The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins

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  • Опубликовано: 12 мар 2017
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    In mythological ancient Greece, Icarus flew above Crete on wings made from wax and feathers, defying the laws of man and nature. To witnesses on the ground, he looked like a god, and he felt like one too. But, in his society, the line that separated god from man was absolute, and the punishment for mortals who attempted to cross it was severe. Amy Adkins explains the myth of Icarus and Daedalus.
    Lesson by Amy Adkins, animation by TED-Ed.

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  6 лет назад +1993

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  • @alexrottlaender3891
    @alexrottlaender3891 6 лет назад +17654

    she did what

    • @Bigjoebig
      @Bigjoebig 6 лет назад +2161

      ethan bradberry she was banged by the bull

    • @apinecone2753
      @apinecone2753 6 лет назад +1467

      She thicc tho

    • @zooer64
      @zooer64 6 лет назад +2034

      Your profile picture makes it so much funnier

    • @KittyPieVibes
      @KittyPieVibes 6 лет назад +173

      ME

    • @emjay6602
      @emjay6602 6 лет назад +359

      She smack the bull

  • @adamstockley9683
    @adamstockley9683 5 лет назад +15511

    This takes “Red bull gives you wings” to a whole new level

  • @leroyjenkins3744
    @leroyjenkins3744 2 года назад +5635

    Daedalus: *genius inventor*
    Also Daedalus: *doesn’t think to fly at night*

    • @darkvoid3153
      @darkvoid3153 2 года назад +368

      It was timed if he went later of earlier he would have got caught

    • @v3spertilio
      @v3spertilio 2 года назад +439

      the winds near the ocean at night are dangerous if you're not an albatross

    • @astronomical926
      @astronomical926 2 года назад +246

      it wouldve been pretty dark right? no light pollution so it would be too difficult to see

    • @ZaxorVonSkyler
      @ZaxorVonSkyler 2 года назад +48

      @@astronomical926 Ever heard of stars?

    • @chisayomoda1321
      @chisayomoda1321 2 года назад +9

      XDDDDDDDDDDD

  • @blu2211
    @blu2211 3 года назад +5438

    This takes "the sun is a deadly laser" to a whole new level

    • @eattherainq
      @eattherainq 3 года назад +275

      NoT aNyMoRe ThErE's A bLaNkEt

    • @NoxxSpace
      @NoxxSpace 3 года назад +119

      Now the animals can go on land, come on animals let’s go on land.

    • @NoxxSpace
      @NoxxSpace 3 года назад +105

      “Nope can’t walk yet, and there’s no food so I don’t care”

    • @christopherbdeeskamp5323
      @christopherbdeeskamp5323 3 года назад +79

      100000 years later. ok Said some BuGs

    • @user-tp7ip8tf8t
      @user-tp7ip8tf8t 3 года назад +14

      BAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

  • @eddie246
    @eddie246 5 лет назад +7976

    "She gave birth to the minotaur"
    Me: *eye twitch*

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 года назад +131

      This update is insane.

    • @moonyekka
      @moonyekka 4 года назад +246

      Please tell me its horns didnt come in yet...

    • @spooked2104
      @spooked2104 3 года назад +19

      Seriously i mean i didnt concieve a minotaur

    • @The-mcnuggit-man
      @The-mcnuggit-man 3 года назад +52

      @@moonyekka baby bull horns would start growing when they are adults

    • @thyronejayclavel1287
      @thyronejayclavel1287 3 года назад +57

      Furry is tolerable. But this...
      *I have enough of this.*

  • @lilywei864
    @lilywei864 6 лет назад +10115

    feel pretty bad for the minotaur... its not like he asked to be born

    • @eliaseid6723
      @eliaseid6723 6 лет назад +460

      It was also known as the ancient version of Frankenstein's monster

    • @darlee02
      @darlee02 6 лет назад +367

      Cadet Grey so did emo teens but you don’t feel bad for them

    • @darlee02
      @darlee02 6 лет назад +10

      Lol

    • @vaultdweller123
      @vaultdweller123 6 лет назад +48

      it was an abomination so they imprisoned it trapped on a maze.

    • @rosaurarivera3426
      @rosaurarivera3426 6 лет назад +22

      Cadet Grey I wannagive him a hug

  • @itchyeyelids0_0
    @itchyeyelids0_0 4 года назад +3060

    No one:
    Hercales: *punches statue thinking its real*

    • @TheCapedArtist
      @TheCapedArtist 3 года назад +48

      Ah yes, hercales
      Edit: oopsie

    • @kadorin7037
      @kadorin7037 3 года назад +79

      Greek:
      Heracles
      Roman:
      Hercules

    • @zeyzeg
      @zeyzeg 3 года назад +11

      • magiccookiez • wait so y doesn’t everyone say Heracles?
      This is *greek* mythology is it not

    • @kadorin7037
      @kadorin7037 3 года назад +24

      A _BC
      I think because it’s easier to say, and the Hercules name has more attention. Heracles is his name as well, it’s like colour / color and grey / gray. Same meaning, different names. :)

    • @apples6116
      @apples6116 3 года назад +5

      @@zeyzeg Heracles is greek hercules is roman

  • @Someguy1302
    @Someguy1302 3 года назад +1971

    The myth of Icarus and Daedaulus.
    Me: Yeah, yeah. We all know this story.
    Narrator: "So then Daedaulus helped fulfill the Queen's kink to f*ck a bull."
    Me: ... *hold up*

  • @ryebread3039
    @ryebread3039 7 лет назад +8671

    The Greek gods really seemed to have a problem with human progress. They even punished that one guy for giving people fire.

    • @Illuminat3d
      @Illuminat3d 7 лет назад +526

      *Prometheus*- He was a Titan, not a guy

    • @smartcatcollarproject5699
      @smartcatcollarproject5699 7 лет назад +97

      religion and politics, divide to reign easier !

    • @an0nsaiko890
      @an0nsaiko890 7 лет назад +80

      Rye they punished him because he took it without permission

    • @umadbro6524
      @umadbro6524 7 лет назад +43

      Rye u mean Maui from that Moana movie, right?

    • @dantebrosia
      @dantebrosia 7 лет назад +37

      U MAD BRO? no... from Greek mythology

  • @opdarkknight1857
    @opdarkknight1857 6 лет назад +3686

    She did what with that bull

    • @ajiroclovertail992
      @ajiroclovertail992 5 лет назад +106

      opdarkknight 185 they made love that created minotaur

    • @MaximillianRobesphere
      @MaximillianRobesphere 5 лет назад +129

      She wanted that bull, cause it was so hung. They did the bumping of the uglies.

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 лет назад +42

      Banged

    • @skuglious
      @skuglious 5 лет назад +134

      She just enjoyed red bull

    • @tiffy2355
      @tiffy2355 5 лет назад +25

      @@skuglious 😂😂😂
      This killed me

  • @pv0711
    @pv0711 2 года назад +849

    Fun Fact: There is another version of the myth where Daedalus didn't kill his nephew. In this version, his nephew was actually his apprentice and they were both praised in Athens. However, Daedalus' nephew died falling off Acropolis, where he had gone with his uncle to work, by accident and Daedalus was devastated. The Athenians without knowing what actually happened blamed Daedalus for his nephew's death and thus they exiled him to Crete. So in this version, Daedalus is not only not malicious, but even more of a tragic figure since he experiences the death of his beloved apprentices twice in exchange of his skill and freedom. The more you know!

    • @princediop8190
      @princediop8190 9 месяцев назад +13

      I like this version better.

    • @kilzack2634
      @kilzack2634 8 месяцев назад +4

      I also remembered he was framed.
      No wonder something felt off.

    • @thenovicenovelist
      @thenovicenovelist 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​​@@kilzack2634Many myths have multiple different versions. I have heard 3 or 4 different versions of the Persephone myth and 3 different versions of how Thoth was created (although in one myth he was always around and laid a "cosmic egg" which created everything including...space time).

  • @KC-xg7gs
    @KC-xg7gs 4 года назад +1856

    I think my favorite part of this entire myth is how Daedalus just agreed to help the king's wife seduce the bull. No trying to talk her out of it or trying to convince the king to finally sacrifice the darn thing to appease the God he insulted: he just up and created a hollow wooden cow-puppet for her climb into to.

    • @shebopskie
      @shebopskie 2 года назад +192

      maybe it's a no-questions asked thing. either that or he thought of it as a challenge like "yea i bet i could do a super attractive wooden hollow cow-puppet for u, yea yea no judgement."

    • @needforspeedgaming7148
      @needforspeedgaming7148 2 года назад +166

      It was a challenge for him, and being the narcissist that he is , he couldn't resist it.

    • @darkvoid3153
      @darkvoid3153 2 года назад +73

      he was trapped as the queen threatened to execute him if he didnt help her

    • @Shayla.r
      @Shayla.r 2 года назад +55

      I heard a version of a myth where she blackmailed him. If you don't, she would tell her husband that he made a move on her, and who's word would he believe? His wife or the inventor?

    • @coldblackice
      @coldblackice 2 года назад +6

      That's a story from the bible

  • @AGrayPhantom
    @AGrayPhantom 7 лет назад +3376

    I knew most of this story, except for the part about the bull. Wow. Did NOT know that's where the minotaur came from.

    • @lavenderpierrot
      @lavenderpierrot 7 лет назад +14

      AGrayPhantom SAAAAME

    • @smartcatcollarproject5699
      @smartcatcollarproject5699 7 лет назад +140

      I wonder why Poseidon put that spell on her...

    • @joshmccourt9798
      @joshmccourt9798 7 лет назад +51

      Smart Cat Collar Project Because she was not only a witch but thought she was greater than the gods.

    • @kailey108
      @kailey108 7 лет назад +100

      Smart Cat Collar Project How I heard it was because Minos didn't kill his prized bull (the same one his wife seduced) and sacrifice it to Poseidon.

    • @smartcatcollarproject5699
      @smartcatcollarproject5699 7 лет назад +7

      +Hello There Sounds fair... you don't play with Gods. At least he was warned ?
      Authority issues can be a pain.

  • @shantanuroy5974
    @shantanuroy5974 3 года назад +318

    Birds in Ancient Greece: “maybe I am a god”

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy 2 года назад +3

      thanks for the laughter this brought upon me

  • @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld
    @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld 4 года назад +875

    ''An inescapeable labyrinth "
    Percy Jackson : I 'm 'bout to end this man's whole carrer

    • @KennyBky92
      @KennyBky92 4 года назад +81

      Rachel Elizabeth Dare: I'm about to end all these mens whole careers

    • @justdont3998
      @justdont3998 4 года назад +6

      Kratos : lol

    • @arch455
      @arch455 4 года назад +1

      @@justdont3998
      Isn't Kratos a Norse god?

    • @sesilliasandra2820
      @sesilliasandra2820 3 года назад +11

      Do you ever read the story about "red thread of adriadne"?

    • @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld
      @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld 3 года назад +3

      I will say it is talking About the books

  • @kaitlinhenry7924
    @kaitlinhenry7924 6 лет назад +1691

    Modern day greedy and jealous:
    I'm going to buy a bigger boat than my neighbor cuz I'm richer
    Greek greedy and jealous:
    M U R D E R M Y N E P H E W

    • @arathimenon6890
      @arathimenon6890 4 года назад +8

      Much like the the folktales in Kerala about perunthachan, a highly skilled sculptor who killed his son out of jealousy

    • @adri5446
      @adri5446 4 года назад +1

      I’m dead 💀 😂😭

  • @Roll587
    @Roll587 7 лет назад +2058

    Wait...the woman tricked the bull to have sex with her by hiding inside a hollow wooden cow?

  • @bliz4967
    @bliz4967 3 года назад +45

    "She gave birth to a minotaur"
    *puts down phone and rethinks life decisions that led me here

    • @LEO-xo9cz
      @LEO-xo9cz 2 года назад

      Welcome to fiction.

  • @michaelstage3175
    @michaelstage3175 2 года назад +93

    In the original telling of the myth by Ovid, the Latin actually refers to the fact that Daedalus wasn't really watching his son fly and wasn't even worried about him. He was watching the wings that Icarus was wearing and marveling at his own genius. (Also sidenote: In the Latin, it's hard to judge how old Icarus is. It's possible that he was as young as 7 or 8 when his dad entrusted him with this immense responsibility.)

  • @charleswong6523
    @charleswong6523 6 лет назад +2910

    That's why parachute is important son

  • @sodiumhydroxide2859
    @sodiumhydroxide2859 4 года назад +1278

    Icarus died with his eyes open, forever cursed to look at the sun.

    • @nevaaydogdu8665
      @nevaaydogdu8665 3 года назад +106

      I think that Icarus was in love with the sun(Apollo)

    • @kinhamid9665
      @kinhamid9665 3 года назад +16

      Reminds me of the ending of The Lighthouse

    • @masquerading18
      @masquerading18 3 года назад +43

      @@nevaaydogdu8665 Quite a common theory- I've heard poems and songs made on it. I like to entertain the thought

    • @Skaberchlyn
      @Skaberchlyn 3 года назад +5

      @@kinhamid9665 The Lighthouse is more an allegory for the myth of Prometheus though, but yeah

    • @asueft
      @asueft 2 года назад +3

      No, he drowned and sunk to the bottom of the deep dark sea

  • @leolor9328
    @leolor9328 3 года назад +44

    "Cursed to fall in love with the king bull"
    Me: Hmmm...?
    "She's gets into the bull costume"
    Me: Where is this going?...
    "She conceives a minotaur"
    Me: OH DEAR GOD GO BACK

  • @pisyanggg5473
    @pisyanggg5473 3 года назад +54

    This is how I wish online classes are. Cool animations and lasting impact on me. I remember more ted ed vids than a line from textbooks

  • @myfunny6594
    @myfunny6594 5 лет назад +3990

    Daedalus warned icarus not to fly too high... but thats not all...
    He also warned him not to fly too low...

  • @beatrizcruz2083
    @beatrizcruz2083 6 лет назад +2219

    SHE SAID 'YOU HAVE MARRIED AN ICARUS. HE'S FLOWN TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN'

  • @darxxcyxx
    @darxxcyxx 4 года назад +212

    “You’ve married an Icarus. He has flown to close to the sun.”

    • @oneofthemgirls
      @oneofthemgirls 4 года назад +11

      Angelica!

    • @uhhhyeah8455
      @uhhhyeah8455 4 года назад +17

      You and your words obsessed with your legacy

    • @arnelarenas1833
      @arnelarenas1833 3 года назад +5

      Why are there two identical comments just under each other made by different accounts?

    • @beatriz2364
      @beatriz2364 3 года назад +2

      AAAAAAAAAAAAH

    • @beeg4270
      @beeg4270 3 года назад +6

      @@uhhhyeah8455 your sentences left me defenseless

  • @riri_998
    @riri_998 4 года назад +509

    This takes the word "cowgirl" to a whole 'nother level OMG 😂😂😂😂
    *F* to Icarus mah boiii

    • @harjasudaysingh1339
      @harjasudaysingh1339 3 года назад +4

      Oh no😂😂hah lmfaooo

    • @_anthrax101_5
      @_anthrax101_5 3 года назад +13

      Did you seriously just call a dead kid from ancient Greek mythology "mah boiii"?
      nice

    • @riri_998
      @riri_998 3 года назад +8

      @@_anthrax101_5 ...
      thx bro

    • @Yeti2308
      @Yeti2308 3 года назад +2

      You can thank posideon for that

    • @riri_998
      @riri_998 3 года назад +2

      @@Yeti2308 thx Poseidon, mah bro

  • @aleaf01
    @aleaf01 6 лет назад +5101

    The story of iccarus isn't because of being godlike. It's a moral story about listening and not being egotistical

    • @ninjashuriken
      @ninjashuriken 6 лет назад +4

      Al B Right

    • @claramoore9866
      @claramoore9866 6 лет назад +1

      Ou Mahajan zool.Zoooooo

    • @bababaaa7515
      @bababaaa7515 6 лет назад +80

      I think its both but okay

    • @Jkirek_
      @Jkirek_ 6 лет назад +133

      The story of Icarus may be, but the story of Daedalus most certainly isn't. If you've read (or translated) this specific part of the metamorphoses by Ovid, you'll notice that the story isn't about Icarus at all. The kid's death was merely a punishment for Daedalus.

    • @TheBagFumbler
      @TheBagFumbler 6 лет назад +6

      Aiko Takahashi lol he clearly did

  • @dina7448
    @dina7448 7 лет назад +2145

    "You've married an Icarus. He has flown to close to the sun."

  • @markwhalberg5383
    @markwhalberg5383 3 года назад +98

    Daedelous: aye bruh don’t be flying so high g you gon melt
    Icarus: No ❤️

    • @Anonymous-ng7ji
      @Anonymous-ng7ji 2 года назад

      Daedalus not Daedelous. You replaced A to e while you add U from O. Just correcting your words, I am not annoying you.

    • @thecamocampaindude5167
      @thecamocampaindude5167 Месяц назад

      Watch yo jet

  • @whildhair83
    @whildhair83 4 года назад +35

    "His eyes seemed stone-gazed as he flies on the wings of of a dream. Now he knows his father betrayed, his wings turn to ashes, to ashes his grave"
    Flight of Icarus- Iron Maiden

  • @kanji7
    @kanji7 5 лет назад +4861

    So the king's wife was the worlds first furry

    • @thelibrarian7193
      @thelibrarian7193 5 лет назад +299

      no. more to beasteality

    • @RoxOn413
      @RoxOn413 5 лет назад +202

      Wtf no :v
      Furry = Someone who likes anthro animals, not specifically romantically
      Not a furry: SOMEONE WHO FUCKS A BULL, unless they also like anthros but you get it

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 года назад +36

      Beastislity got funky.

    • @slandermedic4724
      @slandermedic4724 4 года назад +6

      So i started this war for nothing?WAT DA FRI-(ps-i hate furry’s)

    • @Mr22Ohyeah
      @Mr22Ohyeah 4 года назад +5

      Damn dukking right broo! 😂😂😂

  • @sosotik
    @sosotik 4 года назад +1501

    Deadulus: thinks of creative way to escape
    Icarus: *_lmao sun time_*
    Deadulus: _Am I a joke to you?_

    • @KitrakHsengiv
      @KitrakHsengiv 4 года назад +43

      He was Daedulus, now he's DEADulus inside

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад +1

      I am really convinced that he was just trying to have a sunburn but guess that didn't gone well

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад +1

      @@KitrakHsengiv 😂😂lmao I really can't control my laughter

    • @YourLocalAnonAccount
      @YourLocalAnonAccount 2 года назад +1

      @@KitrakHsengiv dammit have my like-

    • @ahmedhegazy699
      @ahmedhegazy699 2 года назад

      Hahahaha 😂😂😂

  • @Stage_Lol
    @Stage_Lol 4 месяца назад +6

    Icarus and his dad's story is very interesting to me, there's a lot of different versions, and they're all so interesting. There's also one where, as Icarus fell, he laughed. He felt like a god, and as he fell, he laughed. He didn't seem to care he was about to die, he just laughed.

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 3 года назад +19

    2:18 The *Climax* of the story.

  • @ramonvalencia5719
    @ramonvalencia5719 4 года назад +611

    2:43 Minotaur: I didn't ask to be born!

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 года назад +48

      Mother of the minotaur explaining to the father:It’s just a phase dear.

  • @Nossody
    @Nossody 5 лет назад +1496

    top 10 anime deaths

  • @mathishopper5608
    @mathishopper5608 4 года назад +214

    "He watched helpless..."
    You could at least SAY SOMETHING!

    • @queenofrainbowzebras9775
      @queenofrainbowzebras9775 4 года назад +13

      He would be ignored if he did.

    • @amirrezashirmast3751
      @amirrezashirmast3751 4 года назад +8

      Careful Icarus!

    • @tobiash5886
      @tobiash5886 4 года назад +37

      try imagining the speed at which they would have been flying. The wind and the sound of the sea would have drowned out any warning if Icarus had flown too far away...

    • @Ranio_
      @Ranio_ 3 года назад +3

      He want to have high ground

    • @emmavrijburg6676
      @emmavrijburg6676 3 года назад +8

      Like what? "Lmao told ya so" ?💀

  • @avaleijten6527
    @avaleijten6527 4 года назад +98

    Icarus actually fell in love with Apollo AKA the sun, so that’s why he flew towards the sun

    • @despinasgarden.4100
      @despinasgarden.4100 3 года назад +13

      He could also have fall in love with Helios

    • @Star_faring
      @Star_faring 3 года назад +7

      That could happen in Greek mythology

    • @avaleijten6527
      @avaleijten6527 3 года назад +6

      @@despinasgarden.4100 According to legend it was Apollo

    • @nevaaydogdu8665
      @nevaaydogdu8665 3 года назад +13

      Icarus was in love with Apollo
      Achilles loved Patroclus
      And i ship Hermes with Apollo
      But it is nearly impossible to find videos or stf about them.....
      (Sorry for my lack of english, i am from Turkey and i refuse to use translate...)

    • @joshuatartar2731
      @joshuatartar2731 3 года назад +1

      @@nevaaydogdu8665 your English is really good

  • @elizabethgillen3660
    @elizabethgillen3660 4 года назад +356

    They say that the fall of icarus created such a big splash that an island erupted in the shape of a wing called Ikaria. I used to visit this small island every summer and it was an amazing place.

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад +6

      Yeah someone died there and you called it an amazing place

    • @elizabethgillen3660
      @elizabethgillen3660 2 года назад +48

      @@shivanshgarewal2833 people die everywhere, doesn't take away from the beauty of the island. Ikaria IS an amazing place. You should look at some pictures.

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад +4

      @@elizabethgillen3660 actually I meant that in a funny but I know you still get it Xd

    • @1nfernaldrak356
      @1nfernaldrak356 2 года назад +6

      @@shivanshgarewal2833 You tried

    • @shiibabiii1708
      @shiibabiii1708 2 года назад

      Ikaria island

  • @kaniyaru117
    @kaniyaru117 7 лет назад +1111

    Daedalus buried Icarus on an island and named it Icaria in memory of his only child.

    • @Blorboy
      @Blorboy 7 лет назад +41

      Kani yaru Ayyy someone who seems to know Ovids version of the story.

    • @miamackenzie9946
      @miamackenzie9946 6 лет назад +2

      ONLY child hmmmm?

    • @rootrotruination
      @rootrotruination 6 лет назад +33

      I thought his body was never found but the sea in which he fell was called Icarian Sea.

    • @marklordreyes2945
      @marklordreyes2945 5 лет назад +3

      Lol hercules is the one who buried icarus

    • @tehreemkazmi7791
      @tehreemkazmi7791 5 лет назад +20

      And icarly was in memory of this event

  • @thyronejayclavel1287
    @thyronejayclavel1287 4 года назад +18

    Icarus: (Flew up the sky, avoiding his father’s warning.)
    Honor thy mother and father, for your days may be long.

    • @bettybrown9706
      @bettybrown9706 4 года назад

      Perfect, just perfect.

    • @PixelWAVeStudios
      @PixelWAVeStudios 2 года назад

      When you use a Bible verse from the ten commandments to break down Greek Mythology.
      (I believe the reference [in case you want to know] is Exodus 20:12).

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 года назад +21

    Wow, there's so much more to these stories than I had previously ever heard 😃 The part about Daedalus being banished to Crete + enabling the creation of the minotaur and how he flew WITH his son simultaneously. So cool! Thanks for sharing these wonderful videos with us all, Ted-Ed rocks! 🙏🏽

  • @gheart4349
    @gheart4349 6 лет назад +455

    We sure did not talk about the bull seduction part in English😂😂

  • @Titanic-wo6bq
    @Titanic-wo6bq 4 года назад +392

    1:08 imagine just going up to your statue to see that it's head got punched off by hercules.

  • @user-fp1go9fl7n
    @user-fp1go9fl7n 3 года назад +5

    Among the many interesting and strange ancient mythologies that come from Greece, but this is one of the most interesting in my opinion. A man who strives to reach into godhood himself and his brash son who learned his lesson the hard way is such a good topic.Thanks for the video.

  • @keating6155
    @keating6155 3 года назад +6

    It is so cool how so much of Greek myths fit together

  • @Heavy_Buddy
    @Heavy_Buddy 6 лет назад +738

    i swear to god if i see one more "YOU HAVE MARRIED AN ICARUS. HE'S FLOWN TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN" comment-

    • @hi-ot8kf
      @hi-ot8kf 6 лет назад +45

      RelmC you have married an icarus hes flown too close to the sun

    • @honestlyidk2425
      @honestlyidk2425 5 лет назад +33

      YOU'VE MARRIED AN ICARUS. AND HE'S FLOWN TO CLOSE TO THE SUN.......

    • @neolord1215
      @neolord1215 5 лет назад +21

      YOU HAVE MARRIED AN ICARUS HE HAS FLOWN TO CLOSE TO THE SUN

    • @hopechr
      @hopechr 5 лет назад +11

      YOU HAVE MARRIED PIT FROM KID ICARUS. HE cannot fly.

    • @gabrielc3040
      @gabrielc3040 5 лет назад +10

      What’s that mean?

  • @marvelfangirl3328
    @marvelfangirl3328 5 лет назад +425

    *"Man must rise above the Earth- to the top of the atmosphere and beyond- for only thus will he finally understand the world in which he lives."*
    -Socrates

    • @lembas.
      @lembas. 4 года назад +1

      There is likely a firmament and Earth is not a globe. Earth is a motionless plane.

    • @crazydiamondrequiem4236
      @crazydiamondrequiem4236 4 года назад +13

      Lembas nah, the world is a time stopping punch ghost.

    • @KellyCalKelsey
      @KellyCalKelsey 4 года назад +3

      @@crazydiamondrequiem4236 the star that was made out of platinum would steal that ability

    • @franzsno7019
      @franzsno7019 4 года назад +2

      Crazydiamond Requiem the hierophant stained green would suffer a fatal blow from that ability

    • @LordPoompaDoompa
      @LordPoompaDoompa 4 года назад

      Hehe rocket ship go brrr

  • @canihavefrieswiththat1824
    @canihavefrieswiththat1824 2 года назад +15

    “The kings wife, Pasiphae, had been cursed by the Greek god, Poseidon, to fall in love with a BULL”
    please even the narrator was like wth am I reading? 💀😭

    • @hellblueboy4
      @hellblueboy4 2 года назад +1

      The story was like this:
      The king asked the god Poseidon what animal the god would like to be sacrificed, Poseidon then sent a beautiful white bull to be sacrificed.
      But the bull was so beautiful, it would be shame to kill it, so the king kept the bull and sacrificed another normal bull instead
      Poseidon then said "If you love that bull so much, how about I make your wife to fall in love with it!!".

    • @canihavefrieswiththat1824
      @canihavefrieswiththat1824 2 года назад +1

      @@hellblueboy4 Istg Greek gods got absolutely NOOOO CHILL!

  • @aconfusedbat4666
    @aconfusedbat4666 Год назад +3

    This is one of my favorite tales that i often tell the younger members of my family (That makes me sound old (I am 15BTW)) . I find that it has a lot of meanings in real life and has a lot of warnings to.

  • @unknownhorse9123
    @unknownhorse9123 4 года назад +1085

    When you’re young you enjoy these stories, but as you get older you learn their meaning

    • @JorgeMendoza-qz4sn
      @JorgeMendoza-qz4sn 2 года назад +23

      im not old yet so idk what it means

    • @ishasharma9680
      @ishasharma9680 2 года назад +6

      Yes .. im young but i can understand the meaning of this story ◇◇◇

    • @AmphiStuG
      @AmphiStuG 2 года назад +72

      Yeah... the cow part really hits hard.

    • @The_BFG1
      @The_BFG1 2 года назад +9

      @@AmphiStuG LMAO

    • @midnightraven9
      @midnightraven9 2 года назад +4

      Yeah I learned the meaning last year the hard way

  • @sagarg3350
    @sagarg3350 7 лет назад +415

    People take this story too literally, it is about not aiming to low in life (flying low, near water) so that a persons mindset does not become increasingly self-disappointed (wings dampening due to flying low), and at such a low state that they can not climb again (wings to heavy), but also not flying to high that when you fail you feel crushed (flying to high - wings melt) and putting you in the water (wings disintegrating = fall into water), the aim is to 'fly' through life at just the right 'height' so you may successfully make it too the other side.
    Just my 2 cents.

  • @lianarose1384
    @lianarose1384 3 года назад +18

    Please please do some videos on Indian mythology too! There are a plethora to pick from and it would be really helpful! And amazing to watch from Ted-Ed as usual!

  • @bennyoc714
    @bennyoc714 2 года назад +5

    3:30 just fly at night, now there's no sun and you have more leeway to fly a little farther from the ocean

  • @radicals-1326
    @radicals-1326 7 лет назад +63

    You gotta wonder the conversation Icarus had with his dad.
    "Icarus get the fuck down"
    "fuk u dad"
    "Icarus pls"

    • @samuelvine
      @samuelvine 6 лет назад +7

      Icarus: "fuk u dad"
      Daedalus: Fuking is what got us into this damned mess! Now get down here!

  • @mezzodsp121
    @mezzodsp121 6 лет назад +1079

    And couldn't they just have departed at night??

    • @ian3236
      @ian3236 6 лет назад +85

      Think about it, there is a reason they didt go at night. It might be just a story but the greeks were intelligent people and their stories are equally intelligent. Can you guess?

    • @the3lusive
      @the3lusive 6 лет назад +228

      They might not be able to see in the dark

    • @juhyuned8439
      @juhyuned8439 6 лет назад +66

      Common sense is waiting for you

    • @VibeKing799
      @VibeKing799 5 лет назад +23

      Dusk maybe?

    • @acertainpigeonman9064
      @acertainpigeonman9064 5 лет назад +18

      That isn’t the point of the story

  • @faizafatema4707
    @faizafatema4707 4 года назад +13

    "The first to ever fly"
    Wright Brothers:Am I a joke to you?

    • @yelyharmony2047
      @yelyharmony2047 3 года назад +6

      Even when this is mythology and therefore all fictional...Do you realize this myth is from thousands of years before the Wright brothers were even born?
      What kind of idiotic attempt of a joke was that?

    • @hemutitu1870
      @hemutitu1870 2 года назад +1

      @@yelyharmony2047 ok alright, calm down 😂

  • @Alexiety-
    @Alexiety- 10 месяцев назад +13

    a lot of people see icarus's story as a cautionary one, one that warns you about being consumed by ego but i like to think of it more as a story of passion. here's a poem about it that i found
    I am Icarus
    Many people see my death as a tragedy
    That is very wrong
    In my opinion, they did not tell you when Apollo gave me wings
    They did not tell you I knew I would burn in flames
    I knew, you see I knew the agony I would face
    And as I fell, I knew I did it for the sun
    As hot burning wax slithered down my spine, as seductive kisses of agony peppered my skin and muscle
    I laughed
    I laughed as where I saw beauty others saw pain
    I loved it you see, it was addictive
    And even Dionysus would marvel at my insanity
    There is no beauty without pain
    And now as I wait for judgment in the land of Hades
    I ask myself, was it worth the fall for the sun?
    And I answer yes
    Yes it was

  • @SomeGuy-lr7ms
    @SomeGuy-lr7ms 4 года назад +192

    2:33
    King: YOU SEE THIS ABOMINATION!? WTF WERE YOU THINKING

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 года назад +14

      Daedalus:I have a bull fetish.

    • @sorandomandquirky9425
      @sorandomandquirky9425 4 года назад +2

      Bull looks kinda juicy under the waist

    • @Tedisipi
      @Tedisipi 4 года назад +4

      so random and quirky I know about your username but WTF.

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад

      Her face also looks like " Wtf did I just done? "

  • @sesshomaru123456789
    @sesshomaru123456789 4 года назад +86

    Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
    Looks the old man in the eye
    As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
    "In the name of God my father, I fly!"
    His eyes seem so glazed
    As he flies on the wings of a dream
    Now he knows his father betrayed
    Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave
    Fly on your way like an eagle
    Fly as high as the sun
    On your way, like an eagle
    Fly, touch the sun

  • @ArjanPaijers
    @ArjanPaijers 2 года назад

    That was thrilling! Great story, great message.

  • @hbikokiechryz9036
    @hbikokiechryz9036 2 года назад +3

    1. The author wants us to be content with what we have. To be smart and knowledgeable is not enough if we are not content with it.
    2. I learned that I should listen to my parents and their warnings because they want the best for us. Just like how Daedalus warned Icarus but when Icarus didn't listen something bad happened.
    3. I would recommend this work in my younger brother for he doesn't listen to anything my mother was telling him that's why he encountered many accidents at such a young age.

  • @jennifereske1216
    @jennifereske1216 7 лет назад +840

    🎵🎶Icarus is flyying too close to the sun

  • @draftbkshen9088
    @draftbkshen9088 7 лет назад +463

    Why not fly in the midnight

    • @arielgaray302
      @arielgaray302 7 лет назад +145

      FirinMaLazaaar
      because she had no gun....?

    • @chr0min0id
      @chr0min0id 6 лет назад +15

      It's cause there would be no thermals from the ocean to keep them up and they would fall from the cool air

    • @caseinnitrate5515
      @caseinnitrate5515 6 лет назад

      FirinMaLazaaar 😂

    • @adiostoreador9142
      @adiostoreador9142 5 лет назад +1

      FirinMaLazaaar Yeah, but according to stories back then, moonlight was pretty bright. Bright enough for you to walk out at night, the only possible reasons they wouldn't have went out would be because it was constantly raining, snowing, or some other type of weather messing with the wings. Or because they would've been too tired to fly at night.

    • @acertainpigeonman9064
      @acertainpigeonman9064 5 лет назад +1

      Cool Cat like he said, it’s only a Greece mythology

  • @namiswoon
    @namiswoon 4 месяца назад +2

    the way pasiphae even named her son with the bull "minotaur" like his husband "minos" is insane 😭

  • @manjugupta4333
    @manjugupta4333 3 года назад +1

    Thank you sir for such a nice explanation..understood everything very clearly..thank you so much sie

  • @sochyvonnnora6035
    @sochyvonnnora6035 6 лет назад +283

    4:32 i thought there were ants on my screen

  • @jmelara324
    @jmelara324 6 лет назад +222

    I stand on the cliffs with my son next to me
    This island our prison, our home
    And everyday we look out at the sea
    This place is all he's ever known
    But I've got a plan and some wax and some string;
    some feathers I stole from the birds
    We leap from the cliff and we hear the wind
    sing a song that's too perfect for words
    But son, please keep a steady wing
    And know your the only one that means anything to me
    Steer clear of the sun, or you'll find yourself in the sea
    Now safely away, I let out a cry
    "We'll make the mainland by noon"
    But Icarus climbs higher still in the sky
    Maybe I've spoken too soon
    Oh son, please keep a steady wing
    And know your the only one that means anything to me
    Steer clear of the sun, or you'll find yourself in the sea
    Won't you look at your wings
    They're coming undone
    They're splitting at the seams
    Steer clear of the sun, for once won't you listen to me?
    O, Gods!
    Why is this happening to me?
    All I wanted was a new life for my son to grow up free
    And now you took the only thing that meant anything to me
    I will never fly again, I will hang up my wings
    O, Gods!
    Why is this happening to me?
    All I wanted was a new life for my son to grow up free
    And now you took the only thing that meant anything to me
    I will never fly again, I will hang up my wings!
    O, Gods!

    • @jannatkl91
      @jannatkl91 6 лет назад +11

      Did you write this?

    • @jmelara324
      @jmelara324 6 лет назад +27

      Jannat Ferdous Although I wish I did, I cannot say that I did. It’s written by the lyrical genius who is Dustin Kensrue and performed by his band named Thrice. Daedalus by Thrice from The Alchemy Index Vol. III

    • @jannatkl91
      @jannatkl91 6 лет назад +1

      +J M (Josh Em All!) nice, thanks! will check it out

    • @gekegeko5946
      @gekegeko5946 6 лет назад +3

      Jesus..I-I mean Zeus

    • @caseinnitrate5515
      @caseinnitrate5515 6 лет назад +7

      Damn that’s a good read

  • @kalashrestha3251
    @kalashrestha3251 2 года назад

    Thankyou sooo much for uploading this video. God bless you

  • @dreamkaya641
    @dreamkaya641 Год назад +2

    Daedalus: I am a genius inventor
    Also Daedalus: no night flights

  • @ardillaspordoquier9
    @ardillaspordoquier9 5 лет назад +162

    Pacyphe: I want that bull to f me
    Minos: K

    • @youreallinsane
      @youreallinsane 3 года назад +6

      not minos, daedalus... minos was not ok with it

    • @robertkelly9772
      @robertkelly9772 3 года назад +1

      If Pasiphae were living today, she'd probably be driving a Ford Taurus.

  • @supportdoggo8099
    @supportdoggo8099 5 лет назад +182

    *she did what*
    ●👄●

  • @quemdiriapandinha4286
    @quemdiriapandinha4286 4 года назад

    thaks so much your classes are really cool

  • @foxglovefairy7296
    @foxglovefairy7296 2 года назад

    Heard the story multiple times as i child, but really love this one as a model to show others.

  • @spookyvintage13
    @spookyvintage13 6 лет назад +259

    This got hella wild real fast HOW YOU GONNA MAKE UP FOR YOUR MAN'S SHORTCOMINGS THROUGH SCREWING A BULL

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 лет назад +1

      Camey Conover 😂

    • @PaulGreen11
      @PaulGreen11 5 лет назад +3

      It happens Everyday.

    • @aacitix1872
      @aacitix1872 4 года назад +7

      She was cursed by Poseidon and therefore powerless to stop her attraction to the bull

    • @interloper3138
      @interloper3138 4 года назад

      'twas a simpler time

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 года назад

      Bulls have bigger dicks.

  • @georgefrangoudes5951
    @georgefrangoudes5951 7 лет назад +203

    For any Tolkien fans out there I just had a little epiphany about Gandalf. When he was imprisoned on top of the tower of Orthanc he escaped with the help of the eagles. Does anyone else think this is symbolic of Gandalf's angelic characteristics or is this just a coincidence. My thoughts are that maybe Tolkien got inspiration from the story of Icarus and Daedalus.

    • @FinaleCadence
      @FinaleCadence 7 лет назад +15

      George Frangoudes I think it might be a coincidence. Gandolf didn't distort the world around him (build fake wake wings) he merely called upon the Eagles for help. I think it says a great deal that the eagles were willing to help Gandolf, as opposed to Gandolf taking their feathers to make wings.

    • @matthewhecht9257
      @matthewhecht9257 7 лет назад +7

      I know Tolkien was mostly inspired by Anglo-Saxon stories, and part of Lord of The Rings was to show that their elements were not inferior to the Greek stories.

    • @snowwonder9814
      @snowwonder9814 7 лет назад +7

      Maybe... but Tolkien was big fan of other mythologies, so maybe not. Gandalf's appearance and his wandering for instance were in part inspired by depictions of Odin, from Norse myth, and his name comes from Norse myth too. ;) Gandalf is literally an angel in Middle Earth though so that's right on point.

    • @ian3236
      @ian3236 6 лет назад +1

      The Rohirrim too were inspired by the vikings. Look at their helmets and weapons. Plus the speeches given by the king was very much like going to Valhalla with death as the main source of motivation,

  • @pepper_goes9892
    @pepper_goes9892 3 года назад +4

    Boy with wings: *flys higher
    Sun: Ima end this boi

  • @Pikach428
    @Pikach428 3 года назад +38

    Why didn’t they fly off at night time, so they can fly as high as they want

    • @EmmaThorne
      @EmmaThorne 3 года назад +9

      AYO HOLD UP U RIGHT

    • @Awsomememes
      @Awsomememes 3 года назад +1

      Probably because it would be hard to see where you are going?

    • @Pikach428
      @Pikach428 3 года назад +1

      @@Awsomememes I think they going straight, and daedulus is smart. He probably can remember every part of the map

    • @Pikach428
      @Pikach428 3 года назад +3

      And the moon is kinda bright in the sea

    • @alliahcc
      @alliahcc 3 года назад

      fcking makes sense

  • @theangryteddy7941
    @theangryteddy7941 5 лет назад +112

    The rest of Daedalus’ story is actually really weird. He pushes his own nephew off a tower and a god turns his nephew into a bird. The bull was actually a gift from Posiden who wanted the king to sacrifice it to him, but the king kept it instead. And the Minotaur was eventually killed by a guy who got out of the labyrinth with a spool of string.

    • @dougstyles
      @dougstyles 2 года назад +7

      Theseus slayed the beast👍

  • @oceanman_8370
    @oceanman_8370 5 лет назад +188

    Every time I hear this myth I imagine Icarus as pit from Kid Icarus

    • @hopechr
      @hopechr 5 лет назад +8

      *burns wings*
      this is why you clone yourself with the mirror of truth before flying for extended periods of time

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 5 лет назад +1

      [WUT] Hope LMAO

    • @Yee-lt7by
      @Yee-lt7by 5 лет назад +1

      Oceanman _ yeah me too

    • @phantochu3456
      @phantochu3456 5 лет назад +1

      IKR!?!?!
      I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ!!!
      *DIES*

    • @NikoNiki_KIZUNA
      @NikoNiki_KIZUNA 4 года назад +2

      Pit is beauty
      Pit is grace
      Pit never learns how to *READ*

  • @anc301
    @anc301 3 года назад +6

    I'd like to think that Icarus laughed as he fell. I mean, the view must have been amazing.

  • @cutelilly1000vedios
    @cutelilly1000vedios 3 года назад +4

    I find it interesting how similar icarus and lucifers story are. Icarus wanted to fly but flew to high (challenged the gods) causing him to fall. Lucifer wanted to be equal to god (challenging god) causing him to fall as well. Considering the romans took over Greece I wouldn’t be surprised if throughout time Icarus’s story or Lucifiers story got mixed up through time

  • @ryacoli
    @ryacoli 6 лет назад +411

    *Banned for flying*

    • @sgm7650
      @sgm7650 4 года назад

      HAHAHAHA HACKS

    • @lnard7794
      @lnard7794 4 года назад +1

      Flying is not enabled in this server

    • @whiskeredwolf4861
      @whiskeredwolf4861 4 года назад

      Zeus calls haxx

    • @idiotgoddess2114
      @idiotgoddess2114 4 года назад

      Meanwhile in roblox...
      _Reason For Ban: Harassment_
      _Offensive Item:_ *Y E S*

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 года назад

      /Icarus gamemode s

  • @ShankarSivarajan
    @ShankarSivarajan 7 лет назад +21

    My Material Science professor told us this story as a parable about the limitations of wax as a building material.

  • @adeleaslan8182
    @adeleaslan8182 3 года назад +3

    “ you have married an Icarus, he has flown too close to the sun”
    I couldn’t stop it, I’m sorry

  • @dark_castor1642
    @dark_castor1642 3 года назад +1

    Girl in cow costume: breaths
    Bull: hey bb how u doin?

  • @sarahh9903
    @sarahh9903 5 лет назад +40

    I love the narrator's voice. When I read my text books for my college courses I use his voice in my mind the read the text. It makes the concepts easier to understand :) I'm not sure why but it works!
    I love this channel and love watch it grow!!!

  • @laurenbennett7674
    @laurenbennett7674 7 лет назад +1014

    Yikes.. the Percy Jackson books left the beastiality part out of the story...

  • @aninternetuser1978
    @aninternetuser1978 3 года назад +9

    "She had been cursed to fall in love with the King's prized bull."
    OH NO I KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING GO BACK

  • @lewellyncaguingin3627
    @lewellyncaguingin3627 2 года назад +3

    1.His purpose is to tell the readers what is god commandments for.To make a character reality’s characterization,intended audience was all mankind, but especially for the youth to understand and follow the laws and nature and what they are told.
    2.I learned that,there’s a limitation in everything even though we’re genius and creative but if we’re not going to use our skills and talents for good is we can’t be comfortable in our life.The part of the story that they are already escape and his son didn’t listen to him,has a affects in my life.We should listen the advice of elders or parents especially we personally know that they’re right.
    3.I believe its good to recommend this story on the people who starting their journey for their career,this story is perfect for them just like how daedalus start.

  • @l.tc.5032
    @l.tc.5032 7 лет назад +433

    Honestly can you really blame Icarus if I was flying I'd want to go higher.

    • @rfkwouldvebeenaok1008
      @rfkwouldvebeenaok1008 6 лет назад +39

      Why? You are literally flying. Why does the hight matter?

    • @AnteP-dx4my
      @AnteP-dx4my 6 лет назад +3

      RFK would've been A ok more adrenalin
      More guud feels

    • @BlightfulProductions
      @BlightfulProductions 5 лет назад +1

      RFK would've been A ok well lets see.. Oxygen levels decrease and the fact that said wings are being held by wax which will melt sooner if you stay higher to the sun..

    • @imanultrastarwarrior801
      @imanultrastarwarrior801 5 лет назад +3

      Weed seems better than flying at this point, you get high and fall painlessly

    • @ashrafliton2488
      @ashrafliton2488 5 лет назад

      Hhh

  • @lpskitten9339
    @lpskitten9339 6 лет назад +87

    "You have married an icarus. He has flown to close to the sun."

  • @marianyyaid3084
    @marianyyaid3084 7 месяцев назад

    thank you so much!

  • @Gameknight2169
    @Gameknight2169 3 года назад +12

    Icarus: IMMA FLY TO THE MOOOOONNNN
    Daedalus: *No*
    Icarus: Why?
    Daedalus: *The sun is a deadly lazer*

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 4 года назад +117

    3:13
    Bats: are we a joke to you?

    • @nanigopalsaha2408
      @nanigopalsaha2408 4 года назад +8

      Insects too

    • @stephaneollui1736
      @stephaneollui1736 2 года назад

      Really!?!?!?😡😡

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад +1

      Also if Daedalus have some more IQ he should have choosen to fly at night that would have saved his son

    • @lizliz8786
      @lizliz8786 2 года назад

      @@shivanshgarewal2833 bruh, fire was a luxury, how tf You expect them to escape at night ?

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 года назад +1

      @@lizliz8786 under moonlight, you can still see at night with moonlight right?

  • @belindamaccarthy
    @belindamaccarthy 5 лет назад +20

    4:32 I thought that was a bug crawling on my screen

  • @Slayworld12
    @Slayworld12 2 года назад

    So many questions answered in one video. Loved Zubo 😂

  • @kalyan2474
    @kalyan2474 3 года назад

    Thank you so much