Legends Summarized: The Trojan War



The grandest epic cycle this side of the Aegean! Today let’s talk about the tale of which The Iliad only makes up a tiny (if impressive) fraction!

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25 comments
  1. Yeah I am surprised that literally all the immortal wise gods couldn't have chopped the apple to pieces and share you can say They're like humans are childish

  2. Ya know I have heard some versions of Greek mythology most notably Percy Jackson where Odysseus was straight up Athena’s son as for how that works in the Percy Jackson series children of Athena are born the same way she was by coming out of the father’s head.

  3. I subscribed to your channel because of all the great mythology content. There’s a musical called EPIC which is based on the story of Odysseus. The writer is Jorge Rivera-Herrans and the musical is still in the works. However, they did release a couple of songs and I would be very interested to hear your opinion.

  4. "But you better believe those storytellers love them some tedious lists" any other Bible study kids who had to drudge through the begats during their formative years?

  5. Does anyone know why it’s usually Artemis that seems to be forgotten when honoring the gods? There are quite a few stories in which someone forgot Artemis and was punished as a result (the Caledonian Boar, Agamemnon, the Erymantanian Boar.)

  6. I love studying different mythologies and I love how she can make it funny but one of the biggest BS things I have with the Greek mythology is why is every girl supposedly the most beautiful in Greece at this point every time someone says that in the story I just translate to okay so everyone was simp

  7. I love studying different mythologies and I love how she can make it funny but one of the biggest BS things I have with the Greek mythology is why is every girl supposedly the most beautiful in Greece at this point every time someone says that in the story I just translate to okay so everyone was simp

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