Every Hero of Greek Mythology
Every hero of Greek mythology in one film - from the fifty brides of Argos and the first seer to Perseus, Heracles, Theseus, Jason and the Argonauts, the Seven against Thebes and the heroes of the Trojan War, all the way home to Ithaca. The Greeks called them the fourth race of mankind: children of gods and mortal women, stronger than us, and dying as we die. Which bride refused her father's order to kill her husband, and why does Heracles descend from her mercy? Which king nailed the skulls of his daughter's suitors over his gate? Which army marched on Thebes knowing six of its seven captains were already dead men? And what is buried at the first Olympic finish line? Along the way: why the word "athlete" was coined for Heracles, how the Peloponnese, the Aegean Sea and the stadium got their names, and why all four great games of Greece began at a funeral. What's inside: 0:00 Prologue: The Starting Line 2:34 Part One: The Entry Requirements · The Fourth Race 4:35 The Fifty Brides - the Danaids 7:30 The Man Who Heard the Worms - Melampus 12:36 Part Two: The Founders · The Dragon's Secretary - Cadmus 15:03 The Twins Who Played the Walls Up - Amphion and Zethus 16:28 The Boy from the Box - Perseus 23:34 The Postman Who Survived the Letter - Bellerophon 26:51 The Race for Half a Country - Pelops 32:14 Part Three: The Strongest · Born Under Audit - Heracles 35:51 The Twelve - the Labors of Heracles 43:56 The Sidebars - Antaeus, Omphale, the death of Heracles 53:04 Part Four: Athens and Crete · The Kid with the Rock - Theseus 1:03:15 The Javelin That Never Missed - Cephalus and Procris 1:05:58 Part Five: The Crews · Fifty Oars, One Sandal - Jason and the Argonauts 1:17:04 The Oarsman Who Went Back Down - Orpheus 1:19:15 The Necklace Goes to War - the Seven against Thebes 1:27:45 The Huntress and the Twins - Atalanta and the Dioscuri 1:34:07 The Brothers of Aegina - Peleus and Telamon 1:37:38 Part Six: The Heroes' War · The Muster 1:41:20 The Wrong Troy, and the Rusty Cure - Telephus 1:43:06 The First Man Ashore - Protesilaus 1:46:13 The Night Raid - Diomedes and Odysseus 1:48:32 The Exchange of Gifts - Hector and Ajax 1:50:23 The Wrath, Re-Run - Achilles 1:54:56 The Queen Who Arrived Too Late - Penthesilea 1:56:21 The Son of the Dawn - Memnon 1:59:00 The Short Road, Run Through - the fall of Troy 2:03:23 The Bills Come Home - the Returns and the Odyssey 2:11:52 Part Seven: Where the Heroes Went · The Graves That Worked 2:17:49 Epilogue: The Starting Line The heroes, in order of appearance: 4:44 The Danaids 6:05 Hypermnestra and Lynceus 7:41 Melampus 11:19 Autolycus 11:44 Odysseus: his name and his scar 12:41 Cadmus 15:15 Amphion and Zethus 16:32 Perseus and Danae 21:35 Andromeda 23:38 Bellerophon and Pegasus 26:54 Pelops and Hippodamia 28:56 Myrtilus 32:20 Heracles (Hercules) 38:03 Iolaus 40:41 Hippolyte 45:50 Hesione and young Priam 48:15 Omphale 49:43 Deianeira 51:16 Philoctetes 53:10 Theseus 56:50 Ariadne 59:01 Antiope 59:44 Phaedra and Hippolytus 1:01:31 Pirithous 1:03:19 Cephalus and Procris 1:06:04 Jason 1:07:02 The Argonauts 1:09:03 Hylas 1:14:18 Medea 1:17:06 Orpheus and Eurydice 1:19:25 Oedipus 1:21:21 Eteocles and Polynices 1:21:32 Adrastus 1:21:57 Amphiaraus 1:22:32 Eriphyle 1:23:06 Hypsipyle 1:24:07 Capaneus 1:24:26 Tydeus 1:25:16 Antigone 1:26:22 Alcmaeon and the Epigoni 1:27:52 Meleager 1:28:39 Atalanta 1:31:35 Idas and Marpessa 1:32:22 Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) 1:34:11 Aeacus and the Myrmidons 1:35:20 Telamon 1:35:45 Peleus and Thetis 1:36:11 Chiron 1:38:00 Paris 1:38:11 Helen 1:38:37 Agamemnon 1:39:00 Palamedes 1:39:45 Achilles 1:40:31 Iphigenia 1:41:43 Telephus 1:43:09 Protesilaus 1:43:33 Cycnus 1:44:36 Laodamia 1:46:22 Diomedes 1:47:08 Dolon 1:47:34 Rhesus 1:48:35 Hector and Ajax 1:52:39 Patroclus 1:54:15 Priam and Achilles 1:55:08 Penthesilea 1:55:51 Thersites 1:56:32 Memnon 1:56:55 Antilochus and Nestor 1:59:41 Neoptolemus 2:00:46 Sinon 2:01:35 Cassandra 2:02:50 Aeneas 2:03:57 Ajax the Lesser 2:04:06 Clytemnestra 2:05:12 Orestes 2:06:20 Odysseus: the journey home 2:10:18 Penelope 2:11:01 Menelaus 2:15:27 Echetlaeus 2:16:35 Cleomedes, the last hero SOURCES The stories follow the ancient texts: Homer, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" Hesiod, "Works and Days" and "Theogony" (M. L. West translation) Ovid, "Metamorphoses" (David Raeburn translation) Apollodorus, "The Library"; Apollonius of Rhodes, "Argonautica"; Pindar, "Odes"; Aeschylus, "Oresteia"; Sophocles, "Oedipus the King", "Antigone", "Ajax"; Euripides, "Hippolytus"; Herodotus, "Histories"; Pausanias, "Description of Greece"; Plutarch, "Life of Theseus"; Xenophon, "Memorabilia" Modern works: Robert Graves, "The Greek Myths" Walter Burkert, "Greek Religion" Annette Giesecke, "Classical Mythology A to Z" All myths are retold in my own words. Where ancient versions conflict, one version was chosen for the sake of a single continuous story. #GreekMythology #GreekHeroes #Mythology
