Some Stuff Heracles Did (Pt.1) - Greek Mythology Explained
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2022
- Hey check it out it's everyone's favorite hero, H̶e̶r̶c̶u̶l̶e̶s̶ Heracles, and his famous t̶w̶e̶l̶v̶e̶ ten labors.
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Hasn’t even released yet and I’m already thrilled that you called him Heracles instead of Hercules
DUDD SAME
Hercules sounds cooler but I appreciate the accuracy
Sameee
honey you mean HUNK-ules
Omg yes same
"And then along came zeus" is ancient greece's theme song
*HE HURLED HIS "THUNDERBOLT"*
*He "Zapped" all those young women into moms*
@@TheDramaNut PFFT
@@TheDramaNut LMFAO
I laughed way too hard at this
Hey Jake. It's come to my attention that several people may have been correcting you on the Hydra heads thing because of a video I put up a while back called "Every Mythical Inaccuracy in Disney's Hercules". Honestly that turned out to be a mistake on my end because I was using an older version of the story as a source and didn't take into account that there is actually another Greek telling where it grows back 2.
I apologize if this brought you any grief. On the upside, I'm very happy to have been directed to your channel because this video was extremely funny and well researched! Keep up the good work!
Hey man, I appreciate your response!
There was no grief at all, but it did capture my curiosity for a while! And I actually spent a few days trying to figure out where that version of the Hydra came from. Aaaaaand I may have just finished recording a whole video addressing it, which now I'll need to rework large portions of 🙃 But that's on me for not thinking to just contact you directly like this 😅
What source claims the Hydra only regrows one head at a time? I actually couldn't find any.
The oldest Greek source I found on the Hydra was Hesiod's Theogony, but he doesn't actually describe its appearance at all. And everyone after him seemed to present just slight variations on the same basic idea of a serpent that regrows 2 heads each.
One notable exception was Pausanias, who believed that the "real" hydra was actually just a one-headed snake and the whole thing with multiple heads was an embellishment by poets. But as far as anyone can tell, this belief of his wasn't based on a surviving literary source.
The only thing I could find with the Hydra you described was D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. But that book doesn't have any citations, so I was left to assume it was just a creative liberty they took. 🤔
@@JakeDoubleyoo damn that’s a whole essay
@@JakeDoubleyoo D'aulaires Greek Myths is indeed one of my sources. But the other one is a bit different.
See I read D'aulaires as a child and, as you know, it describes the Hydra as "no sooner had he knocked off one head than a new one grew in its place". That made me curious as a kid because I new of the multiple heads version from Disney.
Some years later, I was in Europe visiting family and I got a chance to actually go to Greece and visit a large ruin/museum there. They had a gorgeous ancient ceiling artwork of the labors of Heracles and the museum label also said that the Hydra regrew 1 each. I asked the tour guide about it and she backed it up saying the 2 heads thing was a later addition.
I wish I had a sample of the label for you but I couldn't find one anywhere. Unless I head back to Greece I'm afraid the trail stops here. Btw you have my full consent to quote me admitting my mistake in your video addressing it if you like.
The amount of research you do is very admirable and I truly believe your content has potential to be the next Overly Sarcastic Productions
Thanks so much, man! I really appreciate your help
@the mythology guy i was confused when I saw your video and then another video mentioning where it grows back 2
I am surprised you didn't mention how Hera screwed him out of his birthright by keeping him in Alcmene's womb. Also don't worry about your cats, Ask a Mortician says cats don't like the taste of human flesh so they'd only eat you if they had to.
eh, atleast he got to suckle on her breasts, so he got a W.
…I mean if he starved to death and there was no one around to feed them for a few days what do you think will happen?
@@MrCrazyeyes07 They could probably escape and hunt some birds
they would do it for sport
It’s actually one of the only myths that includes one of hera’s two daughters , eiltheiya (dt of childbirth)
You should do a video about the story where Hera actually left Zeus and then went right back to him when she thought he was getting remarried.
where was that story from? I wanna read it
@@axald6701 It's part of the Daedala festival and the story itself can be found in the works of Pausanias and Plutarch.
Love the peacock design for Hera! And I usually really like your deviations from mainstream depictions of the gods... but dang, for some reason, my brain cannot compute a blonde Zeus. 😂
Wait...is it uncommon to depict Zeus as a blonde?? In my head he's always had light hair ( ･ _ ･ ;)
It makes more sense then him having white hair in my opinion.
@@legoking6165 nah he can have white hair to symbolize clouds as long as they dont make him old
@@legoking6165 The white cloud hair of Zeus in the game Hades, is what always comes to my mind
Considering that Jake is the guy that first got me intrested in Greek Mythology. His depictions of the Greek gods are the only one's I can think off. The others just don't feel right.
I guess first impressions do matter.
5:41
Heracles: "Massacaring my wife and children."
Artemis who killed 7 kids: *ok*
Coz their mom insulted her mom.
@@Ntt903 that sounds like something a 7 year old would say, so its probably a good enough reason for her to kill 7 kids.
@@Ntt903 Kids: Yo Momma
Artemis: I don’t think you wanted to do that
@Dogo doge is 14+ years old.
@GameEntity903 cool motive still murder
If I had a nickel for every demigod with mortal siblings born from Zeus's heteropaternal superfecundation, I would have three nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened only thrice.
lol this is perfect.
ONLY
Huh only 3, I was expecting a joke about a candy bar because you had like 20 of them.
3 _as far as we know_ ^^
I love the references to other Herakles tales like the one with all the daughters.
there was also a crab during the hydra one sent by hera that got hardcore murdered, why am I mentioning this? because the crabs name was cancer and he got put in the stars for that 'glorious' feat for some reason
Rest in peace Cancer. You were the best crab. You're name definitely isn't unfortunate thousands of years after your passing.
@@thecommonman9524 yeah...
They just decided that the stars needed a "crab" which is just a claw, but it could be a crab claw.
The crab was named cancer , because in Ancient Greek cancer=καρκίνος meant crab. Now crab is called kavouri in Greek
Listen, the crab TRIED IT'S BEST. IT WAS A GOOD CRAB!
i cannot express how much i love these videos
Thanks to you I got this weird habit of shouting "Heracles" every time I hear "Hercules".
honey, you mean *HUNKCULES*
3:14 There's actually a theory that Hercules's sudden rage is based off of PTSD, which does kind of make sense. Having a PTSD episode could very be confused with being tricked into a murderous rage by Hera
yes but Heracles isnt a real person so in this fictional tale with fictional characters written by greek scholars, Hera did it, nothing else to say really.
@@maurice9766 it could've been based off of PTSD in real life, though. When you have people who seemingly return to murderous rages that were reported to be out of their control, it becomes incredibly plausible it would show up in fiction
@@maurice9766 it actually a very debatable subject, Heracles story is very much possible with out the supernatural stuff
Some people think he had a psychotic disorder or schizophrenia
I heard a theory that Heracles mental situation was caused by some gases. I belive History Channel made a documentary on this.
I love every depiction of Artemis, but yours reminds me of a tough, independent, tomboyish girl who doesn't take shit from anyone and that's always going to be my fave
s a m e
Jake, I love your video's, but you made one mistake. His name wasn't heracles, it was...
*HUNKCULES*
HONEY YOU MEAN HUNCULES
4:30 for those blissfully unfamiliar, there is in fact a story where a guy has Heracles impregnate all 50 of his daughters, and it is weird as hell
"Strophium Inspector" had me exhaling air through my nose.
Jake,what do you think of Metamorphoses as a source? I mean like, yeah Ovid is a total judgmental dude but is it reliable?
Well it was written by Ovid who A) wasn't Greek and B) was using it to express his personal views rather than Greek values. So no, I wouldn't consider it to technically be a *Greek* mythology source.
Buuuut I'm not above pulling from it if it can make the narrative more interesting, like with Medusa's backstory in my Perseus video.
There is no such thing as reliable. Mythology is fiction so anyone can come up with their own story. And Ovid cant be really ignored because he provide a lot of details that we still use in rettelings of the myth that the greeks did not provide, so there is no reason to not use him to get details. Altrough he like most romans have a more negative view of the gods than the greeks have so we need to have this in mind.
@@JakeDoubleyoo Thanks!
These videos are great help for people with very low attention spans (like me) who want to learn more about Greek mythology without having to read an entire essay on it :] thank you sm
A name meaning “Glory of Hera” to Zeus’s b@$t@rd feels like Athena was more taunting Hera less than trying to endear him to her.
Well he didn't have that name as a baby, it was given later as a sort of way to try to placate her
Love the commentary of your videos!!! The art style is simple but very appealing too. I love it all!
Back in 3rd grade of Greek school , we learnt that Zeus secretly got Heracles to breast feed by Hera while she was sleeping. While he was drinking the milk Hera woke up and noticed it. She pushed away Heracles and the milk that it was left fell to the sky and that’s how stars were made.
zeus favored heracles as his champion while Hera favored eurystheus so zeus pumped him full of as much divine power as he could and had him drink her milk to become more powerful
@@durrangodsgrief6503 yeah right!
there is another version that hera willingly let heracles breast feed from her but he was so strong that it started to hurt....
@@cadenbarrett9903 wtf
The milky way*
"Aw man, if there's one institution I would never dare to violate, it's the sanctity of marriage."
Said Zeus never.
4:30 best scene in this video😂😂😂
Just a normal day in Ohi- i mean Aincent Grece😂
There’s also that little bit of how Heracles was a toothy baby, and, well… Hera’s milk is where we get the name “Milky Way”
Your videos are amazing. Funny, well researched and I love the animation style. That being said, to me personally, the shaking of the characters when they were talking felt a little bit excessive this time. I just noticed it in this video. Maybe a bit less of that would also make the animation process a tiny bit easier? Just my humble suggestion.
I think it's most noticeable on Heracles because his body is shaking as well as all the tiny veins, it gets a little overwhelming for the eye
Legitemately one of the best videos ive ever watched, was fire yo keep it up!
love the channel. Keep up the amazing work!
5:31 got me dyin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
There's also the part of the story where Hercules creates our whole galaxy. In feeding off of Hera's, erm, "fat mommy milkers", he chomps a bit too hard, causing her to yank him off and spray milk in a big arc across the sky. In fact "galaxy" shares the same Greek root meaning "milk" that we see in "lactate" or "lactic acid"!
Do you have any plans to make a Roman Mythology video? I think this whole "Stealing gods from Greeks" thing needs to be clarified.
I always thought of roman mythology as when a kid finds your notebook but doesn't know the names of the things in it so he just made up some.
Roman Mythology is just Greek mythology, literaly. The roman gods are a mixture of estrucan and latin gods (Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn), and just alternative names to some gods (like Hades is Aita), and some they dindt even bother (Apollo is still Apollo). And all backstories of this gods are the exact same as the greek ones. For example Mars was an agricultural and war god, Ares was the closest to him in Greece so the romans started to say that Ares is Mars, and they took all stories of Ares and also give it to Mars, the same applies to all other gods that already existed in Rome before the syncretism.
Also they have the stories of Romulus and Remos, but that is it.
@@sonofcronos7831 But what about Bellona, the roman goddess of war?
@@berserkerciaran Bellona was identified with Enyo, the sister of Ares of Greek Mythology and also a goddess of war and one that company him in his wars. In the same way Jupiter was identified with Zeus and gained his stories, the same goes for Mars with Ares and Juno with Hera, all the greek stories was passed to the most similar roman god as well.
@@sonofcronos7831 Wasn't Bellona a thing pre-hellenization, though?
Great Video Jake! Looking forward to part 2!
Omg how did I not find this video when I was doing my Greek mythology presentation for school? I was try so find to look for a video that referred to him as Heracles!!!
Thank you for getting Heracles' name actually correct.
Another perfect video from Jake Doubleyoo.
I love this. Keep it up bro. Love your videos
IM WATCHING IT LIVEEE BIG FANNNNNNNNN aslo the irony in ur vids are hilariously perfect just perfect
naw they got da undertale man in the comment section
Great vid! I really like the art style ☺️
Can’t wait for part 2
0:18 - maybe if Zeus didn't assume every single lady is into bestiality, some of them may have been more willing to, ahem, get down with him
You forgot how Heracles skinned the Nemean lion after killing it and made it into his new armour.That's what he presented to his cousin,not the whole corpse(at least I think)
You forgot one thing about the nemean lion, Heracles tried to skin it with his knife, but it didn’t work. He then tried sharpening the knife with a nearby rock before trying again with no success. Eventually he got so frustrated that he just started bashing it with the previously mentioned rock until Athena showed up and was like “Hey Heracles, maybe you should try to skin the lion with one of its claws instead of bashing it with a rock.” And to Heracles’ surprise (and later, his cousin’s horror), it actually worked.
Amazing job buddy!
dopest mythology video i've seen in a while
Fantastic video!
Lets go! Cant wait!
Finaly...an upload
“I’m sorry is this the Ten Labours of Heracles, or the Ten Labours of Heracles and his nephew?”
I dont know why that made me laugh so much, this whole video is super funny
i love your videos! just on thing, i'm pretty sure the ceryneian hind is supposed to be a deer made of gold
I hate to be that guy, but wasn't there something about the Hydra not spawning more heads every time it's beheaded and just regeneratig two of the three over and over, while the third one was immortal?
Diodorus:
"The second labor he undertook was the slaying of the Lernaean hydra, springing from whose single body were fashioned a hundred necks, each bearing the head of a serpent. And when one head was cut off, the place where it was severed put forth two others: for this reason it was considered to be invincible"
Pseudo-Apollodorus:
"The hydra had a body of enormous size, and nine heads, of which eight were mortal, but the one in the centre immortal ... By striking the hydras heads off with his club, Heracles achieved nothing, for as soon as one was struck off, two grew up in its place"
@@JakeDoubleyoo what do you think does the phrase two took place of the fallen came before or after this story?
@@prabalsaxena2434 what?
So excited!
YOOO best youtuber upload
You videos are the best and I cannot wait for the next one!
Edit: your*
Y’all i’m so exxited for this
dam good stuff as always
Can’t wait to see it
Rip heracles jr. , heracles jr. jr. , heracles jr. jr. jr. and heracles jr. jr. jr. jr. 😥
FINALLY! Someone who gets his name right!
Me and my cat love ur videos
Funny thing about Hera feeding Heracles: he bit her teat hard enough to cause milk to spray and enough for her to chuck him at the ground like a Football at Touchdown. And that's how we got the Milky Way.
Myths are weird.
5:30 got me dead on the floor
Awesome k thank you, and I just subbed
can u do a vid on Echidna? Or maybe u already did one and I just didn’t see if that’s the case then sorry for bothering u. I really like your content by the way:)
Dear Hera,
If you tired of Zeus cheating on you...
DON'T BE WITH HIM!!!!
(P.S. This channel is feeding my mythology addiction)
New video lesss goooo
Artemis: why are you seeking redemption
Heracles: I accidentally murder my spouse
Artemis: been there
"Sure, as long as you never say Big Mommy Milkers again" -Hera
I feel like this is really good because but it’s to short but still fun
As a pedantic nerd, I very much appreciate the distinction.
great video
I love this art style a lot, it's so hot
At least have 12 parts so you can stretch the videos and keep eating XD just joking great videos love your style bro
Can’t wait 🦁
Yes you can
I wish you put in the part where Heracles used the Nemean lion skin as a coat
Fun fact, Alcmene is the granddaughter of Perseus. Perseus is the son of Zeus. Zeus is Alcmene’s great grandfather.
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Did I say fun? I meant incredibly disgusting.
you do know that amphitryon is alcmenes cousin theirs parents being kids of Perseus so not that wild
@@durrangodsgrief6503
Also Pereus’s mother is Zeus’s great x 6 granddaughter
One, two, three
Turn it up
Big wheels keep on turnin'
Carry me home to see my kin
Singin' songs about the south-land
I miss Alabamy once again and I think it's a sin, yes
Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well I heard ol' Neil put her down
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don't need him around anyhow
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord I'm comin' home to you
In Birmingham they love the governor (boo-hoo-hoo)
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama (oh yeah)
Lord I'm comin' home to you
Here I come, Alabama
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feelin' blue
Now how about you?
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord I'm comin' home to you
Sweet home Alabama (oh, sweet home)
Where the skies are so blue
And the governor's true
Sweet home Alabama (lordy)
Lord I'm comin' home to you, yeah, yeah
Montgomery's got the answer
you should do a video about the Trojan War
Do Jason and the Argonauts next
HE DID IT!!
Don’t know who Hercules is but I’m excited
h o w
Bro theres a whole movie about him
Respectfully, ITS HERACLES YOU PEANUT BUTTER COVERED CANDY
Ah what?
Heracles
1:42 bro 💀
Ahhhh im gonna be at school when this premieres;(
I love the 6 on the belly
Nice vid
Lol that ending.
"Not again Zeus! was filmed in front of a live studio audience".
When the video said that I said "Lord, I hope it wasn't".
I know it would make it a little more confusing but... it would've been hilarious if catching the deer took Heracles so long it was the next video till he finally got it
Hey what are you doing with my favorite magic deer?
YOU BETTER NOT HURT IT OR ILL SMITE THE SH- OUT OF YOU
I think this will be 12 parts because the 12 labers of Hercules
but this was the first 3 labors
@@maurice9766 true then it would be 4 parts
I was about to get so mad the video wasn’t playing when I noticed it’s now 12 am and not 12 pm
You didn't mention the fact that Athena left baby heralacles to breastfeed on hera while she was sleeping and he bit her and when she woke up from the shock a little bit of milk spilled out of her breasts and that's how the galaxys were created (because the word galaxy contains the word gala which means milk in greek)
Imagine falling asleep and waking up with a baby breastfeeding on you-
I feel so called out, I literally just subbed for handsomeness reasons 😂😂😂
I would totally watch Not Again Zeus!
0:04 what about the Greek giants and Greek Metallergy
This is great!!a
Why is this so funny 😂🤣
Finally someone say !!!HERACLES!!! And not Hercules. And also I found a big mythology fan like me and a chanel to watch when I want some to put a smile on my face.
Can you talk about Triton, Poseidon's son?
Heracles is the son of Zeus and Alcmene. Alcmene was born to Electryon, the son of Perseus and Andromeda. Perseus is also the son of Zeus. So Zeus not only father to Heracles, he is also his great - great - grandfather.
Fun Fact: Zeus is Heracles' great grandfather as well as father.
You should try do Irish mythology