Ancient Hyperborea and the War in Ukraine

Have you ever heard of Hyperborea? It's a fantastical land mentioned in the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Was it real? Where was it? And what does it have to do with Ukraine? Find that all out in this video.

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[SeidellNorbel]

Wow David. Thank you so much for the seriously in depth response to my question. I had no idea at all how deep and complex this subject is, let alone likened to Russian and Ukraine. The furthest I ever found in my own research was to Blavatsky.

[seanbeadles]

You're one of the first people I've seen on youtube that analyses Dugin's bizarre Eurasianism in regards to Ukraine. It's kind of wild many people don't know the impact of his geopolitical philosophy on Russian foreign policy. It's integral to understanding modern Russia. Great Video, you never disappoint.

[MidoriTaka]

When Dugen mentions the harmony when the south recognizes the authority of the north, I see a connection to the fruits of the first harvest that were gifted from the hyperboreans down to greece. And when a “transgression” had occurred, the gifts stopped or passed down from neighbors. I see this as a decay as Dugen may have been alluding too.

[JuanitaGrande]

Well, that was thought-provoking. Thanks for a new way of zooming out on things, historically/mythologically and geopolitically. Glad to be a part of it.

[xaayer]

And this is "Why ancient history matters." Beautiful presentation.

[jacksilver]

Missied this one originally….another great well researched video thanks😊

[tylertodd]

Loving the voice work with the quotes. Very reminiscent of Atun-Shei. Keep it coming!

[miketheburns]

I'm loving the accent around 3:40
and another one around 5:20! love it!
ok, looks like this video is full of them. Definitely keep this up for all future videos (not sure if this is the first one where you did this, but it's the first one I've seen and I really like it)

[Ferreolus]

There seems to have been a fair bit written about Abaris the Hyperborean - friend of the historical if poorly known Pythagoras. He was according to 3rd century Neoplatonist Iamblichus born in Hyperborea and a priest of Apollo there but traveled (because of a plague) south to the Mediterranean and was active in Magna Graecia (Southern Italy) and with Pythagoris met Sicilian tyrant Phalaris. (6th century BCE) He also had been mentioned in Herodotus (400's BCE) and Pindar (same period). He is said 8mythically) to have traveled about on an arrow. My interest is strictly in the ancient myth as opposed to modern authoritarian ideologies.

[jjdraco]

This is one of your best. I look forward to all of your episodes.

[GarbagePerson]

Herodotus being skeptical in this instance is funny to me.

[ironcladranchandforge]

So much great information packed in this video. Well worth watching and learning. Thanks!!

[fbq-]

As a sidenote - swedish scientists in the 17:th not only made connections between swedes and the hyperboreans. Olof Rudbeck (1630-1703) placed Atlantis in Sweden. He also thought The Trojans came from Sweden.

[qddghpu]

Very well put together video, incredibly interesting.

[jjw]

Thank you dOc, you out did yourself with this production. Informative, historical and relevant.

[yewtoob]

David, your Herodotus impression was pretty good but your Madame Blavatsky is dynamite!

[thelordandsaviorgigachadrr]

Not even the Ancient Greeks knew where the Hyperboreans lived. Some believed Scandinavia or somewhere else North in Europe, while others believed it could be accessed through a Scythian Trade Route leading to a group of people in Central Asia called the Issedones, then to another group called the Arimaspi who apparently fought with griffins guarding treasure, then to Hyperborea itself, which may be in current day China (obviously not in the realm of the dominant Central Plains Civilization). So it was based on certain experiences, especially depending on the geographic knowledge of the Greeks at the time. The Scythian trade Route variant was narrated by Herodotus who mentioned a semi-legendary epic poet named Aristeas who traversed this route guided by some Scythians, and he made an epic poet about it that is lost today. Keep in mind that Aristeas is not even known to actually exist. However, this shows decent geographic knowledge of the Ancient Greeks at an early age, and this makes sense considering both Aristeas and Herodotus were Asiatic Greeks who had more contacts with the rest of Asia and were eventually conquered by Persia. This variant of myth could have either been created due to the Persian Empire have control of a vast area in Asia, or Ionian Greeks like Aristeas in the 7th Century BCE actually did have better geographic knowledge than the rest of the Greeks due to greater trade contacts built by older civilizations like the Hittites as well as contemporary inland Anatolian civilizations such as Phrygia and Lydia, as well as Ionians functioning as mercenaries for foreign Asian kingdoms as well as Egypt. Either way, Hyperborea reveals at least a little of how much the Greeks knew of the world, although sadly the true extent is only known due to material culture, as people with better knowledge such as traders and mercenaries never wrote large texts it seems.

[Pew]

Mr Miano, congratulations on your choice of Slavic voices reading from Madam Blavatsky and respectively Dugin. Impeccable execution! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 It made for a highly entertaining episode as well as educational.

[SiskaRobert]

Central and North Asia is endlessly fascinating. Scythia, Hyperborea, Bactria, Tartaria, Gog and Magog, Prester John... Truly a magical region which always provoked imagination. Loved the Atun-Shei voice-overs too 😂

[danielcruz]

Great character voice narration!!! thank you