The Epic Story of Perseus Explained | Best Greek Mythology Documentary

The story of Perseus is one of the most famous in Greek Mythology, with his adventures across Ancient Greece making him one of the original Heroes, a time long before the Trojan War and the birth of Hercules. The son of Zeus and Danaë, Perseus would defeat the Gorgon Medusa, with her head able to turn any man to stone, a weapon that aided him on his travels. On his way back home from Medusa’s cave, Perseus would rescue the beautiful Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus with the two soon becoming husband and wife. As the years went on and the pair looked to start their own family, they would head out of Argos and found their own kingdom called Mycenae, which would become the most powerful city in Greece.

Ruling over the city, Perseus and Andromeda would have many children together, with their family's reign lasting for generations to come. But unknown to them, one of their descendants would become the most famous Hero of them all. For the son of Zeus and Alcmene, would be the great hero Hercules, whose famous 12 labours would echo throughout every corner of the world.

Timestamps 📽
Intro: 0:00
The Prophecy 0:12
A New Land 2:20
Medusa 3:50
The Graeae 6:00
The Gorgon's Head 7:46
Andromeda 8:49
The Prophecy Fulfilled 10:41
A New Life 13:32

📚 Sources:

Classical Mythology, by Mark Morford, Robert Lenardon and Michael Sham

Greek Mythology, by Katerina Servi

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, by Edith Hamilton

Apollodorus - The Library of Greek Mythology, translated by Robin Hard

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*Timestamps* 📽
Intro: 0:00
The Prophecy 0:12
A New Land 2:20
Medusa 3:50
The Graeae 6:00
The Gorgon's Head 7:46
Andromeda 8:49
The Prophecy Fulfilled 10:41
A New Life 13:32

[alvxnw]

Wow the story of medusa is really sad, never knew how tragic it was.

[yayo]

As always, Zeus fucking everything that moves.

[Nva]

Got the statue of Perseus beheading Medusa tatted on me. A reminder to beat temptation.

[delciagarcia]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Love the art used to illustrate the story. I’m embarrassed to admit that I did not know Medusa’s story. It made me sad. I’m a senior citizen and firmly believe that is never too late to learn. Thank you for educating me on the subject. Looking forward to your next video. Thank you. 🙏

[complexplays]

The story of medusa has a different interpretation where Athena gave her shield to Perseus to kill Medusa to free her from her suffering and also she placed the Gorgon's head on her shield to honor the human Medusa's fidelity to her.

[jamesdreads]

the backing music that you use for the 'greek myth' videos is beautiful. Also the videos themselves are awesome, thanks a lot.

[johnburks]

I love Greek mythology so these types of videos are so enjoyable! You should do more Greek mythology stories:)

[justinbergmans]

You feel a tremendous sadness for Medusa and her sisters. Banished from their home, at no fault of their own. Than to be hunted, when they just wanted to be left alone. The Greek gods, more often than not, were portrayed as cold, selfish deities, that didn’t care about humanity

[geraldkisanya]

Bro.. This was absolute class. Long awaited but always well worth it. You have my sincere thanks ✊

[donnacalloway]

What a lovely video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, talent and hard work!

[paulycoleman]

Medusa is a goddess in her own right. Her tale is tragic yet she made the best out of a bad situation

[Posteriser]

It really helps when you show family charts, that's something I wished we had for the previous videos as well :)

[fostxswire]

This is the first I have heard of Medusa's origin like this. I had always heard the curse was a punishment for vanity.

[jackab]

I'm always excited with your uploads. You're the best!!!! Totally loved 12 labors of Hercales

[Dawn_Aramoana]

Great way to learn Greek mythology. Tragic and enthralling at the same time. Love the background music and the narrator sounds like a real human 😊

[wsmith]

Probably a previous commenter has mentioned this, but just in case not: Even more of this myth is represented in the sky: Cepheus (the rather do-nothing King of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia), Cetus (literally "the whale, " but taken for the sea monster) and even the Head of Medusa (held in Perseus' hand and represented by the variable star Algol) are also participants in the myth who were honored with constellations or stars. Oddly, in the entire sky, there is no other myth that has so many constellations devoted to it. Great video, and thanks for bringing up the constellations that you did! I'm a devoted stargazer and I love it when folks go to the trouble to pass on information about the heavens.

[seulementuneperte]

I like that you focused on ancient history lately it is much more interesting than 20th century. Please continue doing ancient and maybe medieval or early modern history it is much better than 20th century

[meesalikeu]

awesome -- i had forgotten my greek mythology -- thanks for the great cliff notes version.

[mrels]

Loved your episode on herakles, i had to watch this one