Miscellaneous Myths: Athens

So there’s an AU where Athens is called “Posieda”? Lol

I found a fun fact that stated that olive oil was used by Athenians to do the gay diddlies, which makes Athens choosing the olive tree as more useful than a spring that would’ve been rich in fish and therefore food a hilarious thought

I want more of posiden since he is yk the god of 70% of the earth

wasnt expecting you to sing the speakerman anthem 2 years before it was a thing wow

/s

It's actually pretty hilarious when you realize that the stories of Athens & Atlantis could be either side continuing the ancient debate of whose better.

In the version I read about Erechtheus' conception, Hephaestus jerked into a handkerchief and threw it at Athena. The handkerchief that has Hephaestus'....genetic material...missed and fell onto the ground and made Gaia pregnant.

Athens was a nobody and then managed to rewrite Greek history so effectively that the strongest, wisest and most veloved goddess of both Zeus and mankind is...Athena. who totally existed and was akways in a special relatiobship with Athens, and the city is totally named after her, and not the othet way aroubd...

The idea of some random hero killing a snake and receiving big rewards for it is so persistent across so many disparate Indo-European cultures that it's theorized to have been a PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN myth, and one of the very oldest ones at that.

The specifics are that there is a) a snake and/or other long reptile and b) a hero who kill said reptile, with c) the hero is in some way tangentially connected to thunder, if not an outright thunder god themselves.

See: Thor killing Jormungandr, Apollo (son of Zeus) killing Python, Zeus killing the (semi-reptilian) Typhon, etc.

If she had the time, Red could make a compilation of her favorite end credit songs. 🎸

I remember in my ‘Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World’ course the importance of ‘born from the Earth’ for Athenians specifically in that period to justify their citizenship law and limiting immigration (because they had just lost a grain trade) and so we get this whole mythos and philosophies from Athenian propaganda on their superiority and need to create a ‘Hellenistic’ identity. I do wonder if there was an originally disabled King of Athens though- there is one myth to the founding of Etruia where we found a corpse that may well be the boy in question.

I want a whole album of cover songs sung by Red. I love her voice and guitar. This one gave me that sweet relaxing feeling that makes you want to lay back, close your eyes and enjoy.

Athena is destined to be as strong as Zeus. It was foretold that her wisdom and strength would match his own. So if Poseidon is said to be close to Zeus in terms of power level, good news, Athena is said to be the same level as Zeus (Origin of Athea ). Athena's blessings alone literally injured Ares during the Illiad. So there are two stories saying Athena is literally the second most strongest God in the Greek Pantheon.

What would have happened it Poseidon won. What would it have been called?

WoW Wow wow wow ... "Gaia is primarily known for giving birth to monsters"? She's the motherloving MOTHER OF THE TITANS! She Created the sky and the ocean and is the Earth, and she mated with the sky to give birth to the first generation of Titans, Kronos among them. She's grandmother to Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.
Echidna was the "mother of monsters" in Greek myth as far as I know, but certainly not Gaia.

where was this video when i needed to write a research essay on athens? god, this would have made everything so much easier.

You should really focus on your music career.

I have to wonder, did Athens call itself Athens from the beginning? Did they later decide that their city was named after Athena?

With the whole "born out of the ground" thing, my first thought was just, like, a field of Athenians sprouting out of the earth like wildflowers or something-

Can you guys do something about Hamilton and how accurate it is, or just the revaluation in general? Maybe the life of Alexander Hamilton? Idk, just something in that area...?

Waiting for the "Autochthonous Pride" T-Shirt merch

snek

It’s interesting, right, that snake people isn’t where the rabbit hole ends. Poseidon was the og major olympian, the earthshaker, as discussed in the hades and persephone video, and also ruled the underworld. Could Athens have concocted this myth as a “battle of fates” for itself, or am i missing a time link?

What I've learned from binging this series is that
1. Every powerful figure, both benevolent and malevolent, in European mythology/folklore eventually leads back to Odin
2. Every Indo-European love goddess is a stepping stone on the path to get to Aphrodite (and eventually the Virgin Mary)
3. Every mythos at some point will involve an inordinate amount of snakes
4. Dammit Christianization, why you gotta do us like that?

I really like the phrase “snake-like legs”

I just had to mention this here: Cecrops, or Erechthonius, or whatever, is frequently portrayed not so much as half-man, half-snake, but as having two crocodilian legs and a really long serpentine tail.
Why am I making such a big deal aout this? Because it just struck me that King Erector Set (that's what his name sounds like to me, deal with it) looks a lot like a rather more modern creature of myth ...
SKREEEOOONNNK! SHUWAAAA! GRRRR ...
AAA! GOJIRAAA!!!

For anyone who loves greek history, go see the replica of the parthenon in Nashville, TN. It's a really impressive work of art.

by “modern media descriptions” do you mean percy jackson since that’s basically what everybody bases things off of now and its modern media with all these false stories Riordan made to make the books even better

It's kind of confusing for Athens's founding myth includes oissing off poseidon when they were among the greatest naval powers in ancient greece.

I hope Athena was a good adoptive mom

Hey! You used the same song in two greek myth videos. I think in the Theogony before.
It's a good Song though

I lived in Athens for a while. Have to say, all clickbait. Very disappointed. I haven't even been eaten by any Serpents, rogue gods or anything of the sorts.

am I the only one who only gets red I mean blue is ok but red .....red red red need I say more

I'm sorry great channel but after 2 days of watching I enjoyed it n realize this is gay n that's gross to me but dam I can see how fucked up teenagers get confused n I'm a 44 yrs old man I just feel yucky about that shit but I know a lady who has a girlfriend good for her n shes normal n a hard worker but very little sense of humor

Please do a video about the birth of Athena, it's pretty wild!

Read The Greek Myths by Robert Graves - it will make a lot of sense. He argues that recurring themes such as giant snakes, rivalry between brothers, gods raping mortal women - in short, the whole greek mythic tradition is a depiction of ultra-ancient greek matriarchical societie's customs (aka Orphic tradition) and the later clashes with later patriarchical cults.

Nice

The moment Red said the word Python I was reminded of how in Genshin Impact one of the yells Beidou has when her elemental burst is activated is "Power that ended Python!". So...Beidou is Apollo confirmed?

Maybe silly but I made up an alternate story for the birth of Erechtheus:
Athena commissions Hephaestus for a new set of armor, and setting himself to the task immediately he stokes his forge and begins to work. Athena begins to sweat profusely from the heat of the fire, so produces a scrap of wool cloth and wipes her brow with it. Hephaestus also begins to sweat from his labors and in turn wipes his brow with the cloth. He then tosses it to the ground, and by the time the armor is finished the infant Erechtheus had sprung from the earth, Gaia having given life to the sweat of the two gods.

Snake people!

Reptilans control Athens and therefore democracy

Because snek people cuute

So, wait, he's the direct offspring of a god and a primordial? So why is he a malformed human and not a god or even a titan?!?

That song that the end of the video was from Assassin’s Creed Unity’s cinematic trailer.

Thank you

"Snakelike legs"? Snakes? Legs?

Hey, your singing has greatly improved over the years !!