Aphrodite.
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- čas přidán 27. 10. 2023
- Everybody knows Aphrodite, and for some reason, everyone knows her as this positive symbol of femininity, beauty and love. I mean... by all means... Aphrodite was beautiful, but no being would do half the things Aphrodite did, and it never made sense to me that people worship her. As far as goddesses in Greek Mythology go... Aphrodite takes the cake of Queen Toxic. Even Hera had more reason for her evil deeds, and Athena at least made up for her outbursts of random atrocities with tremendously good deeds. Aphrodite meanwhile really was about that toxic life, and it's fitting that the two things she is mot know for are toxic relationships: Her relationship with Ares, and her relationship with Adonis - both are absolute trainwrecks and one is a full on tragedy. So allow me to speak the truth about Aphrodite, a goddess, who, on many occasions, out of pure pettiness, ruined the lives of many innocents, making her truly deserving of the following title:
Episode 6 Of Keeping Up With The Greek Gods - Queen Petty: Aphrodite
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Notes:
Greek mythology is ancient - literally thousands of years old, so the material I am working with here has undergone many, many iterations. Every time I create one of these videos, I piece together the puzzle that is each god's and goddesses' tale. Aphrodite is no exception, and particularly her love story with Adonis has many iterations - so many iterations that I could do a separate video just on her and Adonis. Also, since the Romans highly worshipped Aphrodite as Venus, there is a lot of overlap between the Greek and the Roman myths, making it even harder to tell a concise story with an entertaining storyline, because at the end of the day, that's my goal: Turn this into an engaging and entertaining Greek Mythology tale, so for the sake of this video - and all my videos - I try to streamline all of these tales and versions as much as possible and leave out some details that might make the videos less fun.
So... is this accurate and well researched? Absolutely. Is this the only interpretation or way of telling you about the goddess of lust, love and beauty, Aphrodite? No, this is just my way to tell the story.
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I actually heard that Ares was considered the protector of women or harmed/abused women after killing a deity that raped one of his daughters and a few goddesses voted in his favor for his innocence.
interesting. I knew he avenged his daughter (he was very protective of his children), but didn't know he was considered a protector of women. I guess the gods take on various roles over various eras
@@Briefed_Mythology Which daughter?
His daughters name was Alkippe and he killed Alirrothios who was Poseidons son for trying to rape her
@@adnanjusufovic5177 Interesting. Thanks.
Yes, Ares was considered -although, not everywhere- a protector of women . He also was one of the two patron gods of the Amazons (the other being Artemis), a population of warmongering women.
ALSO, Ares was actually greatly revered by soldiers and was the one people called upon when in need of courage / when they needed to face a great dreaded challenge .
ALSO #2, he was not the idiot commonly portrayed in modern-day media.
Technically, we all came from someone's balls. But Aphrodite IS someone's balls. That's some next level shit
it's the fact that she got her skin to be so smooth tho...
but being born from a tree though? That was some craziness too, though.
@@Briefed_Mythology She can transform into anything that's attractive because that's what a succubus demon can do.
@@Briefed_MythologyAphrodite is mostly a thot. I bet she would sleep with a Stranger, and marriage doesn’t matter cause.SHE STILL SLEPT WITH ARES DESPITE BEING MARRIED TO HIS BROTHER/HEPHAESTUS. Literally anyone She would gladly sleep with. Probably even a child. A bit too far but. You get the point,right?
"Toxic and horrible" is basically most Greek gods in a nutshell.
to be fair... that's very accurate
yeah, I had no idea how f***d up the ancient Greek religions were.
"Helios was a serious snitch."😂😂😂
Aphrodite used to be the Ishar, the goddess of love and war in Sumeria
its night time here in south Africa and just as i was about to go to sleep i got a notification that your video was uploaded i will hold my sleep for hours if it means watching your content as someone who cant get enough of all thing Greek and its pantheon your video's are like a cool wind on a hot day thank you once a again for creating such awesome content
love to hear that. I hope this serves as a good good night story. enjoy 😊
It's good to see another South African enjoy his content
Dawg we just won the RWC and u sleeping 😭
Gotta wake up for the briefed post off
What’s up boetie
As a fan of the 90's show Hercules, watching your series is a refreshing antidote to the wholesomeness :)
haha I'm the antidote to wholesomeness. I like that
Aphrodite seems to consume a lot of other goddesses of love, lust and whatever. There were heavenly Aphrodite (sort of cosmic power), earthly Aphrodite (the one about mating and kids), male Aphrodite (kind of female, but with a beard) and many more weird versions each pushed by a separate cult.
Unlike Odin whose alternative versions (Odr & Tyr) were different gods, Aphrodite is like one weird cauldron of half-digested deities.
I read a similar study that Aphrodite was a dual representation of the representation of the 2 kinds of love. One face was Eros that involved marriage, conception and sexual desire while the other face was concerned with platonic relationships such as parent to child, siblings & friendships affections that had nothing to do with sexual desire.
false , where did you even get this ? There is only one Aphrodite ,she is just capable of loving in all kind of way .
Great story telling of the insecurities and the "dark sides" of the ancient gods. Keep 'em coming sir!
more coming every week. new video just dropped 🫡
Aphrodite has cursed me to love the sultry sweet soothing sound of your voice 😂
“Mr. Steal your Girl.” Bahahaha your bro vibes/jokes are hilarious.
Greeks had a serious obsession with incest🤷🏽♀️🙅🏾♀️🤦🏽♀️its so gross
Great story telling. Thank you
thanks for watching 🫡
Hypnos: Doesn't live by the bro code.
I'm deaaaad lol
Aphrodite is greatly generous to those who worship her, bring her roses regularly and she will give you blessings for more and better Sex and more Love.
She has diffrent aspects : Heavenly Ourania(Spiritual Higher Love)
Pandemos (More Human, Erotical Love )
Don't forget 'Aphrodite Areia'... She was very popular in Sparta and Kythira (P.S.: She was also popular in Taras [modern Taranto, Italy])
▪︎ The epithet "Areia", meaning "warlike",
This depiction can trace Aphrodite's descent from older Middle Eastern goddesses such as the Sumerian 'Inanna', Mesopotamian 'Ishtar' and Phoenician 'Astarte'.
@@tatianaoliveira2191 i have experienced her in the araia aspect, she seems fulfilled with the energy of ares and combining the opposites of mars and venus energy. Very passionate and strong energy to fight for whats right.
@@maikmartinheller5442 you experienced a mythical being? 🤔
@@chrissyp7 She is an ancient goddess, many people worship her even today.
This channel can only grow from strength to strength man. The story telling and humour. On point Mate! 👍🏻
It'll be good to know what mythos else can branch out into later on too.
"Yet another fantastic video from Briefed!" Your tale never ceases to astound me; it's this distinct combination of simplicity, humour, and current language that strikes a chord with me, especially as someone from Northern Ireland, where sarcasm is nearly a second language. The way you can break down big mythical stories into something I can understand and appreciate has been a complete game changer for me.
Prior to discovering your channel, my interest in history was mostly focused on Irish history and the World Wars, and I enjoyed losing myself in fantasy audio books Your videos have given me a greater respect for the writers I listen to by illuminating the mythological underpinnings of their works. It's piqued my curiosity in listening to ancient mythology audiobooks, which I'm looking forward to.
And, speaking of looking forward, your channel has substantially affected my CZcams algorithm, which is now primarily packed with mythological stuff. However, I must add that not many creators can hold my interest in the same manner you can. With that in mind, I have a unique request: would you consider including Irish mythology into your future videos? The story follows Cú Chulainn's travels. As a fan of both history and fantasy, delving into these great stories via your own narrative style would be fantastic.
Thank you very much for helping me understand and appreciate mythology. I look forward to more of your engaging stuff!"
it's my first time going into greek mythology, and I was recommended you channel. I truly love it! Thanks for creating and sharing!
Happy Sunday sir thank you again for the wonderful Greek mythology 101 🥰
Yeah perfect length for an episode. Frigging love it! Great sode
It's currently night time in Botswana, this is a perfect bedtime story,keep doing your thing. 🔥
These are some great stories for those of us who appreciate mythology. Big fan of the channel and keep up the good work.
I believe that these gods and goddesses are not much different than we are. In the sense that they are also ascending, growing, evolving and learning from their lower vibrational past states of self. From the goddess I connect with, her mission is now to assist humanity to embody and experience the true, pure and divine essence of love. I think maybe because she went so far in the opposite direction, she was able to gain the wisdom needed to achieve this. She speaks of how pornography (99% of it) displays the opposite of love. It’s important that we acknowledge this. Then, each has their own choices.
I really enjoyed your video and am looking forward to exploring more on your channel.
I love your approach. I taught my children about the old gods in a very similar way when they were growing up. Thank you.
Perfect storytelling, Daddy Briefed cooking a storm🎉🎉🎉
Beautiful dog in the background by the way, Blessed Be.
As a person who loves the lore and story about ancient Greek gods, I really like your channel! I watched all of your videos!
Love the narration, story telling, the humour, AND the editing too! Keep it up dude! 👏
Absolutely fascinating!
Keep em coming. These are the best
The artwork for the balls😂😂😂
Aside that, actually I don’t understand the timeline of Aphrodite going to Rhodes and Poseidon’s 6 sons there. Wasnt Poseidon and the other siblings not born yet technically???
welcome to greek mythology, where herakles can be Perseus great grandson, but at the same time take the heavens from atlas, after a young Perseus already freed atlas from lifting the heavens...
Ahhhhh😂😂😂I get it now
Another great video 🔥
Almost screeched with excitement when I saw that Apollo is coming next! 🤩 Also I never knew about Hercules and Adonis, very interesting
LOVED the video!
I have got to admit, your storytelling is amazing. ❤️ This is by far my favorite CZcams channel
that's a huge compliment - thank you, thank you
I love how deep you dive into the mythologies and the hilarious dude humor you tell it all with being both informative and making me laugh my ass off just casual over the shoulder of Hades asking his wife about elephants walking backwards hit different and was perfect along with The Streets had me giggling lol Great job crushed this one.
I’ve been waiting for an Aphrodite video! I’m loving the longer content over here 🎉
Best storytelling ever #NoChill 🤍✨
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Another amazing video ❤🎉
That was fire 🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for the video!
glad you enjoyed it 😊 thanks for watching
Still my new favorite channel
I just read Heroes of Olympus: House of Hades, and Eros being a child of Ares makes so much sense in the context of the story.
Can’t wait for the Apollo vid
I came from TikTok for the sweet tea and this video did not disappoint.
I love listening to you. Love from Kenya🥰❤
thank you gloria 😊
Great video! Hope to see a Medusa episode as well!
100% will do a dedicated video on medusa
Yay thank you for another awesome video ❤
thank you for taking the time to watch yet another one of my videos 😊
The videos are great bro! I look forward to them every week.
Woop! Waiting for Eros’ story. This is awesome
My wife brought up an interesting point while we watched this. Technically speaking since Aphrodite father is Ouranos, she should be a titan and Kronus would be her brother. And as Ares is her great-nephew. That's both farther apart in family than most any other god, titan, and primordial god mating, if not the furthest apart. And creepier in a way that can only be answered with literally...ONLY one answer.......Greek mythology. As it would mean Styx & Thanotos weren't the only titans Zeus would betray. And it kinda explains how she was the one who got a demigod/god like Hercules killed. One of the only beings stronger than gods were the titans. I don't know how we missed that. Likely got lost in the mythologies we've read. At 30, that's thousands of years of Greek, Norse, Egyptian, our African and Native Americans' mythology (& now we're reading Asian [her] and Aztec [me] gods). I guess I can see how we botched this one. Lbvs. It plays a part in why we love these videos so much. And truthfully if she hadn't pointed it out, I would've missed that altogether.
Even still, Hera makes Hephaestus by herself. Zues makes Athena by himself. If memory serves me right, Kronos makes Typhon by himself in the later part of the war with the gods. Hell, even the human Myrrha makes Adonis as a damn tree. Natural biology says we come from our fathers first and where [no pun intended]. Idk how I didn't think of the fact Aphrodite and Kronos came [again, no pun intended] from the same set of...and Kronos is the god of time and only had 6-7 children. None of which were Aphrodite. How did I miss that earlier?
...Greek mythology 😂😂😂
great comment. I always forget to mention that Aphrodite precedes Zeus and the gods. Also, if you go by her power over love, yes she is one of the most powerful beings - no one is safe from her. befitting a primordial being. also, on myrrha - technically she was pregnant before she turned into a tree though
Hephaestus was born before Athena he split Zeus head open
They also didn't tell you I reincarnated from UrAnu's which is why I'M THE ONE they're threatening and trying to control because RESEARCHING RESTORING THE MURDERED DEAD CHILDREN and making PROGRESS too.
Keep doing this brother, the stories help me relax 💙💪🏿
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Love all your videos and your story telling! Can't wait for more!
every Wednesday and every Saturday 🫡
Btw love your channel man and the content is spot on, thank you for being thorough. I love the tales from our mythology, from our past it's the stories of our elders that connect us with life. Thank you for telling me and making sure they live on in this digital age.
Keep em coming
Fantastic! I am loving these!
thank you for watching 😊
I don’t know how you do it, taking super dark stories and injecting *just enough* humor into your storytelling that it lightens the mood without diminishing the “Sweet Mother of Mercy!” aspects of the myth. You have a real talent!
I also need to say: I’ve said it in another comment on another of your videos, but I am *so happy* I found your channel when I did. The tl;dr version: I’ve been going through a lot lately but your videos always put me in a better mood, so thank you so, so much for everything you’re doing! These videos may be for entertainment/educational, but they also help people, like me. I hope you keep making content like this, keep your sense of humor, keep up the amazing work. You are a KING! 👑
Saw this on my tiktok. Had to switch immediately to CZcams to get the full deets ✌🏾
good to have you on here 🫡
I love listening to your stories…❤
amazing video. very thought provoking. Ive heard that persephone was actually in the underworld before hades, so it would make sense to me that hades and adonis to be one and the same.
yup, there's a lot of variety here - but hades being adonis kinda doesn't work at the same time because adonis does spend significant time the world of the living
God of storytelling
I would love to see a video of lesser known gods, in Greek mythology. Maybe more on Hebe, heckate, Nike, Circe….maybe Hermes’- even tho he is very well known ! I love this channel it has some much potential-exited to see what’s to come
good idea. nuke is planned, and definitely 100% too
I have the shortest attention span, but your story telling was amazing I watched the whole video.
that's a big compliment. I really appreciate that. thank you 🫡
I’d love to see a video on Eros!!
Can’t wait for the Apollo
Bro it's night here but I just saw your video and decided not to sleep and watch it, wasn't disappointed
love to hear it brother. thanks for watching and supporting 🫡
I just stumbled across this channel, omg i love it! Subscribed immediately. Keep up the amazing work 👍 so cool dude 😎. Thank you for the entertainment and education!
thank you for the subscription and the support 🫡
Thank you
Brother you deserve more subs. Love your channel
This is my favorite channel. I just found you a few days ago this content is tremendous 👏
I don’t know if you’re familiar with Cu Chulainn or Diarmuid but they’re stories a right in line with your other content
sounds interesting, I'll look into it. thanks for the headsup
I'm so glad I found this channel. Only downside is I've watched everything now 😂 eagerly awaiting your next upload dude
every Saturday 🫡
Love your videos. At some point would you please do a deep dive into persephone/kore, how she came to be and ended up with Hades?
Another banger
superb story-stelling as always, Can you talk about the labyrinth and callisto? hehehh
Yeah, Aphrodite is definitely the embodiment of all the fears a guy has about a beautiful girl. But we know how men are... would still tap that.
He doesn't miss😮😮😮
Dude, did you just say you liked Brazzers Movies? You are the MAN!
who doesn't? come on haha
Always love your vids thank you
thank you for watching
Have you seen the actor who plays her in Xena and Hercules she messed things up all the time. Then you stare and don't care 😆 ah my youth. Seriously great work keep it up.
That brazzers joke 😂😂
we were all thinking it, admit it
According to the old greak saying from the balls did she come and to the balls she shall return😅
my favorite Ancient Greek quote
Love your content ❤.You should do a vid about Hercules/Heracles.
herakles video will actually come soon
Yay finally get to comment on here thank you so much for doing these amazing videos follow u on TikTok too love ya content frfr ❤❤
I am absolutely loving these longer videos! I followed on tiktok awhile back and literally ran over here when I found out you were doing CZcams! I’ve watched every video and a few more than once! I love your storytelling ability and how you include all the gorgeous artwork! Thank you for sharing these with us!
thank you for watching all of them 😊 I appreciate the support
being an Aphrodite enjoyer (mostly because i love playing as her in smite) i see her as a whole as a goddess that represent the bad steorotype of the female figure and the good, being really violence psicologically speaking and being her the goddess of love is saying many thing,
but being at the same time is capable of motherly love being the protector of his son enea helping to found rome (ye she cause the war of troy sure even tho it was eris fault as well so)
so being that her mirror is the simbol of the female sex
i mostly think of her as a rappresentative of femmininity in both good and bad side
the good part is mostly in the worshiping side of her and in all her good thing she did being the gooddess of the most good force that exist love
the contradiction of her figure is really magnetic
Ayyyyeee “erm personal bubble”
I love your energy!😂
thank you ruth 😊
Decades ago I checked a book about Greek mythology from the library at the tiny Catholic college I attended. The section on Aphrodite included an aspect of her character that put men in peril at the moment of sexual climax, when their entire consciousness was focused on culminating the act, leaving them absolutely vulnerable to attack, specifically to be murdered. I recall it included men just up and dying during sex as well. This was well over forty years ago, and sadly I’ve lost the notes and sketches I made from that book, including its title and author. I thought the title of this aspect of her character was Aphrodite Andromorphos (man killer), but I’ve not been able to find that aspect of the goddess in index or online searches since then.
More Lust than Love.
Some deities are worshiped to get them to ignore you.
very good point actually.
Aphrodite was ballsy.
We unconsciously aspire to things we are lacking. Many of us are average looking good hearted people conditioned to be honorable and ethical by societial norms. That's why liberal, passionate, aventurous, or even evil minded sexy individuals eventually become forbidden fruits in our eyes. Of course many wont accept or deny that publically, yet such spark is primal part of human nature that we tend to end up with.
So that's why a rooster 🐓 always makes noise at dawn😂. And I would love the hear the story of the trojan war, can't wait for you next video. Keep bringing the fire 🔥, (get it because the fire and the burning of the wooden horse in the trojan war 😅).
I see what you did there
Do one with Medusa and finish the Loki one
medusa is 100% planned as well
bruh I need these stories more than twice a week, I hope you could make it three times or more (YOU won't be cursed if you don't :) )
haha I'll try, I'll try. once this channel grows and monetization kicks in properly, that might be a possibility
This was wonderful… anything on the God wonder woman is based on? And dc enchantress
that would be Artemis/Athena - they'll both get their own video too yup
I've been waiting for her. I wanted some clarity so that I could hate her properly with some supporting facts!😂❤🇿🇦
enjoy the factual hating,. best type of hating.
@@Briefed_Mythology Yeah, it is the best. 🤣I will certainly enjoy it. Love love your content!!❤️🥺
Can you do a video on my favorite Greek mythology characters Clytemnestra and Madea
either they will be part of my Trojan war video or I'll do a video on Orestes and the Furies and they will feature there
Aphrodite & Adonis parallel the story of Inanna & Dumuzid
and the story of hades & persephone - I think it's just a popular mythology story blueprint in general
If Aphrodite was created from balls then the Ancient Greeks are spelling it out for us, Aphrodite is lust not love, the symbol of a male fantasy of a woman, and vice versa.
The earliest form of Aphrodite or Venus was the Sumerian Innana...beautiful with white skin, blue eyes red hair in her marble ziggurat temple decorated with gold and pillars of deep blue lapis lazuli ...but she was very mean and vengeful like Aphrodite.
Ouch! What a crying shame and the definition of toxic relationships lol. Great video
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I thank all bots that brought me to your channel.
Yet another reason to steer clear of this religion! No, seriously thank you!