The Truth About Perseus | Greek Mythology Explained

Perseus could be argued to be Greek Mythology's #2 hero. Of course, the most known of the Greek Heroes is Herakles (aka Hercules), but Perseus was the OG. The first of the heroes, and the one whose story is deeply intertwined with that of Medusa. Perseus, unlike Percy Jackson will have you believe, is actually the son of Zeus, and... not that much of a goodie two shoes. If anything, Theseus is the greek hero that better fits the role of a teenage hero, while Perseus... well, I go in detail on Perseus in the video, so there's no need to do it here. But I figured Perseus' tale is the perfect kickstarter for Season 2 of Keeping Up With The Greek Gods, so here we are: Episode 1 Of KUWTGG Season 2: The Age Of Heroes — Perseus The Slayer Notes: The most important note for this video concerns the tale of Medusa: There is more than one version to her story, and I chose to go with the interpretation of Ovid. Ovid, of course was a Roman writer, who was alive during the reign of Rome's First Emperor Augustus, and was actually exiled by Augustus. So, while Ovid's writings are ancient to us, they came long after Greek Mythology was established. The original tale of Medusa does not mention her being transformed from a beautiful woman — instead, in the original tale, she was always a Gorgon. She was 1 of 3 creatures that just roam their island and... there is no substance to her, other than her being a beast that men want to slay. Since mythology is all tales and stories told anyway, I MUCH prefer Ovid's rendition, since it adds more drama to the story: Perseus has an honorable reason to slay Medusa (saving his mother being the reason), but Medusa has a tragic backstory that makes you root for her. Every story is better off when the hero and villain are not black and white, so that's why I chose to go with Ovid's version. On that note: I'm a huge fan of mythology being retold in different versions, like what Percy Jackson is doing. Even within mythology, there are so many versions to each myth that there is no 'one true story'. So what we're doing is just adding more versions. Love it. I just wish Hollywood would show us the dark version of these heroes just once. But... they can't... I get it. That's why I'm doing it. There is also a modern, very modern, interpretation in which Athena turned Medusa into a monster to protect her from men. That version is absolute nonsense. Complete nonsense. It doesn't make any sense, no matter how you spin it. First of all, Athena could turn her into literally anything or give her any power if she wanted to, why turn her into a monster? Second of all, Athena then literally helps Perseus slay Medusa. Like... she is an actual accomplice to Medusa's death. Make it make sense. So, yeah... completely modern and shortsighted interpretation of Medusa's tale, and it is full of plot holes. Get All My Artwork & Support The Channel: I get a lot of questions about my artwork and where it’s from or rather who draws it. Well the answer is that I create it — I don’t draw it. I use AI to create the artwork, using specific prompts, specific style influences from 18th and 19th century artists, and I spend about 10 hours per video just on the artwork. Each video has roughly double the artwork of what you actually see in the video, so a lot of it is unused. The good news about that is that you can get all that artwork on my Patreon: The artwork I do use, and the artwork I don’t use. Plus, by subscribing to my Patreon you are making a major contribution to Briefed and helping me to keep this channel going, because this is my full time job and the survival of the channel and quality of the videos greatly depends on said support. In return for supporting, you get more than the artwork though — you also get access to exclusive videos and you can download every video you see on here to download and keep. If you choose to become a Patron — thank you. I do not take it for granted.   / briefed   Footage: In the beginning, I used a clip from Immortals. Then, throughout the video I used clips from Clash of The Titans, and Wrath of the Titans. The clip of Percy Jackson in the beginning is from Disney's new Percy Jackson show. Music: Bach - C Major Prelude Asher Fulero - Surrender Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven) Esther Abrami - No.4 Piano Journey Doug Maxwell_Media Right Productions - Solo Cello Passion Esther Abrami - No.7 Alone With My Thoughts Josh Kirsch_Media Right Productions - It's Coming Kevin MacLeod - Heartbreaking Wahneta Meixsell - Gymnopedie No. 3 Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...