Theseus sucks, actually - Greek Mythology Explained

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[videogollumer]

Me: Well, he's not a jerk; he's stupid.

Theseus: *Kidnaps Helen of Sparta while she's 12 and keeps her around in order to marry her when she grows up.*

Me: Okay, he's a stupid jerk.

[Mecha-tron]

Can I just say the new designs for Hades, Persephone, Aphrodite and basically most of gods that appear here are amazing, especially Hades, that new look is a massive upgrade, all those small details and small changes really make a difference
(Edit) 😮 That, that is a lot of likes, thanks everyone

[alexrexaros]

“Hi! I was a woman before, but now I'm one of the strongest man on earth!”
“Gee whiz! I wonder what sort of interesting plots ancient greek authors will give you!”
“I die immediately.”

[serpentboidraco]

7:07

Bro the way that hades and Persephone stared at each other like, “they really think they’re slick?”

[maryudomah]

Ah, yes, Theseus the Assless. In some stories, when ya boi was stuck to snake chair, he was GLUED to it. And when Heracles came to yoink him free, his butt stayed behind.

[tsapreciousthing]

"My ex-wife still misses me... BUT HER AIM IS GETTIN' BETTER!"

[thegayghost]

“The only one who gets to kidnap my wife is me!” - Hades, husband of the year

[omarsalem]

" I never ate anyone... Except Theseus but he was a bellend"

[eman]

It’s so funny to me how all the other mythological figures have gotten redesigns, but Hercules is basically the same

[joshthehollow]

"I never ate anyone. Except Theseus, but he was a belland." -Minotaur (Stray Gods)

[MessedUpZucchini]

If Jake was a Greek god, I’d sacrifice all my goats to him.

[videogollumer]

8:10 You could have said "And I thought MY future in-laws hated me!".

[JackDaDripper]

6:58 Hades and Persephone got a killer redesign

[CallumEwart-rxmr]

Jake Doubleyoo is like the modern day equivalent to the ancient scholars of Greece and in thousands of years his videos will probably be obsessed over for future generations to come like how it is right now. I find it funny that despite the development of man there will always be a bunch of people who find an immense joy in history and nerdy things. As is the continuity of humans :) .

[sonofcronos]

For anyone wondering, the Centaurs are indeed Pirithous cousins.

Pirithous mother is Dia, and his reputed father is Ixion. But his actual father is Zeus, who had him in the form of a horse (?) With Dia. Ixion for his part claimed he slept with Hera, so Zeus sent a cloud nymph (a Nephele) with the shape of Hera to see if Ixion would indeed lay with her. And he did, so Zeus became piss off and killed Ixion.

The Nephele cloud in question for some reason gave birth to the centaur race as result.

[germalganis]

Kudos to Jake for the accurate (YouTube safe) Minoan clothing.

[lingaustin]

Thank you for adding the story of Caeneus! It’s one of my favourite tragic Greek myths

[emilymeehan]

I love the bronze age inspiration for the character designs in this video, especially the little detail of Aphrodite's makeup based on that one statue

[seanmurphy]

Lycomedes: Everything the light touches will be your kingdom.
Lycomedes, 5 seconds later: Long live the King!

[Brian-tncd]

Suprised you left out the comedy version of Theseus and Pirithous story where Theseus lost his butt after being ripped out of the rock/chair too hard by Heracles XD