisting X!"
She's like "sounds cool. I'll go see what the muses are up to."
“Because nobody ever just kills anybody in these stories” … this hits so different after watching her video on Medea, where Medea’s go to solution to everything was killing lmao
well to be fair she did so pretty creatively lol
"Guys! Let me compare abs with this guy IN PRIVATE!!!"
I loved that
What time stamp?
@@valenciageode25 5:40
They have priorities I guess
"Hera kidnaps Ilythie, goddess of childbirth"
Wich is her daughter... mother of the year :p
She did it twice- first time was with Artemis & Apollo's mother...
So she gave birth before the goddess of childbirth existed and still thinks someone can’t give birth without Ilythie ?
@@kono_dioda87 She's a goddess ^^
@Leviathan I mean if your husband constantly did the shit Zeus does so would you
@Leviathan Hera's like, one the first yanderes😂
Personally love how Heracles is drawn as, just, Peak Himbo who manages to baffle yet endear himself to all of the gods (except Hera)
That's the Disney version in the OG he was gonna cheat on his wife
Heracles really did a number on the children of Typhon and Echidna. Cerberus was the only one he met that he didn't kill.
Orthrus, The Hydra, the Nemean Lion and Ladon were all children of Echidna and Typhon and Heracles killed them all.
And now hade has more pets
Didn't Heracles help the gods fight Typhon? So.... Fate, I guess?
I can just imagine cerberus see his brother and sister and mom and dad at the gate and him try to make they have a place to stay because him a good boy and care about his mom and brother and sister
How did he kill Ladon if he didn't even go near him? Atlas got the apples for him.
@@videogollumer ye ol arrows dipped in Hydra venom. He killed Ladon. Then told Atlas he had the all clear. Did the "Hold the sky" trick. Then when Atlas got back he pulled the ol "Can you hold it while I set my cloak up as a pad" trick then legged it with the apples.
Wait. I just realized something. Perseus was also a son of Zeus, and if Alcmene is a descendant of Perseus; a granddaughter... ZEUS BANGED HIS OWN GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER!!!!!
Incest is Wincest, am I right?
And... this is surprising, how?
@@kamomile_tea just because it isn't surprising doesn't mean it isn't Disgusting and Creepy with a capital D and C.
@@Falxifer95 Totally man. Totally.
considering the god's track record, why are you surprised?
“Her name means Husband-Destroyer”
Ah yes. The mighty Karen.
XD Not the Karen!
Who's Karen?
Haruka Gohdo it’s a joke. A “Karen” is the internet slang for a middle aged woman who is entitled and annoying. Like the “I want to speak to the manager” type of person. Usually they’re an anti vaxxer too.
Ajc 7575 😂
Wisteria Lycan al least they don’t have oil
My favorite detail about the 12 labors is that after slaying the Nemean Lion, Eurystheus is left so terrified of how stupidly OP Heracles is that he spends the rest of the ordeal hiding in a winejar, which is kind of understandable, Heracles gets up to some scary sh*t and comes out fine.
It's like Uthgart-Loki and Thor, except Uthgart-Loki accidentally tricked Thor into doing some terraforming.
If Heracles wasn't a benevolent (for ancient Greek standards) himbo, Eurystheus would've gotten himself killed by angering the demigod.
8:03 Persephone taking care of Hades arrow wound is just too cute I love the way Red portrays them 🥰
Song: “People are safe when near him”
*Looks at the pile of broken bodies in his wake*
Sure
that might have been overly sarcastic
To the song's credit, it's singing about Hercules, not HERAcles.
You can't be safe if you're alive
I think that's where Rick Riordan got the idea to make him a jerk.
@@cybersketcher1130 it's not far from the truth
"Husband Destroyer" sounds like a pornstar's name.
No Replies Here, I Wonder Why ?
Or a serial killer.
Ben Shapiro's wife.
Or a Cartoon Sniper Assassin in a popular video game.
@@Ananta9817 what?
Just from Athena's first appearance, the tale of Herakles can best be summed up as the guy's Divine Half-Siblings deciding to to make their newest Half-Brother's life story one big-ass Fuck You to Hera, and they succeeded
I remember I had this small book of Greek myths as a kid and Heracles’ story always cracked me up because it kept saying king whatshisname jumped into his brass pot when Heracles brought back a scary monster
I remember that book!
Myth-O-Mania?
@@hansolo235 I don’t think so
Percy Jackson's Greek heros is the name
Was it published by Usborne? Because if it was, then I had that book, too.
It's infinitely ironic that Heracles's final wife, Hebe, is actually Zeus and Hera's daughter. Plus, almost all of Hera's recognized children are associated with fire, war, and death (for obvious reasons as their mother's got a serious temper). What a family tree.
Edit: grammar
Very beautiful
So...
He married his half-sister?
@@AllonKirtchik i didn't know this was an anime
@@georgethompson913 Given that Hebe is the goddess of Youth, it's totally an anime. One of those little sister series. * Shudders violently *
Herc married the goddess of youth soooo....confirmed lolicon?
Also it's Greek mythology: incest is a given when it comes to the gods.
8:21 "What's manlier than two men?"
Three men perhaps?
No not that that's not manlly
12 man
@Spearka No that's just gay
The entire sacred band of Thebes.
4 Chainsaws strapped to ceiling fans.
Fun thing with the hydra-poison arrows: arrows were commonly poisoned in ancient Greece and the surrounds for hunting purposes (either using an edible poison or cutting away the afflicted area of the prey). So most arrows were assumed to be poisonous, which is why Heracles went right for that Hydra poison, why Apollo's arrows in the Iliad caused plague, and why an arrow to the ankle could have caused Achilles to die.
Heracle's whole interaction with hades is hilarious
1. Trying to free the guy who tried to marry his wife... and all of hell objects so hard he gives up on it.
2. He needs to drag kerberos up to the living and hades just asks him not to use any weapons (which I choose to believe is hades saying "Just be gentle with him.")
3. Shoots hades with an arrow because murder habits die hard.
8:03
Poor Hades, sitting there with an arrow wound. And just as Persephone starts comforting him, bandaging his injuries and telling him it'll be okay, Señor Dipshit Heracles shows up and throws his own dog at him.
Man can't catch a break
Hey, it could have been worse; I mean, what if Herc punched him hard enough to send him flying into the River Styx?
How to write a Greek Legend:
Step 1: Your hero(or heroine) is a demigod because Zeus knocked up some fine young thang.
Step 2: Your hero gains incredible abilities through shinanagins involving literally any god.
Step 3: Your hero has a passionate, yet tragically short love life and is now into fighting and stuff.
Step 4: More shinanagins
Step 5: Kill your hero.
The end.
Yeah, that pretty much covers it! :D
Except Perseus is an exception as he doesn’t die horribly
Step 6: After you kill your hero, repeat step 4 and the first part of step 3. (Optional)
+Katt R.
Revisions to Step 5: Make sure the hero dies a tragic, agonizingly painful death.
On step 1, let me just say that after all of the myths involving Zeus's progeny I typically divert from the cool, sage-like fearsome depiction of Zeus to a version of him that straight up would be the idol of Jiraiya from Naruto.
"Fortunately Helios finds this charming instead"
This is the weirdest thing I don't think anyone would find getting an arrow shot at them would be charming
At least everyone except Helios
Probably he was amazed Heracles could even _shoot_ the arrow that far. Like, he went "Aaaah, what was that? Oh, an arrow...wait a minute, _how_ did anyone shoot an arrow high enough to reach my chariot? Is a god down there, better check...nope, it's just Heracles...my goodness, he shot an arrow at me, and it almost _hit_ me?! What a strong young man, and he looks like he's hot down there in the desert, must've been why he tried to shoot me. Well, I'll go help him out!"
I mean, he IS an immortal being.
@@lukeroberson2115 and hera, godess of motherhood tried to smach a baby for being a bit toothy . . .
@@SingingSealRiana What? I just meant he wasn't worried about it killing him.
@@lukeroberson2115 does not mean he could not have been mortaly offended by the attempt
I love how Heracles did Jason and the Argonauts as a littoral side quest
Apparently he never actually completed the "Retrieve Golden Fleece" side quest either, given that they somewhat randomly ditch him pretty early on.
I assume it's the mythological equivalent of Wolverine or Spiderman making a quick guest appearance in someone else's comic to drive up sales.
I'm honestly not sure if substituting "literal" with "littoral" here is an accident or a really clever pun.
It's a miracle that Apollo didn't fall for him after his many suitors.
Plot twist. HE *DID* AND THATS WHY HERACLES DIES
@@luvthecronch3542 OH GOSH-
@@shroomyruki2961 HUSBAND DESTROYER WAS APOLLO IN DISGUISE?!
@@luvthecronch3542 GASP-
I mean, they did fight this one time, I'm sure Apollo a least mildly enjoyed being tackled by him.
Fun fact: Kerberos in Greek means a dark circle or spot. The god of death named his dog Spot.
Aku she mentioned this before in a different vid
AWWWWWWWWW...
lol
she mentiod it once
Aku
Awwww
who?? •_• Well.. He rarely did it
I'm convinced Disney used the Roman version of heracles so they could make the golden line.
"Honey you mean H U N K U L E S."
Actually, it's because of the Italian live-action film released back in 1958 that started American body builder, Steve Reeves, as Hercules; in which the hero is referred to by the Roman name, yet Greek is used for everything and everyone else. Like Tarzan, Hercules had a whole bunch of live-action films before Disney got their hands on him; as such, Disney can't exactly be blamed for "lying" to us on that one.
About the Cerberus labor and Heracles shooting Hades... In the versions where he shoots him Hades said 'you can take him, just don't hurt him' but he said it in a very poetic way from which Heracles, who failed at arts so badly he killed his teacher, got 'just don't use any steel' out of it and proceeded to beat Cerberus with his giant wooden club to witch Hades obviously lost his shit and Heracles shot him to end the argument.
What is your source for this version ? What does Hercules' failure in the arts have to do with Hades' words in the first place?
Poor cerberus and hades
@@abobakrhassan2731 Not certain on the source myself, but Hercules's failure in the arts caused him to be unable to figure out exactly what Hades's poetic language meant, apparently.
@@redwitch12 You are not sure of the source because there is no source that mentions such a thing like that in the first place
Secondly, I do not understand what you mean by the poetic language of Hades. Hades spoke in a natural language, and I do not recall the existence of any source linking Hades with poetry in the first place.
You are confusing two events , everyone confuses them, Hercules never attacked Hades during the mission to bring the dog of the underworld, Hades and Persephone simply let him take him.
Hercules attacked Hades in a separate event, he attacked Hades when the Hercules conquered the city of Plyos and Hades was one of the gods who defended the city, Hercules hit him with an arrow and made him retreat from the battlefield
@@abobakrhassan2731 I'm not the person who first offered the explanation, just someone trying to answer your earlier question using the information that the OP provided.
Heracles: *Boob noms a little too hard*
Hera: YEET
The Goddess of motherhood every one
Melani Potvin Same thing with Hephaestus
Oh so that's why she yeeted Hephaestus huh
i wouldn’t be surprised if the dude told hercules to “go to hell” and he took it a _bit_ too literally
aetriv “go to hell and get me a b*tch”
*hades returns with Cerberus*
“aaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!”
@@lordfelidae4505 Guy: This may been the best trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever.
@@lordfelidae4505 *THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN HE ACTUALLY FUCKING DID IT*
Should be a cakewalk for him anyway.... since you know his uncle is the ruler of the underworld
@@shadowking1380 Well his brother is the god of war, another brother is the god of trickery, yet another one is the god of the forge, his sister is the goddess of wisdom, his dad is the king of the gods, and his younger uncle is the god of the sea.
And those were just his relatives in the Pantheon I could still list off for days.
The best gods are the ones that are totally chill with human antics
"I need to capture your deer. It's for a fetch quest"
"Yeah, sure. Just bring it back when you're done"
Kinda fun fact:
King Eurystheus hid in a jar or vase when Heracles delivered the boar.
"I'm going to hide in this barrel like the wily fish."
-Earth's greatest hero
Waaaittt…. *JAR?!*
Herakles: Hey, mind if I borrow spot for a bit?
Hades: Yeah sure, a little fresh air will be good for him.
Friendly reminder that that is Cerberus' name if you translate it.
@@maaxorus technically it means spotted
@@zionnemakoma1398 Details...
Keep in mind that he may fight back so try to wrestle him down if he’s not cooperating.
Hades : make sure he avoids squirrels
Random details about the Cerberus bit:
First, Cerberus was actually a perfectly reasonable dog name in Ancient Greece, and was basically the equivalent of Spot, which I just find amazing.
Second, in the version I read, Heracles literally just ASKS IF HE CAN BORROW HIM which cracks me up! Entertaining either way though.
Hercules: Yo Hades! You mind if I borrow Spot for a bit?
Hades: Sure, no weapons tho. CQC only!
Hades has a dog, he must be a good god
Well, keep in mind, at the time, Heracles was mortal-ish. You don't want to piss off the guy who gets your soul when you're dead. Not sure if you know this, but Tartarus is a pretty terrible place, and the Greek gods have some VERY creative ways to punish people that end up there.
did anyone notice 2 of cerberus' heads were doing the tongue blep thing?
@@agungpriambodo1674 I remember in the latest Dresden Files book [spoiler warning] the MC gets wrapped up in a plot to steal from Hades (what could go wrong?) and just when they get into the vault and he's thinking "I hope Hades hasn't noticed us yet", he gets pulled into bullet time so Hades can have a quick word with him. Turns out Hades is pretty cool, the vault is actually just a holding cell for major relics until they're needed not a trophy room so Hades isn't going to smite anyone for robbing him, and the two bond over being the outsiders of their respective factions and how they both have a best-friend-dog.
“My kingdom for a juice box” remains one of the funniest things I’ve read 3 years later.
How about, "My kingdom for sunscreen?"...
I like to imagine that when Heracles goes to Artemis and Hades to get the deer and Spot, both the deities are like "sure dude, just bring 'em back unharmed"
Has trouble playing a lyre, kills his tutor. Teen angst, am I right?
Most of his teachers were demigods too.
Sounds like my teen sister!
Honestly I wanted to do the same thing to my orchestra teacher in fifth grade like “COME ON IM FRICKING TRYING *sniff*”
"Because what's manlier than TWO MEN?!"
Three men maybe?
How about a Man inside of another Man.
or Two men inside one man.
So Manly!
RedGeoBlaze That's just sex :p.
MEN SQUARED
2-7 men. Anything above 7, and things start getting impractical, logistics-wise.
2:50 “His task is to kill the Nemian lion, known for being immune to all mortal weapons.”
Heracles: *holds up fists* “These ain’t no mortal weapons!”
I don't know why, but what really got me was...
Zeus: "Who's cooking beef?"
Hera: "No-one important."
I guess it just really drove home how much of a mood Hera is in, this whole myth.
Heh. Mooooooooood.
God I love all the character dialogue.
"Tah-daAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH"
"Yo Hades, I'm done with your dog!"
It's easily one of my favorite things about this series.
My favorite part is Hades' cryface as Persephone is patching him up. "He SHOT me! Right here! ;_;"
Also "MY KINGDOM FOR A JUICEBOX!"
“Hey man, dilute that”
“I’ll dilute you”
🤣🤣🤣
Heracles: "I need your dog."
Hades: "Okay, just don't weapon him."
Heracles: "Understood." Begins choking dog.
Hades: "Hey I'd rather you not treat my dog so rough-" gets shot. "I'm telling my wife on you!"
That funny one-liner gets mind-flayingly terrifying once we absorb Red's analysis of her. Good thing she probably understood that, since gods can't get killed by such things, she could ignore his insolence. Especially since Hades probably diva'd it up and basked in her attention, distracting her from apocalyptic revenge for hurting her husband.
@@bluesbest1 people characterising hades as a soft boy poetry nerd is my favourite take
@@lewismartin3430 Yeah. Sure, he was one of the major players of the Titan War, rules his own kingdom, and can dish out all manner of horrific punishments, but he's utterly charming in all his myths and is utterly undisruptive, being a complete introvert down in the depths of the world. I'm genuinely jealous of his situation.
@@bluesbest1 he just does his job. loves his wife and his dog and leaves well enough alone
@@lewismartin3430 who needs kids when you can have a three headed dog anyways?
One thing people rarely bring up with Hercules is that The Queen of the Amazon had a sister named Penthesilea who is mad over Hercules killed her sister, do ends up dying in the Trojan war against Archiles, who is sadden by killing such a beautiful woman.
Heracles: the original One Punch Man.
Well...
One Wrastle Man.
...Welp, now I wanna see a retelling of the Heracles myths with Saitama as Heracles.
“Her name means husband-destroyer”
Shit just went from 0 to 100 real quick.
Fancy seeing you here. Have any of the Labors in your collection?
5:30 I see the amazons take the Klingon approach to courting. "Scream, and leap."
I love hades in your animations he's just so adorable
“What’s more masculine than two men together?”
*3 MEN TOGETHER*
Polyam!
AWAKEN MY MASTERS!
What's more masculine than trying to get a belt from a queen that could easily kill you but get laid by her instead.
@@chloerogers8841 A *KING*
300 SPARTANS!!!
WHATS MORE MASCULINE THAN THREE MEN?! *FOUR MEN!!!!!!!*
I love the last one cause he is all like "Uncle, can I borrow Spot for a bit?" and Hades is all like, "Sure. He could use a walk, just don't hurt him and bring him home."
Hades is so chill.
"Here in the Underworld, we got a few rules that everyone follows:
1. We don't talk about Underworld.
2. We don't talk about Underworld.
3. No one leaves.
4. No perving on Persephone.
And that's pretty much it. Follow these rules and you'll be fine."
Makes you wonder why the fuck people tend to paint him as a bad guy in modern Greek-Myth inspired literature... and then you remember that, oh yeah, he's literally a god of death and the afterlife and shit. That's plenty of reasons for them to do that.
The thing is...Hades is defacto one of the least selfish gods and one of the few gods that you can actually bargain with. Yes, he rules *over* the *under*world, but that doesn't make him bad at all, since the Underworld is where all dead mortals end up going after death. Hades in modern literature is just percieved as Greek-Satan, which pisses me off to no end. #HadesIsTheNiceOne
Poor Hades,bad boy in modern day,got shot by his nephew,messed only 2 people,DISNEY YOUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!
It's funny because Kerberus means spot
My favourite thing is Persephone patching up Hades while he's crying.
7:58 Heracles: 'Tah da!''Aaaaahhh!!
(last bit is his king/cousin cause i forgot his name)
His cousin's name is Eurystheus
Persephone nursing Hades back from the shot is so cute at 8:04. Look at his sad eyes 🥺
The man just can't catch a break
Where can I find a woman like that?
@@josephradley3160 well if it’s Greek Gods probably at a family dinner
@@cammagic8152 fair call.
@@josephradley3160 wait for your siblings first daughter to be born
Also when a king helped him with something but asked him to spend a night with one of his daughters in return... Except he snuck a new one every time Heracles was done with the previous one.
He had 30 daughters.
Ramza Beowulf
Sounds like a great deal to me
I’ve heard it described as the thirteenth Labour of Heracles. I bet there were quite a few labours after he was finished.
@@Dravoll Yeah. An italian writer described it as heracles's erotic adventure.
Not that he hadn't banged a ton of people already...
Ramza Beowulf
Actually, according to the Wikipedia article, he had *50*
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespius
So, yeah... damn...
@@RamzaBeowulf who? Maybe I know them
I love how Herakles' god body is amber yellow, similar enough to Hera's color to show how thanks to her magic milk he could become a true god via suicide (other demigods, including children of Zeus that have been killed don't end up becoming gods so I'm pretty sure this was a subversion because of Hera's magic milk)
5:50 I mean, if I were god of archery, and a dude not known for archery nearly hit my head on his first try, I'd be pretty charmed too.
"D'awww, the little mortal is trying his best!"
“GUYS! Let me compare abs with this guy in private”
“Sorry Hipolyta!” “It’s cool, Pretty sure I have to be alive to marry Theseus anyway.”
"ALLRIGHTY THEN, LETS GO FIGHT A PIG!"
"JUST KIDDING, LETS GET SMASHED WITH A MAN HORSE"
*Welcome to Greek Mythology!*
3:43
Something something something size something...
Welcome to the -internets- *Greek mythos*
Anyone else notice that she drew Persephone tending to Hades wound? It’s adorable 🥰
5:19
Dude just pulled an Avatar Kioshi with that one.
"Softness in his eyes, Iron in his thighs"
Now that's my kind of man lol
the og himbo
I want so badly to give this a like but it's currently at 69 likes...
next time i watch the disney hercules im going to wisper "hercules murders meg and their two children" to the person sitting next to me and walk out
DO IT
Now I just need to commission someone to draw that in Disney style.
sass demon66 Meg manages to be Hercules' first and third wife at the same time.
Do it!
I'd have loved to hear the story of the time Heracles went to the underworld to revive his friend's wife and he just told Hades the story of their love and Hades is so moved he just lets Heracles takes her
Gotta love how the capture of Cerberus basically amount to Heracles asking his uncle if he can take his dog for a walk.
“Heracles was married four times his third wife being the one to kill him”
eXcUsE mE
Unknowingly because Hera tricked her
@@zainmudassir2964 didnt the centaur trick her??? Where was hera involved with that
He married the goddess Hebe after he became immortal.
@@isobelduncan who was also his half-sister. Blame Zeus for that
I don't know if anyone could read this but there is a part of the story when Heracles went to retrieved the Cereberus that he met his friends and fellow Argonauts, for example Meleager. Meleager asks Heracles to keep eye on his sister because he was worried about her. Heracles is the man with honor so after finishing all his labor, he went to see Deinara and took her as his wife instead though, Meleager warned him. This explained how Deinara and Heracles met.
Also Alcmene was Zeus' great-granddaughter since Perseus, her grandfather, was Zeus' son. Sooooo even if you're his descendant, Zeus won't hesitate to bone you.
phanost13 specially if you are his descendant
To be fair, with Zeus, at least half of the people in those stories are probably descended from him in some way...
phanost13
HE BANGED (+married) HIS SISTER. Granted it wasn't as bad when it comes to the gods, but after that nothing is off limits.
Nathaniel Kirkland
With the [Greek] gods it's a huge grey area. For one, I don't think normal genetics come anywhere close to applying to them; and two, there's some leeway with the whole family business when it comes to the gods for multiple reasons, but the main one is probably because Greek gods were essentially manifestations of ideals and human traits/whatnot.
stay safe ladies, and always remember: Zeus won't hesitate once.
You forgot to mention one part of his myth where Heracles fought a in battle royale against King Arthur, Cu Chulainn, Medea, Sasaki Kojiro and Gilgamesh
I kind of derped for a second and thought you meant Madea from the Tyler Perry movies
Don't forget Medusa and a hero from the future
@danny5357 They never would have done that. H might have lost.
3:04 Sweet home Ancient Greece
I feel like the fact that Hera's breast milk can apparently give people superpowers should have come up more than once in Greek mythology.
That being a plot point would be weird. Imagine someone trying to get her breast milk to get super powers. It's sounds like a messed up porno.
@Le Frog You're right, he rather watch then actually participate. It's his wife you know, that's messed up.
@@rogerogue7226 "What kinda weirdo bangs their wife? Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go turn into a ferret and put the moves on that little blonde number over there." ~Zeus, when questioned about his constant infidelity
A year late, but might I also point out that in some tellings, when Hera finally wrenched Heracles off her teat, milk sprayed out and the splattered droplets became the milky way.
That's greek mythology for you
“Hercules; people are safe when near him„
One of his wives: OBJECTION!
@ The outro song is Red's rendition of the theme tune from... some 70s tv show.
In Herc's defense, that was Hera's fault
Hera: Artemis, why in Tartarus did you let that boy pass his third trial so easily?!
Artemis: Maybe because I know how it feels to be tricked out of your birthright by a crazy stepmother who can't go five seconds without putting a hex on one of her estranged husband's rape victims.
Taking a poll here; out of all the Gods in all the pantheons, who thinks Hera is the scariest?
Most Gods just kill you. Hera makes it personal. Hell truly has no wrath like a woman scorned.
I'm more scared of Aphrodite, TBH. Hera's hot-button issues are usually pretty predictable: don't do anything to make Zeus horny and you're probably safe from Hera. Aphrodite, on the other hand, has about the same level of sadism in her punishments as Hera does and is also WAY easier to offend: if you're too pretty, not pretty enough, refuse to fall in love, fall in love with the wrong person, or otherwise embarrass her in some way, you're fucked.
@@josephrasche7194 "Don't do anything to make Zeus horny" includes breathing & existing while female. Hell, even being locked up in an underground cell won't keep you safe.
Plus, I don't think Aphrodite has the methodical torture Hera specializes in. Aphrodite thinks short term. Hera plays the long game.
@DTOM Not necessarily. Memes aside, Zeus hasn't raped *every* woman in Greece: it's probably safe to assume that he only targets women who are especially attractive, important, or both. Those who are especially attractive can try to downplay their beauty, those particularly important are probably fucked but that's a fairly small minority of women because, well, this IS ancient Greece we're talking about. I still maintain it's a lot easier to avoid Hera's wrath than Aphrodite's, if only because with Hera's wrath you have one clear goal to work with while with Aphrodite, some of the things that piss her off are on opposite ends of the spectrum, leaving you to try and balance on a tightrope to avoid pissing her off. With Hera, you have more options; with Aphrodite, it's fairly likely that you'll try to downplay the thing she'd get pissed at but go too far in the other direction and piss her off anyway.
Regarding the punishments, I think that Hera is only slightly more persistent than Aphrodite: most of the time, both of them will do one *really terrible* thing and then be satisfied. Hera's only ever gone beyond that a few times, Io and Heracles being the only exceptions I can think of, and Aphrodite isn't *that* far behind Hera given her persistent persecution of Psyche. Hera might have a slight edge in being willing to constantly torture a victim, but let's be real, nobody who gets on *either* one's bad side is coming out of it alive or happy unless some other god decides to intervene, and even that's not guaranteed.
I don't know, Dionysis is low-key terrifying. Being ripped apart by menaeds for basically no reason seems very unpleasant.
@@daviddaugherty2816 I'll take it over being strapped to a burning wheel for eternity.