I never went to Greece, but I had two opportunities in my life to see greek temples in Italy. I went to Paestum with my class back when I was 15 in 1995 (and also Neapolis and Rome), and in 2015, I went to Sicily with my family and my wife. They were exhausted by the ride on the Etna the previous day, but I still drove to Agrigente the next day to see the Valley of the Temples. 2 amazing memories.
@@Street-Gems Indeed. I live in France, so I'm used to many ancient roman ruins. Greek ones are very few except some in Marseille (former Massilia). But nothing like you can find in Italy. But I still need to go to Greece before I die 😀
South Italy is more Greek than italic and I don't mean the language, the way people live their traditions customs the way they behave on their everyday life the way they treat guests, philoxenia. It's obvious even in the economic differences there are between south and north, they know it and Greeks know it that there is something wrong in them being part of Italy when in truth they are more closely related to the Hellenic world.
Just visited Paestum last month. Stunning, and the impact is deepened by your review of the history. I also noted the recovered remains of the Ekklesiasterion, the popular assembly arena that was the center of Poseidonia's democracy, Little beyond the earthen base of the stepped seating remains, but the historic significance more than makes up for it.
There's a lot to say about Paestum, but I had to move fast and so only focused on the temples. I even had to skip some details which would have complicated things, like that the Lucanians conquered it from the Greeks, then the Romans. Maybe one day I'll make a dedicated video.
Man I love this channel. It really captures that sense of magic that comes with these classical sites. I keep adding new places to my wishlist of places to visit. I wanted to go to Sicily anyways and already knew some nice classical sites, but you always introduce places I havent heared of yet. Dont feel a need to rush out videos. They are good as they are. And good things often take time
Another beautiful video my friend. I enjoyed it very much. Your pronunciation of the greek cities in ancient greek is spot on! So glad i discovered your channel in the chaos of youtube.
When the Germanς and Normans occupied Greater Greece in southern Italy in the 10th century and drove out the Byzantines, the Greek residents organized themselves into resistance movements that exist to this day and are called by Rome as the Mafia. The name Drageta comes from the Greek andragathia and the word omerta from the Homeric word omarti which means silence
Those resistance movements don't exist anymore. Modern mafia (and camorra, 'Ndrangheta, and Sacra Corona Unita…) has nothing to do with that' "resistance", and Germanς and Normans were only some of the various invaders, not at all, and not only in southern Italy. What Rome (and the rest of the world) calls to this day Mafia is just criminal organizations, you can't be wrong. There's no bravery, just mental illness.
@@giovannimoriggi5833the corruption of the Italian government is greater if not equal to the corruption of the mafia in the Greek south! after all, the crimes against Greece in the second world war were committed by Mussolini, the representative of the Italian state, and not by the mafia! the same in Libya and Ethiopia
@@LondonPower Mussolini was a dictator (aside from fascism mental illness, Italians refused war especially towards Greek brothers), not a regular representative, and it was very close to mafia’s system… which is obviously also present in government’s people who are connected with them, what a surprise… And Greece had issues due to various countries, just thing at the King of Greece… I don’t know what’s the matter now, if you are focusing on Greece submission, which has nothing to do with the meaning of this video. You are just spitting facts, real and unreal, related an unrelated, without any logic… It seems that for you Mafia’s culture is heroism, but it’s more heroine and nothing else good. And I don’t believe linking Greece with mafias against Italy is a clever choice… By the way Italy have to deal with bigger countries than Greece, and for sure Greece have to deal with other countries as well, more into their strict geographical area. Or with countries like China, let’s say.
15:54 Glad you asked! Although the words may appear similar, chord comes from the greek word "χορδή" meaning chord but also the string of a bow. The "ch" diphthong in the beginning of the word is how the greek word "χ" (hee) (latin x) was depicted in latin text.
Thanks for that. So when I looked it up, I did find that chord comes from the word for string. I was speculating whether there could be an even more ancient Indo-European root. Could that be the case?
@@Street-Gems Accord and the other related terms come from ad+cord (to+heart) so there is no relation to chord. There is an older indoeuropean root but its common to words such as heart or cardia and latin cor/cordis
What the riveting and excellent video. This young fellow is very professional and his way of providing this interesting history got from me grade10. I was so impressed by his knowledge and his buetifule voice over performance. Please bring more of them to the world society.
Great video!!. So excited to see a new one!!. Yayyy!!. You're one of my favorite channels!! Love how you do your videos! SOOOO well done! I really appreciate your dedication!! I'm eagerly awaiting more!! 👏🥂⚜️
Jordan! It always makes my day when I see that you've posted a video! Your historical narration, along with the beautiful artwork and drone footage, always impresses me with your attention to detail! Thank you for it all! Every minute of your videos are a pleasure and a learning experience! Any education you provide to help me fill in the Biblical-era geography and buildings is so much appreciated! And all these years I thought the fluting of the columns was done BEFORE assembly, so it makes far more sense that it was performed after the sections were placed to form the column! 🥰 (And congratulations on having your first sponsor! My guy loves Manscaped!)
And your comment also made my day ♥I must confess that I also used to think that fluting was done before, but that would obviously make things difficult to line them up perfectly. I love that you enjoy my content.
The ancient Greek temples are so stunning! It does remind me thousands of ancient Khmer temple (nowadays are Cambodian) that scattered throughout modern Siem thailand nowadays, such as Phimai temple, Phnom Ruong, Prasat Muang Sing near Myanmar... Head to Britannica Dictionary for better understanding the history of the region.
Though they look similar, there's no linguistic relation between concordia and chord. All those Italian words-ricordare, accordare, concordare, concordia, discordia-they all have the Latin root "cor, cordis" meaning heart. There's sort of a connection there to when you say that you "learn something by heart" translates to Italian "ricordare". On the other hand the English word chord comes from the Greek chordé meaning string, originally referring to the strings of musical instruments.
@@Street-Gems yes I saw them. I was going from Catania to Rome and was slowly approaching Napoli. And then out of nowhere was two gigantic temples, I even remember thinking they were nicer than acropolis, even though I never heard of them before. And before I saw your video I did not know their history, so thanks for the great video🤩🥳
Yes true but not by much. The Parthenon was finished in 432 BC. The 3 temples at Paestum date from 550 BC, 500 BC, and 450 BC. So roughly the same period.
@@Street-Gems Paestum temples were sufficiently early that , for example, the columns were Doric , stubby, with their distinctive mushroom caps. Their decorative elements were made from painted terracotta tiles, not stone carvings. The time difference was about 4 human generations, if not more.
@@michaelmazowiecki9195 All those temples was build by hyllines (hyllirians, Helline) populations (also doric populations amongst them), who spoked their over 20 different dialects. At that time the grai-koï they lived only in some tribal areas in southern Italy. 👋🏻
I knew someone would comment on that. You are right, but that temple only has one double colonnade, (only one row) and it's not a complete colonnade like at Paestum. Plus, the top columns look reconstructed. There are pieces in there that are not original. That's why I counted only the one at Paestum as the true double colonnade.
Bravo!!!! Qué hermosa narración, maravillosos ejemplos, preciosas imágenes. Me gustó muchísimo la relación que resaltaste entre la concordia y la armonía, y esta con la armonía musical. GRACIAS!!
that it is not completely correct, "Hellenic temples are in Italy". Let me explain, The Hellenic people build the temples in the Italic peninsula ( geographical name ) extending the geographical control of the Mare Nuestro. My observation is, the Hellenic people continue the expansion by changing names creating new political jurisdictions, Example, Rome, utilizing techniques to condition the population like religion, ( same Gods and Goddesses different names ) creating a biological continuity in Europa and the world, so the temples continue to exist I Alta Grecia , every one is Hellenic ( a cultural origen ) saludos
Segesta is truly a magical place! The large temple stones still hav their protruding "arms" that were used to lift them into place. These would've been chiseled off once construction was completed, but they're still there today which is another clue pointing to the temple never being finished and dedicated.
Although much altered, I love the way that the duomo (cathedral) in Syracuse is basicly the original walls and columns structure of the earlier Greek temple.
Actually, CONCORDIA comes from the latim CON+COR(DE), "with the heart", and finds it's way into english through the "family" of the word ACCORD(ANCE). You right about the relation to italian CONCORDARE and it's worth noticing that the action of memorizing something, like the lyrics of a song - which in english would be "know by heart" - is DECORARE. On your question about the word CHORD, you're also right.
I was told however that chord actually comes from the Greek word for string. But I was pondering a possible earlier Indo-European root. But it might not be true that they are related 😥 Thanks for you comment
I listed them earlier in the video. They are the temple of Apollo/Hera at Pestum, and the temple of Concordia in Agrigento. I don't know if they are my favorite, but the ones I consider best preserved.
All of these sites are amazing, all are accessible by public transport and they're in a relatively small area-10 days is enough for a leisurely tour of all 4 of them.
@@Street-Gems Thanks for your good wishes😊. Segesta and Selinute are accessible by bus. Selinute's buses are unpredictable- I ended up hitching back to town. I took two weeks on my tour in 2017. Another tip-go there in winter. It can get to 40 degrees in a Sicilian summer. Even in winter, take lots of water.
I know 😓I was away for 3 months with my summer business (something different than this), and then this video took me forever to make. I intend to release videos more frequently moving forward.
I find it amusing that the best preserved Greek temples are outside Greece. I, however, wonder why that would be the case when the Italian architecture is so well preserved, simply because they came later? Also I find the Greek architecture a little of a sterotype, may be you can explain why that would be. Great video...well researched and put together.
it's not "sterotype"... It's so perfect that all the western peoples after them, starting from the Romans and up to today, had nothing better to do than simply copying that perfectness. And "Italian" architecture is basically so well preserved for two root causes: first the peoples of Italy (like other ones in antiquity) along the centuries built important buildings with the precise willing of them lasting for ever. The word "monument" itself comes from Latin word "monumentum" that means memory, thing to be remembered for ever. An utter sophistication modern westener capitalistic materialism has lost for ever. Secondly, the italian peoples kept memory of the uniquity of their past Roman empire even after its fall, and tried to preserve it any time they could, even re-using the ancient materials for newer monuments (Famous is the breath-taking Bernini baldacchin in St. Peter basilica, built in the Renaissance using the Bronze ceiling of the Pantheon: ironically, had they preserved that breath-taking ceiling, we would not have today this breath-taking baldacchin: which one is the better?). Finally, unlike other ancient places, that had some periods of great civilization and then fell apart for ever, Italy is the only place, I would say in the whole world, that has been the very heart of great civilizations for 27 centuries in a raw without any interruption: first the greek colonies, and other pre-roman peoples, then the Roman empire, then the epicentre of the Christian civilization for nearly 20 centuries. All the above reasons explain why Italy is filled with artistic wonders no other place in the world can even dare to imagine, even in the rest of Europe. I personally spent 20 holidays in Rome, some lasting full weeks, and keep discovering ancient artistic spots in that city and its surroundings I haven't been yet!
Thanks Daniel. In terms of preservation, I think luck has a lot to do with it as well. The fact that Paestum was preserved by a swamp is a combination of the geographical circumstances it was in, and the historical circumstances that befell that city. So you could argue that it got lucky. Each site would have a different combination of circumstances, like who controlled the area and when, if the temples were chosen as sources of stone for later buildings etc. There's a lot of randomness to it in a way. In terms of stereotype, I agree, but I'm not sure why. Maybe because Greek culture is idolized in the west.
The Italian architecture is so well preserved because is a massive amount of architecture in a tiny space. Italy was populated by people who adored beautiful things, and stratification developed more and more that kind of vision. Timelines tell us how the culture evolved, from one style to another, but it has nothing to do with the degree of preservation today of the works in a given place. The degree of preservation has to do with many aspects, human and otherwise. And by the way, even in Italy many things have been lost. Greek architecture is a stereotype, it could not be otherwise, as a fundamental reference. This is not a bad thing. It is a phenomenon that now has thousands of years of reflection, the status of stereotype is certain and it is a value, not a bad thing. Then if one were to say that Roman architecture was identical to Greek architecture, then the problem is not with stereotypes, but with those who talk about things they don't really know, my friend And by the way, the temples that are shown in this video are older than the Parthenon....
the greek world was way larger than the roman empire was, it spanned from spain to china. it just wasnt an organized state but was mostly citystates and competing kingdoms , which at some point had no common enemy left and thats when rome could slowly take over in allying greek states with them against other greek states. kingdom of epirus and macedonia was the closest to unite the entire greek world. rome took over and greek assimilated and adopted beeing roman and took over when the western parts of the empire was lost to the barbarian.
00:24 - Italy was founded in 1861, before that the Southern part of Italy wes called: 'Magna Graecia'. (This is where the name 'Greece' comes from ! ) - (Magna Graecia includes the regions or provences of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily). - Therefore, the temples were technically in Greece when they were erected ! - There are such temples ino ther countries as well, Like Turkey, Lybya and a few more. - However, we Greeks call our country 'ELLAS' or 'ELLADA' and do not call our own country 'Greece' which is ONLY for the English-speaking world. - In fact the official name of our country is 'Hellenic Republic', which is how it is writen in the United Nations in the European Union and in NATO. - 'Hellenic Republic' is also written in our passports and all other official documents. You never see the name 'Greece'
Well technically the name Greece come from what the Romans called it, Graecia. So Magna Graecia is greater Greece - ie. an extension of Greece. So the concept of Magna Graecia is based on the Greek heartland already being called Graecia by the Romans. What I'm saying is that the name didn't start from Magna Graecia, because Hellas (the mainland) was already known to the Romans as Graecia. I hope my wording is not confusing.
I was recently in Segesta. The Italians have covered the "best", south side of the temple with huge ribbons made of second-hand clothes (like used shirts etc --- "1222 meters of fabric sewn together" from "3000 garments collected"), and thereby totally ruined the sight of the temple. This piece of "art" was allegedly "made possible thanks to the participation of the Community of Calatafimi Segesta".
@@ksvozil Yes I actually thought those fabrics looked cute, but kind of weird on a temple. Thanks for sharing that link. I got the idea of what you meant.
Another temple with remains of inner double colonade is the temple of Aphaia in Aegina, and island just outside of Athens. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Aphaia
Yes, thanks for pointing it out. When I researched this video, I looked at the temple of Aphaia. It doesn't have a complete set of inner columns, and the ones on the 2nd level are reconstructed with Anastylosis. You can see the modern pieces that have a whiter color. So it's not in its original form. The ones in Paestum are original, as can be seen in those 18th century paintings, so they have been sitting like this all the way from antiquity. That's why I consider it the only truly original double colonnade.
True. But they also had their own Roman religion before they incorporated the Greeks into their empire. Their own religion then evolved, adopting Apollo etc.
As a christian im super sad that most of the ancient world was destroyed bc of christianity, i wish for all of us to peacefully coexist so that we can preserve our culture
5:40 "... they just sat there...": "stood there" instead of "sat there" sounds better, more suitable for a structure that is more vertical than horizontal. Heck, it's made up of mostly upright, vertical columns right?
Interesting. I never thought of it but I may have been gravitated to the word sat because it's more passive, and that was the concept I was trying to convey, that they kind of disappeared into the background, passively collecting time.
@@Street-Gems I'll argue u on one more point and stop. They might be "passive" (of course, which structure of that size is actively moving except in an earthquake😁?) but DON'T "kind of disappeared into the background". Why not? Hey, they stand erect, are highly visible from above and afar, hardly sink into the swampy ground, and don't tilt like a certain tower in Italy! I've been into ancient Greek & Roman architecture too for the past 10 years, so thanks for a good doc. Keep it up👍👍
I wouldn't say that Italy's temples are in better condition than the temple of Hephaestus in Athens to be honest, sure they have some more better preserved than the rest of Greece (although there are a few that are comparable to many of the ones shown here) but by far the first is the best preserved out of all of them.
Yes I agree about Hephaestus. That's why I mentioned it and included it in the top 3. My point was that if we take all factors into consideration and combine them all together, Italy has better preserved ones overall.
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The best preserved Greek temple is Temple of Hephaestus.
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I never went to Greece, but I had two opportunities in my life to see greek temples in Italy. I went to Paestum with my class back when I was 15 in 1995 (and also Neapolis and Rome), and in 2015, I went to Sicily with my family and my wife. They were exhausted by the ride on the Etna the previous day, but I still drove to Agrigente the next day to see the Valley of the Temples. 2 amazing memories.
Nice. Hope my video brought back good memories.
@@Street-Gems Indeed. I live in France, so I'm used to many ancient roman ruins. Greek ones are very few except some in Marseille (former Massilia). But nothing like you can find in Italy.
But I still need to go to Greece before I die 😀
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South Italy is more Greek than italic and I don't mean the language, the way people live their traditions customs the way they behave on their everyday life the way they treat guests, philoxenia. It's obvious even in the economic differences there are between south and north, they know it and Greeks know it that there is something wrong in them being part of Italy when in truth they are more closely related to the Hellenic world.
Just visited Paestum last month. Stunning, and the impact is deepened by your review of the history. I also noted the recovered remains of the Ekklesiasterion, the popular assembly arena that was the center of Poseidonia's democracy, Little beyond the earthen base of the stepped seating remains, but the historic significance more than makes up for it.
There's a lot to say about Paestum, but I had to move fast and so only focused on the temples. I even had to skip some details which would have complicated things, like that the Lucanians conquered it from the Greeks, then the Romans. Maybe one day I'll make a dedicated video.
As captivating as always Jordan. Congratulations on your first sponsored video too , and please Keep them coming !
Thank you
Hooray ! The best archaelogical channel is back with another fascinating walk into the past. Well done !!
Haha. Your comment made me smile ☺
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Man I love this channel. It really captures that sense of magic that comes with these classical sites. I keep adding new places to my wishlist of places to visit. I wanted to go to Sicily anyways and already knew some nice classical sites, but you always introduce places I havent heared of yet. Dont feel a need to rush out videos. They are good as they are. And good things often take time
This comment made me so happy to read 🙂 So glad to inspire. Thanks for the encouragement, and I hope you get to go to Sicily one day!
Another beautiful video my friend. I enjoyed it very much. Your pronunciation of the greek cities in ancient greek is spot on! So glad i discovered your channel in the chaos of youtube.
Thanks for helping me with the pronunciation. You're now my go-to guy for Greek pronunciation 😁
@@Street-Gems Was an honour for me to be involved. Props for all your hard work that went into this.
Fantastic to see my favorite historical channel delivering yet another deep dive into the mysteries of yesteryear. Great work as always!
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When the Germanς and Normans occupied Greater Greece in southern Italy in the 10th century and drove out the Byzantines, the Greek residents organized themselves into resistance movements that exist to this day and are called by Rome as the Mafia. The name Drageta comes from the Greek andragathia and the word omerta from the Homeric word omarti which means silence
@@Street-Gems All the countries export drugs guns humans that's normal ..
Probably this is their origins, but eventually they evolved into just criminal organizations with no morals at all.
Those resistance movements don't exist anymore. Modern mafia (and camorra, 'Ndrangheta, and Sacra Corona Unita…) has nothing to do with that' "resistance", and Germanς and Normans were only some of the various invaders, not at all, and not only in southern Italy. What Rome (and the rest of the world) calls to this day Mafia is just criminal organizations, you can't be wrong. There's no bravery, just mental illness.
@@giovannimoriggi5833the corruption of the Italian government is greater if not equal to the corruption of the mafia in the Greek south! after all, the crimes against Greece in the second world war were committed by Mussolini, the representative of the Italian state, and not by the mafia! the same in Libya and Ethiopia
@@LondonPower Mussolini was a dictator (aside from fascism mental illness, Italians refused war especially towards Greek brothers), not a regular representative, and it was very close to mafia’s system… which is obviously also present in government’s people who are connected with them, what a surprise… And Greece had issues due to various countries, just thing at the King of Greece…
I don’t know what’s the matter now, if you are focusing on Greece submission, which has nothing to do with the meaning of this video.
You are just spitting facts, real and unreal, related an unrelated, without any logic…
It seems that for you Mafia’s culture is heroism, but it’s more heroine and nothing else good.
And I don’t believe linking Greece with mafias against Italy is a clever choice…
By the way Italy have to deal with bigger countries than Greece, and for sure Greece have to deal with other countries as well, more into their strict geographical area. Or with countries like China, let’s say.
15:54 Glad you asked!
Although the words may appear similar, chord comes from the greek word "χορδή" meaning chord but also the string of a bow.
The "ch" diphthong in the beginning of the word is how the greek word "χ" (hee) (latin x) was depicted in latin text.
Thanks for that. So when I looked it up, I did find that chord comes from the word for string. I was speculating whether there could be an even more ancient Indo-European root. Could that be the case?
@@Street-Gems Accord and the other related terms come from ad+cord (to+heart) so there is no relation to chord. There is an older indoeuropean root but its common to words such as heart or cardia and latin cor/cordis
@@Kostas1983 Wait so there is an older Indo-European root that connects the two? Something that connects chorda in Greek to latin cord?
@@Street-Gems No, it connects latin cor/cordis to heart and cardia. There is no connection between accord and chord
@@Kostas1983 ok. Disappointing. I thought I was onto something.
What the riveting and excellent video. This young fellow is very professional and his way of providing this interesting history got from me grade10. I was so impressed by his knowledge and his buetifule voice over performance. Please bring more of them to the world society.
Thanks Alex
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Such a great comment. I love enthusiastic subscribers like you. Thank you so much for your support.
@@Street-Gems Absolutely!!. I love great creators!!. 😁👍⚜️
Wonderful and very informative video. Great description and visuals. The ad was very well done. Thanks for you hard work in making this video.
Thanks Richard. Yeah this one in particular took a lot of work.
Thank you for this video. I´ve got some new places to visit now. - Greatings from Germany.
Great!
Paestum is where they filmed part of the Ray Harryhausen film "Jason and the Argonauts."
Interesting, I didn't even know about this film. It's from 50 years ago!
Jordan! It always makes my day when I see that you've posted a video! Your historical narration, along with the beautiful artwork and drone footage, always impresses me with your attention to detail! Thank you for it all! Every minute of your videos are a pleasure and a learning experience! Any education you provide to help me fill in the Biblical-era geography and buildings is so much appreciated! And all these years I thought the fluting of the columns was done BEFORE assembly, so it makes far more sense that it was performed after the sections were placed to form the column! 🥰
(And congratulations on having your first sponsor! My guy loves Manscaped!)
And your comment also made my day ♥I must confess that I also used to think that fluting was done before, but that would obviously make things difficult to line them up perfectly. I love that you enjoy my content.
Great work! Congratulations! I visited agrigentum this year.
Thanks Erwin
Hey congrats on getting a sponsor for the video, right on man!!
Thanks my man
The ancient Greek temples are so stunning!
It does remind me thousands of ancient Khmer temple (nowadays are Cambodian) that scattered throughout modern Siem thailand nowadays, such as Phimai temple, Phnom Ruong, Prasat Muang Sing near Myanmar... Head to Britannica Dictionary for better understanding the history of the region.
Great video! I loved your sponsor bit, it made me crack up. Thank you and nice work, these sites are in my bucket list!
Haha thanks Nicole. Glad I made you laugh.
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Excellent, commendable work, congratulations!
Thank you Spyros. Please keep an eye out for my next video. It will also pertain to Greek history. That's all I'll say.
@@Street-GemsLooking forward!
Great video!
Just stumbled on your channel by chance.. incredible content! By far the best I’ve seen!
Wow thank you. So glad you stumbled on my channel.
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Yet another interesting video 👍
I was five years ago in Paestum (south of Naples) and the temples are incredible.
Amazing!
Your Selinunte reconstruction worked beautifully.
Amazing video! Loved it❤
excellent video! Thank you keep going this work
Though they look similar, there's no linguistic relation between concordia and chord. All those Italian words-ricordare, accordare, concordare, concordia, discordia-they all have the Latin root "cor, cordis" meaning heart. There's sort of a connection there to when you say that you "learn something by heart" translates to Italian "ricordare". On the other hand the English word chord comes from the Greek chordé meaning string, originally referring to the strings of musical instruments.
Thanks Manuel. Nice to get a comment from you.
Absolutely loved this video and love this channel!
Thanks my Port Angeles friend.
@@Street-Gems Wow, I'm impressed that you remembered where I'm from, my Canadian friend.
@@alenahawke475 Of course
I was biking trough southern Europe, and one day I just biked past paestum. I had no idea, it’s one of the best preserved Greek temples 😅 very cool
But you saw them right? You mean as you approached the site it took you by surprise.
@@Street-Gems yes I saw them. I was going from Catania to Rome and was slowly approaching Napoli. And then out of nowhere was two gigantic temples, I even remember thinking they were nicer than acropolis, even though I never heard of them before. And before I saw your video I did not know their history, so thanks for the great video🤩🥳
@@95700272 Wow what an amazing experience to stumble on them out of nowhere. A memory to be treasured.
So glad you’re uploading again!
I know, it's been too long. Life got in the way. It won't be as long for the next one.
What a great video!
Thank you
Bro, i like very much your aproach on ancient history
Thank you man! I really appreciate it.
Paestum is well worth visiting and only 50km from Pompeii. The Paestum temples are much earlier than the Parthenon in Athens.
Yes true but not by much. The Parthenon was finished in 432 BC. The 3 temples at Paestum date from 550 BC, 500 BC, and 450 BC. So roughly the same period.
@@Street-Gems Paestum temples were sufficiently early that , for example, the columns were Doric , stubby, with their distinctive mushroom caps. Their decorative elements were made from painted terracotta tiles, not stone carvings. The time difference was about 4 human generations, if not more.
@@michaelmazowiecki9195 Yeah I agree. At least when it comes to the oldest temple in Paestum, Hera I
@@michaelmazowiecki9195 All those temples was build by hyllines (hyllirians, Helline) populations (also doric populations amongst them), who spoked their over 20 different dialects.
At that time the grai-koï they lived only in some tribal areas in southern Italy. 👋🏻
Glad to see you back :)
Awesome video!
Great video!! 🙌🏼😄
Sunset in Paestum is magestic, with the sun coloring the temples bright orange.
Magna Grecia!😊
Wonderful video! I learned so much 😊🙏
Thanks Elliot
How clever! Thanks for such an interesting and informative video!
Thanks for watching
Double columns on the second level, exists also at the temple of Afea in Aigina island in Greece
I knew someone would comment on that. You are right, but that temple only has one double colonnade, (only one row) and it's not a complete colonnade like at Paestum. Plus, the top columns look reconstructed. There are pieces in there that are not original. That's why I counted only the one at Paestum as the true double colonnade.
Bravo!!!! Qué hermosa narración, maravillosos ejemplos, preciosas imágenes. Me gustó muchísimo la relación que resaltaste entre la concordia y la armonía, y esta con la armonía musical. GRACIAS!!
Gracias!
Forever grateful to the greek people for leaving us this great heritage. ❤
that it is not completely correct, "Hellenic temples are in Italy". Let me explain, The Hellenic people build the temples in the Italic peninsula ( geographical name ) extending the geographical control of the Mare Nuestro. My observation is, the Hellenic people continue the expansion by changing names creating new political jurisdictions, Example, Rome, utilizing techniques to condition the population like religion, ( same Gods and Goddesses different names ) creating a biological continuity in Europa and the world, so the temples continue to exist I Alta Grecia , every one is Hellenic ( a cultural origen ) saludos
5:35 - Wow, I love the way you described this ancient artifact 🗺 It felt like I was right there discovering it!
Are you talking about the temples in the swamp?
@@Street-Gems Exactly
@@ArcaneUniverse-24 So I did my job bringing you into it.
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In Italy because 4 centuries Ottoman dark occupation of Greece they destroyed many Greek monuments
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@haldunilhan5263
I don't speak barbaric🇹🇷 languages
Only harmonic Greek language 🇬🇷
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I am loving this. Production value and topic are great. Even your sponsored section was funny 🎉
Haha thanks Sean
Great vid share all your sentiments.
Segesta is truly a magical place! The large temple stones still hav their protruding "arms" that were used to lift them into place. These would've been chiseled off once construction was completed, but they're still there today which is another clue pointing to the temple never being finished and dedicated.
Yes thank you. That part felt hard to explain with words. I didn't want to bury myself in a hole. But thanks you are right.
Awesome! Love your work.
Although much altered, I love the way that the duomo (cathedral) in Syracuse is basicly the original walls and columns structure of the earlier Greek temple.
Me too. It's one of my favorite ancient sites anywhere.
Thanks 😊
The best preserved Greek temple in the world,
is the Temple of Hephaestus in the Athens Agora.
Yes I mention it at 16:55
Great video! I’d love to see you collaborate with Garrett Ryan from Told in Stone.
That's interesting that you say that. I thought of it myself. It would be really nice. But he's a lot bigger than me, so maybe one day.
Very good. Very interesting history.
That's a good explanation
Mahakarya arsitektur yang luar biasa . Alhamdulillah.
Actually, CONCORDIA comes from the latim CON+COR(DE), "with the heart", and finds it's way into english through the "family" of the word ACCORD(ANCE). You right about the relation to italian CONCORDARE and it's worth noticing that the action of memorizing something, like the lyrics of a song - which in english would be "know by heart" - is DECORARE. On your question about the word CHORD, you're also right.
I was told however that chord actually comes from the Greek word for string. But I was pondering a possible earlier Indo-European root. But it might not be true that they are related 😥 Thanks for you comment
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Yay. Thank you
Which are your other two favorite greek temples?17:02
I listed them earlier in the video. They are the temple of Apollo/Hera at Pestum, and the temple of Concordia in Agrigento. I don't know if they are my favorite, but the ones I consider best preserved.
Bello. complimenti, il tempio greco è l'essenza dell'eleganza, la bellezza. Per favore togli il mandolino quando parli dell'Italia.
Grazie. Il mandolino però l'ho messo apposta. Volveo sfruttare il luogo comune perché è uno scherzo.
All of these sites are amazing, all are accessible by public transport and they're in a relatively small area-10 days is enough for a leisurely tour of all 4 of them.
Segesta and Selinunte are a bit harder to get to.
@@Street-Gems Thanks for your good wishes😊.
Segesta and Selinute are accessible by bus. Selinute's buses are unpredictable- I ended up hitching back to town.
I took two weeks on my tour in 2017.
Another tip-go there in winter. It can get to 40 degrees in a Sicilian summer. Even in winter, take lots of water.
@@FranzBieberkopf Good travel advice
Thought I'd subscribe your channel but realised I already am, that's how long you've been quiet
I know 😓I was away for 3 months with my summer business (something different than this), and then this video took me forever to make. I intend to release videos more frequently moving forward.
I find it amusing that the best preserved Greek temples are outside Greece. I, however, wonder why that would be the case when the Italian architecture is so well preserved, simply because they came later? Also I find the Greek architecture a little of a sterotype, may be you can explain why that would be. Great video...well researched and put together.
it's not "sterotype"... It's so perfect that all the western peoples after them, starting from the Romans and up to today, had nothing better to do than simply copying that perfectness. And "Italian" architecture is basically so well preserved for two root causes: first the peoples of Italy (like other ones in antiquity) along the centuries built important buildings with the precise willing of them lasting for ever. The word "monument" itself comes from Latin word "monumentum" that means memory, thing to be remembered for ever. An utter sophistication modern westener capitalistic materialism has lost for ever. Secondly, the italian peoples kept memory of the uniquity of their past Roman empire even after its fall, and tried to preserve it any time they could, even re-using the ancient materials for newer monuments (Famous is the breath-taking Bernini baldacchin in St. Peter basilica, built in the Renaissance using the Bronze ceiling of the Pantheon: ironically, had they preserved that breath-taking ceiling, we would not have today this breath-taking baldacchin: which one is the better?). Finally, unlike other ancient places, that had some periods of great civilization and then fell apart for ever, Italy is the only place, I would say in the whole world, that has been the very heart of great civilizations for 27 centuries in a raw without any interruption: first the greek colonies, and other pre-roman peoples, then the Roman empire, then the epicentre of the Christian civilization for nearly 20 centuries. All the above reasons explain why Italy is filled with artistic wonders no other place in the world can even dare to imagine, even in the rest of Europe. I personally spent 20 holidays in Rome, some lasting full weeks, and keep discovering ancient artistic spots in that city and its surroundings I haven't been yet!
Thanks Daniel. In terms of preservation, I think luck has a lot to do with it as well. The fact that Paestum was preserved by a swamp is a combination of the geographical circumstances it was in, and the historical circumstances that befell that city. So you could argue that it got lucky. Each site would have a different combination of circumstances, like who controlled the area and when, if the temples were chosen as sources of stone for later buildings etc. There's a lot of randomness to it in a way. In terms of stereotype, I agree, but I'm not sure why. Maybe because Greek culture is idolized in the west.
The Italian architecture is so well preserved because is a massive amount of architecture in a tiny space. Italy was populated by people who adored beautiful things, and stratification developed more and more that kind of vision. Timelines tell us how the culture evolved, from one style to another, but it has nothing to do with the degree of preservation today of the works in a given place. The degree of preservation has to do with many aspects, human and otherwise. And by the way, even in Italy many things have been lost.
Greek architecture is a stereotype, it could not be otherwise, as a fundamental reference. This is not a bad thing. It is a phenomenon that now has thousands of years of reflection, the status of stereotype is certain and it is a value, not a bad thing. Then if one were to say that Roman architecture was identical to Greek architecture, then the problem is not with stereotypes, but with those who talk about things they don't really know, my friend
And by the way, the temples that are shown in this video are older than the Parthenon....
A lot of talk about "Geeks and Dorks" in this video, according to the captions.
Plaka is where the marble of the Pantheon survives in hostels hotels restaurants and city streets..
the greek world was way larger than the roman empire was, it spanned from spain to china.
it just wasnt an organized state but was mostly citystates and competing kingdoms , which at some point had no common enemy left and thats when rome could slowly take over in allying greek states with them against other greek states.
kingdom of epirus and macedonia was the closest to unite the entire greek world.
rome took over and greek assimilated and adopted beeing roman and took over when the western parts of the empire was lost to the barbarian.
Do they sell the manscaped chairman pro in Amsterdam? I wish to see it and hold it in my hand. Anyway I' ll check their site...
I just checked their site and yes they deliver to Europe. You're lucky to live in Amsterdam.
Magna Grecia
We can clearly see that medieval engineering of gothic cathedrals significantly surpassed that of antiquity.
Another existing temple that has a double colonnade is the temple of Aphaia in Aigina…one of the best preserved Ancient Greek temples
00:24 - Italy was founded in 1861, before that the Southern part of Italy wes called: 'Magna Graecia'. (This is where the name 'Greece' comes from ! )
- (Magna Graecia includes the regions or provences of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily).
- Therefore, the temples were technically in Greece when they were erected !
- There are such temples ino ther countries as well, Like Turkey, Lybya and a few more.
- However, we Greeks call our country 'ELLAS' or 'ELLADA' and do not call our own country 'Greece' which is ONLY for the English-speaking world.
- In fact the official name of our country is 'Hellenic Republic', which is how it is writen in the United Nations in the European Union and in NATO.
- 'Hellenic Republic' is also written in our passports and all other official documents. You never see the name 'Greece'
Well technically the name Greece come from what the Romans called it, Graecia. So Magna Graecia is greater Greece - ie. an extension of Greece. So the concept of Magna Graecia is based on the Greek heartland already being called Graecia by the Romans. What I'm saying is that the name didn't start from Magna Graecia, because Hellas (the mainland) was already known to the Romans as Graecia. I hope my wording is not confusing.
I was recently in Segesta. The Italians have covered the "best", south side of the temple with huge ribbons made of second-hand clothes (like used shirts etc --- "1222 meters of fabric sewn together" from "3000 garments collected"), and thereby totally ruined the sight of the temple. This piece of "art" was allegedly "made possible thanks to the participation of the Community of Calatafimi Segesta".
That's weird. Hope they take it off soon.
@Street-Gems I could post a photo if yt accepts that: maps.app.goo.gl/iScDLTWA6b7tZv98A
@@ksvozil Oh I see that
@@Street-Gems Well it just got deleted by yt. But at least you got the impression ;-) Thanks for the nice video, with very relevant information!
@@ksvozil Yes I actually thought those fabrics looked cute, but kind of weird on a temple. Thanks for sharing that link. I got the idea of what you meant.
Syracuse in Sicily is a former Greek colony.
Another temple with remains of inner double colonade is the temple of Aphaia in Aegina, and island just outside of Athens. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Aphaia
Yes, thanks for pointing it out. When I researched this video, I looked at the temple of Aphaia. It doesn't have a complete set of inner columns, and the ones on the 2nd level are reconstructed with Anastylosis. You can see the modern pieces that have a whiter color. So it's not in its original form. The ones in Paestum are original, as can be seen in those 18th century paintings, so they have been sitting like this all the way from antiquity. That's why I consider it the only truly original double colonnade.
Armenia also has a great temple
Yes but that one is Roman most likely. It has the architecture of a Roman temple.
I recognize the Europa Barbarorum soundtrack
Oh it's not from that game. The music is original by the artist Farya Faraji
@@Street-Gems oh him, love the guy. Great choice
The Romans not only permitted the religious practices... They adopted them
True. But they also had their own Roman religion before they incorporated the Greeks into their empire. Their own religion then evolved, adopting Apollo etc.
You have to do Turkey next. Then...
I've done some videos on Turkey. Check out my channel home page.
I only wish I was half as handsome as the Greek god of war 😂
🤣 He's pretty hard to beat.
As a christian im super sad that most of the ancient world was destroyed bc of christianity, i wish for all of us to peacefully coexist so that we can preserve our culture
Italy - otherwise known as Greater Greek (Magna Gratia).
5:40 "... they just sat there...": "stood there" instead of "sat there" sounds better, more suitable for a structure that is more vertical than horizontal. Heck, it's made up of mostly upright, vertical columns right?
Interesting. I never thought of it but I may have been gravitated to the word sat because it's more passive, and that was the concept I was trying to convey, that they kind of disappeared into the background, passively collecting time.
@@Street-Gems I'll argue u on one more point and stop.
They might be "passive" (of course, which structure of that size is actively moving except in an earthquake😁?) but DON'T "kind of disappeared into the background".
Why not? Hey, they stand erect, are highly visible from above and afar, hardly sink into the swampy ground, and don't tilt like a certain tower in Italy!
I've been into ancient Greek & Roman architecture too for the past 10 years, so thanks for a good doc. Keep it up👍👍
@@tomparatube6506 Yeah I do get your point. Thanks for the feedback Tom.
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Agrigento
9:36
Don’t you mean Segesting?
Yes I'm aware my pronunciation of the word sounded like a fusion between suggesting and Segesta 😄 I couldn't get around it.
Why cant we restore the roofs? The best example of a temple is in nashville tennessee.
I wouldn't say that Italy's temples are in better condition than the temple of Hephaestus in Athens to be honest, sure they have some more better preserved than the rest of Greece (although there are a few that are comparable to many of the ones shown here) but by far the first is the best preserved out of all of them.
Yes I agree about Hephaestus. That's why I mentioned it and included it in the top 3. My point was that if we take all factors into consideration and combine them all together, Italy has better preserved ones overall.
Though it was Italy did Alexander the great not have an influence in Italy long before the Roman Empire.
No Alexander never set foot in Italy. He marched eastwards.
little worried Chairman Pro might nick my nose off
Don't worry it's skin safe. You won't end up like an ancient statue without its nose 😆
Baalbek in Lebanon ?
I think the temple today still standing in Baalbek was built by the Romans.
Yes that's right, and also, it's not as well preserved. Many of the walls are gone if I'm not mistaken.