Mythology Expert Reviews Greek & Roman Mythology in Movies (Part 1) | Vanity Fair

Peter Meineck, Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University, reviews Greek and Roman mythology scenes from films including '300,' 'Clash of the Titans,' 'Black Panther,' 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?,' 'Wonder Woman' and 'Hercules.'

00:00 Intro
00:10 '300'
05:59 'Clash of the Titans'
08:47 'Black Panther'
14:45 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'
17:43 'Wonder Woman'
21:54 'Hercules'



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[keirarcher]

“Great bisexual army” 😭 never thought I’d hear that statement ever

[muz]

I took a class with him when I was at NYU. To this day, still one of my favorite classes. He invests a lot of time with his students. He took on a trip to Barnes and nobles to teach us how to pick our translations. He also took us to the met and taught us how to read the ancient pottery. And he had a theater company and we went and saw them perform Promethus Unbound. He even brought in masks one day and taught us how people used to perform the ancient Greek plays with masks on. He was a really awesome teacher.

[eggymayo]

The absolute reach they made this guy do to get black panther in here 😂😂

[wes]

The fact this has 62k likes shows he fooled 62k people (or bots).

I'm only here thanks to Metatron pointing out all his lies w/ actual sources.

[acaciaramey]

Hades is so misunderstood - only Greek god who ever did his job; didn't impregnate a bunch of chicks, was in fact faithful to his wife that he loved (that the other gods had to shift the cosmos to make that romance happen), and actually ferried souls, etc. He's really not a bad dude.

[Blokewood]

In Wonder Woman, the enmity between the Amazons and Ares is somewhat ironic, because in mythology Ares seems to have been a major patron of the Amazons. The Amazon queens Hippolyta and Penthesileia were daughters of Ares.

[henryskalitz]

Many of the things he said are wrong and have been debunked. He also let his politics come through instead of just being neutral about the history.

[chrisjarvis]

Just watched Metatron over on his channel call this guy out on all the lies in this video. it was amazing.

[trayambakchakravarty]

I would love to see a second part of this with him, he was really superb!

[taylor]

This fantasy movie based on a comic book is not accurate. Omg no way 😂

[Jompabompa]

Its sad that people actually believe what this guy is saying, he is lying and he knows it.

[Ostsol]

Greek and Roman mythology. Black Panther. What?

[rubythroatedsparrow]

I took Professor Meineck's class on Performing Homer in college. And then I took it again, just because who wouldn't want to listen to him talk for an entire year? In one lecture he announced that cheesemaking was "the ultimate example of human-animal symbiosis, " and I've thought of that probably every week since.

[eduardmanecuta]

First of all, 300 is made after a comic book by Frank Miller. It isn't meant to be historically accurate. That's one. And second. They didn't let the diformed guy go with them because he couldn't lift his shield, not simply because he was diformed.

[Constantine-]

An activist pretending to be a professor

[travisshooks]

Jan 6th, bisexual and racism all in the first 3 minutes. We’re on a roll here

[AD-dftm]

It's funny how Sparta has become this idealized place in modern times because it fully would have to live there haha. I remember in one of my college classes on ancient Greece some classmate asked if there is a modern equivalent of Sparta and the professor spent the next 10 min or so breaking down how, yes, there is a modern equivalent and it's called North Korea. lol

[musicophrenia]

Shield called "hoplite"....yes professor

[andyoc]

Metatron has cleaned this chap's clock. He's waffling

[zainabapollo]

oh my gosh, i loved peter's explanation of greek and roman mythology. it's something i studied in school and even considered getting a masters in! his approach is so easy and digestible with honesty that links to todays world. please bring him back!!