The Dark Percy Jackson Hollywood Can’t Show Us: Perseus
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2024
- Perseus could be argued to be Greek Mythology's #2 hero. Of course, the most known of the Greek Heroes is Herakles (aka Hercules), but Perseus was the OG. The first of the heroes, and the one whose story is deeply intertwined with that of Medusa. Perseus, unlike Percy Jackson will have you believe, is actually the son of Zeus, and... not that much of a goodie two shoes. If anything, Theseus is the greek hero that better fits the role of a teenage hero, while Perseus... well, I go in detail on Perseus in the video, so there's no need to do it here. But I figured Perseus' tale is the perfect kickstarter for Season 2 of Keeping Up With The Greek Gods, so here we are:
Episode 1 Of KUWTGG Season 2: The Age Of Heroes - Perseus The Slayer
Notes:
The most important note for this video concerns the tale of Medusa: There is more than one version to her story, and I chose to go with the interpretation of Ovid.
Ovid, of course was a Roman writer, who was alive during the reign of Rome's First Emperor Augustus, and was actually exiled by Augustus. So, while Ovid's writings are ancient to us, they came long after Greek Mythology was established. The original tale of Medusa does not mention her being transformed from a beautiful woman - instead, in the original tale, she was always a Gorgon. She was 1 of 3 creatures that just roam their island and... there is no substance to her, other than her being a beast that men want to slay. Since mythology is all tales and stories told anyway, I MUCH prefer Ovid's rendition, since it adds more drama to the story:
Perseus has an honorable reason to slay Medusa (saving his mother being the reason), but Medusa has a tragic backstory that makes you root for her. Every story is better off when the hero and villain are not black and white, so that's why I chose to go with Ovid's version.
On that note: I'm a huge fan of mythology being retold in different versions, like what Percy Jackson is doing. Even within mythology, there are so many versions to each myth that there is no 'one true story'. So what we're doing is just adding more versions. Love it. I just wish Hollywood would show us the dark version of these heroes just once. But... they can't... I get it. That's why I'm doing it.
There is also a modern, very modern, interpretation in which Athena turned Medusa into a monster to protect her from men. That version is absolute nonsense. Complete nonsense. It doesn't make any sense, no matter how you spin it. First of all, Athena could turn her into literally anything or give her any power if she wanted to, why turn her into a monster? Second of all, Athena then literally helps Perseus slay Medusa. Like... she is an actual accomplice to Medusa's death. Make it make sense.
So, yeah... completely modern and shortsighted interpretation of Medusa's tale, and it is full of plot holes.
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In the beginning, I used a clip from Immortals. Then, throughout the video I used clips from Clash of The Titans, and Wrath of the Titans. The clip of Percy Jackson in the beginning is from Disney's new Percy Jackson show.
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In the original story, medusa was necer raped, she was just part of the gorgons since birth.
A roman poet added the rape part to make it all more tragic but historically, in the greek myth, medusa was just born like this
yup, the roman that added it was Ovid. I go in detail on her different version in the video's description
@@Briefed_Mythology nice
I prefer the story that Athena felt horrible about Medusa's rape so she put Medusa on a deserted island so she wouldn't be hounded by all the male hound dogs and god hound dogs. Also the other story that Medusa was so beautiful that she was stunning. So stunning that her incredible beauty petrified any man that laid eyes on her. Either way, I have a beautiful tattoo of Medusa on my hand.
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Sounds cool 👀
Fun fact: Perseus means “the destroyer” so he yeah…AWSOME! 🤩🤩🤩
Perseus, the hero that got to have an actual happy ending 💥. Even though his journey was somewhat not the most ethical of sorts, it’s better than the stories of other heroes.
It's honestly unfair and insane that you haven't gone mega viral yet, easily the best storyteller and highest quality content I've ever seen. Definitely my favorite, but you'll get there 🙏
thank you, thank you, shamus. yeah it's all good - patience and continued hard work will get me there 🫡
You are by far my favorite CZcamsr and mythology teacher. I have always been fascinated by mythology and you cover each person/event with 100% accuracy. Like I always have stated, keep up the amazing work!!
thanks Brandon, and thanks for your support on every platform - as I always say, I really and truly appreciate it 🫡
I'm starting to think Athena orchestrated Medusa's assault. Medusa was getting all the attention in her sacred temple. But she was loyal to Athena and kept her vows. Knowing how her father and uncle are it wouldn't be too much of a leap to think Poseidon found out about Medusa through Athena. She was a peace offering between the two warring gods
She could have worded it like this “ the people of Athens love me more then you just look at my preistess so beautiful while look at yours or wait never mind 😂. So uncle P retaliate by taunting that image
@@wolfsbanealphas617 exactly!!!
Medusa was always a monster in Greek myths so Athena didn't do anything.
What you are describing is a Roman version by Ovid who because the Romans disliked Minerva/Athena made her look as a batch as possible.
Both the myths about Medusa and Arachnae are Ovid's.
I am starting to think that you will be sent to TARTARUS, a place infinitely worse than hell & which is the origin of the word "Torture", when you pass from this Earth.
Nothing was orchestrated, that version along with all the other atrocious acts of the Olympians was made up by the poet Ovid due to his exile from Rome and the denial of asylum from Greeks. He got butthurt and started to spread misinformation do your research.
In fact just like Caenis Medusa tried to seduce Poseidon in Athena's temple and break her chastity vow which made Athena to punish her. Please stop trying to rewrite my country's history and mythology to suit agendas.
I love your little jump ins with the memes. It’s an engaging format for mythology. Love the. Vids especially the longer form ones.
The first briefed video I saw was “ the dark side of Alexander the Great “.
Immediately I could tell the content was one of a kind, and it’s been awesome watching the channel rapidly grow
you’re pretty new here.. but you’re welcome
One of favorite Greek hereos. Also, shoutout to you fr becoming one of my favourite youtubers
aww man thank you, thank you. means a lot
Shout out to Medusa, one of if not the most unfairly treated woman of all time.
Not at all. This title goes to Cassandra and Lamia, Medusa was a gorgon since birth in Greek Mythology
I’ve been watching all your videos about Greek Mythology and as Greek I love the work and the attention to detail you put in your videos. You make us Greeks proud. Keep up the good work brother
thank you. that is high praise and I am glad I'm doing the Ancient Greek masterpieces justice. thank you.
Are you really a Greek? Cause if you were you would know that some of the things he said were wrong, let's try this if you really are a Greek. Χωρίς παρεξήγηση φίλε μου, απλά βλέπω συνέχεια άτομα να λένε είναι Έλληνες για σπρώξουν τις ιστορίες τους και μου κάνει εντύπωση γιατί στην δική μας μυθολογία ο Ποσειδώνας όπως και οι άλλοι θεοί δεν βίασαν κανέναν ποτέ, αυτή είναι η έκδοση του Οβίδιου γιατί τον εξόρισαν οι Ρωμαίοι και οι Έλληνες δεν τον δέχτηκαν και για αντίποινα άρχιζε να λέει ψέματα, αν δεν με πιστεύεις η μεταμόρφωση λέγεται, ψάξε το.
Thanks buddy. I'm really enjoying your stuff. History is my jam and you have an understanding of these things that were hard for me to grasp as a teenager. Spelled out so clearly with humor, I dig it
Wait, I know the Greek myths have LOOOOTS of inconsistencies due to multiple narrations and stuff, but this is the first time I'm hearing about Perseus meeting Atlas and turning him to stone. Didn't the Titan have several other appearances after this one in the chronology? Like the time he helped Herakles with retrieving the golden apples?
yup, in the tale of herakles atlas is not a stone, but in perseus' tales he gets the stone treatment. just an instance of multiverse in greek mythology
Are gonna do a video on Athena and the whole Archean and Medusa situations because I always found it suspicious that in two events she comes out justified in condemning to women to eternal hellish existence as monsters
Damn I didn't know perseus gave atlas grass
@@Briefed_Mythologythat's in another version as the origin tale for the Caucasus. However it produces continuity errors as Atlas helped Perseus' descendant Heracles in his labor of the Golden apples
That's because the Roman poet Ovid tried to rewrite out OG Greek mythology to make the gods look worse which led to many inconstances.
Uncle Handsome, I love these videos. I have always enjoyed mythology. The way you tell these stories bring a very human perspective to it. As if these stories was meant to describe and depicting how us as humans were to act if we had unlimited power.
thank you for the kind words 🥹 that means a lot, because that's mission accomplished for me🥹
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@Briefed_Mythology As a lifelong mythology geek, I'm already familiar with all of these tales... However, your top-notch story telling & editing is sooo good, it is really giving me the gift of being able to enjoy them all over again, in a brand new and such an entertaining way!!! Thank you!!! 🤗
awww 🥹 thank you. that makes me happy to hear 😊
That clip of Vince McMahon is hysterical! A wicked inclusion, to be certain. I'm loving this series, and impressed with its accuracy. Very nice, especially for a kid weaned on Greek Mythology, and Roman History. These stories keep flooding back to me, like long lost friends. Chef's kiss! Bravo! 🙌🏻
I remember hearing this interpretation of the Medusa story from somewhere on the internet (needless to say, it isn't mine) but Athena made Medusa a Gorgon not as a punishment but as a gift. She gave her the ability to turn people to stone so that no one could hurt her or harm her ever again, and the time she is killed is to save a woman (Perseus' mother, Danae,) from a forced marriage. It was an interesting take on the story out of many interpretations that I find to be rather cool.
in this video's description, I actually touch on why that interpretation unfortunately just doesn't work in the context the mythology gives us.
Ah. I've only scratched the beginning of the novel. It does seem to fall short in comparison to the others.@@Briefed_Mythology
Hahaha I’m cracking up at the Beyoncé reference. I freaking love her AND Greek mythology! Your videos are always such a treat
Once a week is not enough for me... heading to Patreon ASAP. You are the only chanel i turn notifications on for. you help me sleep at night.
awwww thanks thanks. yeah there are about 30 exclusive (shorter) videos on patreon and every video from here is downloadable, plus the artwork. and I am honored that I'm your sleeping aid 🥹
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Another engaging presentation. I've also learned several things about Perseus today that the movies failed to mention.
Thoroughly enjoyed, thank you. 🙂
I love the way you summed it all up and the art and subtitles, what’s dope fucking style man. Please keep going 😭😂
Definitely hooked. Love the artwork, the video clips abd humour. Thank you. Please continue, greatly appreciated. G
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Looooove it, youve made the story so much better, the way you cut your videos is funny as hell
Major props for exposing what sources you used. That is greatness
Thank you man for putting out full length videos I followed you in tik Tok and your a talented story teller
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Another video! Nice. Banging em out here lately! Thanks for your hard work!
Keep em coming ! It doesn't even feel like its been a week😊
Damn good video, brah! Got a lot of stories out of this one. Can't wait to see Big Herc's story.
I've been watching your videos and I love the way you tell these stories!! I'm hooked the whole time.
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My 1st childhood hero as a kid (COTT.) Then I grew up, revisited the story & I was like, “Oh…..” 😂
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Hades actually was the best of the big 3 . At least he was fair, and he wasn't a massive jerk most of the time . And he stayed faithful
agreed.
You sir have just earned a subscriber. I've watched a few of your videos and I love your content.
thank you 🫡
Greeks sure love a good gRape story. Didnt know Medusa had it this tough😮💨. It's crazy that she was victim shamed by the God she worshipped she was killed by someone who's mom was golden shower victim. Dayyum... this one made me feel iffy. Justice for my girl Medusa man, the OG baddie, whole life been a trophy✊
That could be Athena way of showing what happened to those who cross her
The rape of Medusa (by Poseidon) is a Roman story written by Ovid.
In Greek mythology, Medusa was always a Gorgon.
She also had two Gorgon sisters, Euryale and Stheno, who were immortal while Medusa was mortal
Medusa never worshipped Athena, that's just a modern headcanon from the 19th century
In Greek Mythology Medusa was a monster since birth according to the greek writer Hesiod and Apollodorus
I like the idea of the god browser.
its a great day whenever briefed uploads
awww man thank you. hope you enjoy
Just found my new favorite channel. You my good sir have just earned a new sub
thank you very kindly 🫡
Medusa's story is always quite interesting and tells of how society at that time viewed women. Medusa's beauty made it impossible for her to maintain modesty in her appearance and that type of beauty drove men to lust. Even choosing to be virtuous and virginal wasn't enough. It is a reminder to women of that time that they should not over-exhibit their beauty as it can cause the wild uncontrollable behaviours of lust to be triggered in men and gods. Athena's actions towards the rape of Medusa may seem out of place to us now but we still have societies today that put the blame of sexual assault of women on the actions of women to cause men to miss behave. What is interesting to me is Athena took the image of Medusa and placed it on her shield. We will never know if it was done out of respect or as a reminder to others.
Also, it is interesting to see the rivalry between Athena and Poseidon. Their temples on the Acropolis are next to each other with Anthena's being the main one. This story is much about that power dynamic.
that version of the madusa story was during the romen times by an guy who did not like one of the ruler of the time so it does not count as OG greek mythology
Medusa NEVER chose to be a virgin Priestess. That's a modern headcanon from the 19th century
In Greek Mythology Medusa was a monster since birth according to the greek writers Hesiod and Apollodorus
in the new Percy Jackson series, they actually let Medusa talk about how a lot of gods are unjust, they still didn't do 100% justice to her though
hmmm interesting, that actually makes me want to watch it more
Always love your videos man!!!!!
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Back again!! 😊😊 fire 🔥
Eagerly waiting for a video on Heracles
the lightskin face had me crying!!!!! W editing
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Yo I’m subscribing! That Star Wars song switch up made me crack up!
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I really enjoy your content bro especially the Arts
I have a request for a video on Caligula. I have read that he wasn’t as crazy as historically portrayed.
Caligula will be coming within the next months. he was not as crazy as they said, but still pretty out there. the problem is once we dispute historical texts because we claim they might be biased (which they certainly might be), then what do we go on? I personally prefer biased texts over baseless assumptions that were made hundreds of years later, but it's a tough one. I'll try to weave my through it when I tackle Caligula
Love your videos bro ❤ you tell the stories funny way 😂 wish you all the success 🎉
thank you Colin 😊
I hope you do a video on Theseus and Odysseus someday, I love your videos
oh 100% you can count on that
Greatly entertaining stories ❤
Can you do a video on Bismark he fits youre channel very well he is another Augustis and Napolean but more modern?
I am thinking of doing a series on more modern conquerors too, yes
Dawg you picked a reference from Gangs of New York. That’s why your the GOAT
love that movie. just recently watched it again - too good
@@Briefed_Mythology it’s in my top ten. Easily. Daniel Day Lewis makes Leo DiCaprio look like an actor from the lifetime channel
@@Briefed_Mythology well kongo and ruanda is not too far from kameroon, so up up and away to your own gang adventure. I am sure after that you gonna see the movie with different eyes
Man, I'm glad I saw that dope thumbnail on the tiberius video because your channel is awesome.
Excellent, thoroughly enjoyable, thank you
thank you for those kind words - and thank you for watching
love ur vids man
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Lmao I’m hooked on these stories man 😂😂 such good story telling
My parents called me after the princess of Argos, mother of Perseus, i used to think that my name was utterly ridicoulus, but as they told me more and more after the myth behind my name and came upon to know about Perseus and his story, i became completely in love with greek mythology. I still think my name is weird, but i apreciate it a bit more haha.
To be honest I always thought that Danae is a beautiful name
My favorite vids on CZcams rn
thank you 🥹 that means a lot to hear
Great work !!!!
thank you 😊
Awwwww yeaaahhhh another banger from 2024s Ovid
awww man 2024 ovid 🥹 thank you, thank you 🥹
Meh, Thesus was better and he didn't pretend to be a hero.
genuinely I also think theseus tale is better, but yeah he's super shady and definitely not that heroic. tbf hercules/herakles was also not very heroic, but has the greatest deeds by far (Bellerophon was also kind of a shady guy), so as far as being a hero goes, despite me throwing shade, perseus is the 'goodest' out of what we have to work with
Wait your talking about Percy Jackson he’s chill yeah I know his dark side but honestly bro nearly got sent to Greek hell at 12 and saved both a daughter of Athena and Artemis only got the gods to still want to kill him
Kick in the balls with some Malinium shoes
@@Briefed_Mythologyback then hero wasn’t used the same way today, just meant you had/were powerful, like divine power or so.
Theseus wanted to marry 12y/o Helen Of Sparta. Yes. *That* Helen. How *precisely* is he better? Also this account only ever came from a Roman Philosopher, not a Greek Philosopher who actually worshipped these gods.
Percy isn't based off Perseus. Perseus and Percy are 2 different people, and Percy is just named after him. Perseus is actually a canonical character in PJO, because he still exists 😭 .....
Tbh the artwork makes the videos so much more interesting and what’s the name of the dog?
his name is zizou 😊
So glad I found your content hella entertaining…would you ever do more Egyptian or African or Chinese mythology?
glad you found I too. yes, egyptian mythology will join soon, and more African will follow
The fisherman where like: What's in the box?!
I love this channel… I’m surprised that I stumbled on it
I'm happy you stumbled upon it
TYVM for another *'interesting'* upload 😏
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tyvm for watching another one of my uploads 🫡
Undercrack? Really? I almost my cereal with that one. Hillarious!😂
Lost my cereal, while watching the episode, that is.
Yeaaaaaaaa this is the first video of his I’m genuinely surprised and didn’t know anything.
I’m here for the intro (cough cough) my best Purrrr Perrrrrrrrrrrrseus 😹😹😹😹😹 I love 👌🏼 #chefskiss
we def need a Theseus video soon
coming soon 🫡
man... i watch all your videos now.
I like the narration 😂😂😂 it's very entertaining.
thank you 😊
You can’t get pregnant by a golden shower though!!! 😂 it’s wee.
P.s one of the best channels on here. Brilliant content & a great way of presenting.
From where did you get the thumbnail it Looks amazing
I create all my artwork with midjourney, and its all available on my patreon 😊
That was great!
God bless you, more videos
I like yo style bro drop some more stuff
Jeez the family tree circles in greek mythology
6:40 …no. The king issued him a challenge and he had to accept because he was the king and can make life even more harder for his foster family and mom. And it would be an announcement to the whole kingdom that this son of Zeus is weak and is a free for all to harass the family. Plus, Zeus would be insulted and that never ends well.
12:47 she never had snake body.
16:37 they didn’t fight at all. Medusa was asleep and he just… lobbed her head off after his footsteps woke her. She barely registered him and she was dead.
19:07 Queen Cassiopeia said Andromeda was more beautiful than all the NEREIDS not Amphitrite. Idk why she would be surprised, Poseidon is one of the most possessive gods.
Also, pretty sure he didn’t turn Atlas into stone. Perseus’ descendant is Heracles, who freed Atlas from the sky for a brief moment, so Atlas was, at that time, not a statue.
Excelente trabalho.
Promise me you will NEVER sully your videos again by adding that jump scare of a person from 5:56!!! Other than that 😂😂😂 this was another TOP TIER VIDEO
it just fit too perfectly hahaha
Excellent
Brings new meaning to Kratos yelling at Zeus "the gods are petty and your rule is weak!"
could you share the link for the paintings you used throughout the video, the look amazing
they are all made by me with various ai tools and available on my patreon 😊 patreon.com/briefed
Briefed. Great video. Herakles was a berserker. Remember His lion skin? Like Thor He also used a blunt weapon. Herakles was an archer too. He used the poison of the Hydra. He leveled up Skyrim style.
Perseus is a assassin. He was sent to kill Medusa,she didn't do anything, sure she turned people into stones but it was a accident, and they came to her
Medusa was a monster since birth in Greek Mythology. What you're using is a ROMAN MYTH from the writer Ovid
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You said sports festival, I just knew the king would accidentally die😂
Briefed. Great video guy, now I want to watch CLASH OF THE TITANS. Beyond imagination. Do you remember that tagline? By the way, how did you like the videos I suggested? I look forward to your Herakles video. He was a berserker. His lion skin made him invulnerable and like Thor he used a blunt weapon. You should include these points in the video.
Herakles and Thor do have a lot in common: the most famous sons of the God King, big and strong, preference for blunt weapons, a kink for killing giant stuff and so on…
@@FarazKhan-dr5ow It would be awesome if Herakles was a redhead too. He did have a firey temper. Herakles was a strongman who used a bow, like Thor throwing lightening.
Love the videos brotha!!
May I recommend videos on Ares and Hades?
It seems they both get bad wraps when they were both in fact a lot better gods than Zeus, Poseidon, and the like.
For example, while Zeus and Poseidon would indulge in rape and cheating fairly often. Ares and Hades were both very loyal to their respective lovers (although Hades kidnapped Persephone), with Ares even going to war for Alcippe after she was raped by one of Poseidons sons.
thanks brother 🫡 I do actually have videos on both hades and ares. you'll find them early on on my channel
@@Briefed_MythologyThanks!! Going to watch them immediately!!
I am new to the channel and indeed your takes are very interesting but can you share your sources, because I presume we all learned from the standard sources from school. Not saying you are incorrect, just curious.