The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece - Iseult Gillespie

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  4 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    If you missed Part One of this epic journey, start at the beginning as Jason assembles a team of heroes to win back his stolen throne: bit.ly/TEDEdArgonauts

    • @mrayrick7631
      @mrayrick7631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TED-Ed HOW THE HECK ARE YOU THIS EARLY TED,EXPLAIN!!!

    • @ladofthedamned7796
      @ladofthedamned7796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shut up ted

    • @ladofthedamned7796
      @ladofthedamned7796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah jk jk

    • @ZaxorVonSkyler
      @ZaxorVonSkyler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's gonna be a part 3 right?

    • @thuse5532
      @thuse5532 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      omg part 2!! it's been a while...

  • @ricksarkar2736
    @ricksarkar2736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1923

    "... a dragon that never slept"
    sounds like finals week

    • @MC_lupin
      @MC_lupin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No, it’s puberty

    • @DUDEfreestyle
      @DUDEfreestyle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like a person on meth

    • @Blokewood3
      @Blokewood3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dragon Finals:
      Question 1: You breathe--
      A: Fire
      B: Poison
      C: Water
      D None of the above
      Question 2: You have--
      A: Legs
      B: Wings
      C: Legs and Wings
      D: No legs or wings
      Question 3: You guard--
      A: Treasure
      B: Maidens
      C: An area of land
      D: The cosmos
      Question 4: An adventurer approaches your cave, do you
      A: Destroy him immediately
      B: Eat him for lunch
      C: Have a game of riddles
      D: Take a nap

  • @smruthipradeep1941
    @smruthipradeep1941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1356

    I wish I had some of the golden fleece to gift to the animators and Iseult Gillespie, all of their stories are flawless

    • @autismman6360
      @autismman6360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Tbh I Enjoy Greek myths so much

    • @freyavine6448
      @freyavine6448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is one of the most adorable youtube comments I've ever seen

    • @Lumosnight
      @Lumosnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The animation is horrid here

    • @easyenglishmethod3602
      @easyenglishmethod3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here you can give me 😃😃😃😃

    • @notmirian2357
      @notmirian2357 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@autismman6360 This is partly the Georgian Mythology and the Greek Mythology together

  • @Nana-fg3pr
    @Nana-fg3pr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Fun Fact: the golden fleece may not be entirely a myth. In some villages of Svaneti (a region in Georgia very close to the Caucasus) some rivers flow with a very tiny amount of gold. People use to capture this gold by leaving the fleece in the water so the gold would get stuck in it. A fleece that had a lot of gold in it shined with the sunlight and looked like it was made entirely out of gold.
    Source: my dad was raised in one of the villages in Svaneti and our entire country is aware of this myth. In fact, it's one of the most famous plays in our country.

  • @Panda_Roll
    @Panda_Roll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1357

    They should have completed that story. That "everlasting love" Only lasted until he got home and found someone prettier and younger. Ofcourse telling your witch wife that she was going to be replaced was an acceptable form of suicide in those days.

    • @alfiona7951
      @alfiona7951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      How the turn tables.

    • @lemon-vy3mj
      @lemon-vy3mj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      ...maybe that’s why they didn’t finish it

    • @asmijain2695
      @asmijain2695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, it wasn’t either of them’s fault.

    • @NadDew
      @NadDew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ffs don't spoil it for me dammit!!!

    • @Loaves_of_Cat
      @Loaves_of_Cat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      And Jason wasn’t really much of a hero when Medea basically took care of all the hard parts for him too!

  • @kyuboxincubox7556
    @kyuboxincubox7556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1798

    The gods: Let's make Medea madly in love with Jason so she helps him out
    The gods, 5 minutes later: I can't believe Medea is so madly in love with Jason that she helped him murder a person.... how did this happen....? It's all Medea's fault, we should punish her for her actions that are 100% of her own volition.

    • @sor3999
      @sor3999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Murder!? It was self-defense.

    • @valdehuesagoddessphoebej.1082
      @valdehuesagoddessphoebej.1082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      I don't think it was about the murder but at how she basically dismembered her brother's body and scattered it to distract her father from going after them.She cold blooded af

    • @kishiyami3160
      @kishiyami3160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      The greek gods are not just but only arrogant and treating humans as toys is their specialty

    • @theblackpearlofbraavos
      @theblackpearlofbraavos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I wonder if the gods were actually pissed off at the corpse defilement and regarded it as kin slaying; as opposed to being offended because Jason killing her brother.

    • @archae108
      @archae108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yup

  • @RahmanAli-up4il
    @RahmanAli-up4il 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2169

    Dammit jason you can't just ask someone for their most prized possession!
    The king:

    • @Pendarin_
      @Pendarin_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I'm sorrryyyyy

    • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
      @user-vn7ce5ig1z 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sure you can; besides you'll never know if you don't try.

    • @bigbrain7768
      @bigbrain7768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope

    • @elvlogbasico7166
      @elvlogbasico7166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U have 666 likes💀💀

  • @mrayrick7631
    @mrayrick7631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +537

    “He was enraged”
    Anakin and zuko:that’s rough buddy

  • @xLoLRaven
    @xLoLRaven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    And of course the gods overlooked the little detail of them being the ones to turn Medea into a Greecian yandere.

    • @strengthcoachsc8669
      @strengthcoachsc8669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Probably the first ever mention of a yandare, probably

    • @johng7003
      @johng7003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I believe that even the gods didint even think the she would turn out like that . In the version about this myth that i know (since there many of versions of every Ancient Greek myth) Medea herself was the one that had fallen in love with Jason without the interference of the gods. And yes due to Medea having probably serious mental issues she is indeed the first yandere .

  • @gp2779
    @gp2779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Medea: “Rapid divine words”
    *RULE BUREKAAAA*
    -Removes buff-

    • @raatyugly2578
      @raatyugly2578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But in this story its the young Medea tho so it should have been Pain Breaker

    • @EdmundSetsu
      @EdmundSetsu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm scrolling through the comment section and boy I'm not disappointed at all.
      Love this.

    • @edwardeyvyn963
      @edwardeyvyn963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I found my kind

  • @MC_lupin
    @MC_lupin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Jason: may I *fleece* have your treasure?
    King: Wryyyyyyyyyyy

    • @MC_lupin
      @MC_lupin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Riza Kabak you goat this:)

    • @swatighoshdastidaradhikary1701
      @swatighoshdastidaradhikary1701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jason: Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda!!!!!

    • @BK201leila
      @BK201leila 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will FLEEce with your fleece to greece if u please jeez

    • @meghanav3450
      @meghanav3450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am RAMming my head against the wall

  • @arpandey3051
    @arpandey3051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    Let me explain one thing that Ted-Ed might have missed since they said one version of the story (and none of these details are to contradict Ted-Ed or say they are wrong, there are simply many versions of Ancient Greek Tales, and we don't know which one is true. These details might help with the perception and understanding of watchers):
    While the King, his son and more men set off in boats to chase Jason, Medea and the Argonauts, Medea called a flag of truce with her brother since they were the closest to the Argo. When her brother came onboard, Medea used her knife to kill him and scatter pieces of his body in the water to distract the King and his men (I think there was a law abt conducting a funeral only when the full body was present in Ancient Greece) . So the Argo escaped thanks to Medea's actions. But the Argonauts, as mentioned, were disheartened by what she did. This included Jason, and helped with the eventual separation and rivalry of Jason and Medea. Again, I am not saying that Ted-Ed is incorrect, there are simply many versions of stories since the events happened a long time ago (considering they even did, this is mythology).

    • @MohdAsif-vq6kg
      @MohdAsif-vq6kg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Thanks since I was wondering why killing someone in his defence will anger the gods. The truce pary seems perfectly well why it was dishonoring act

    • @xeroxsaw1303
      @xeroxsaw1303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Mohd Asif The reason why Medea was dishonored was because she killed her brother, and in Ancient Greece, killing family members was the worst crime a human could do to another human

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I do have to disagree on something you said. While there are many versions of the myth, there is no “right” one because they are pretty much folktales told by diferente cultures in the Arcadian Peninsula, thus never having a “right” version.

    • @arpandey3051
      @arpandey3051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Vicenzo Stella yes, obviously we don’t know which version is right ( considering one version of the story happened at all, since it is mythology ). Anyone saying a version of this story could be correct.

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      arpan dey Alright, good to know that we are on the same page.

  • @jenAp9040
    @jenAp9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    "..and a dragon that never slept"
    Medea: Imma end this whole dragon's career

  • @ZOCCOK
    @ZOCCOK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    _"She was determined to protect her beloved....._
    Me: *Aww*
    _...At any cost"_
    Me: *AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW*

    • @rockzs74r
      @rockzs74r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      She later killed the king that send Jason to the journey in the first place. Resulting in their banishment

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      and then killed their children when she suspected that Jason was cheating and flew away in a a sun dragon chariot while dissolving the princess in acid as she left Jason to be mauled by the crowds

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      and then married another king where she attempted to kill her son-in-law

    • @ishanjain922
      @ishanjain922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And then ran away after discovery back to Colchis, and became the queen of the Colchians. Probably she had proven to the Colchians how psychopathic and bloodthirsty she was and that she was just the queen they had been looking for

    • @san_p_ly
      @san_p_ly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      😱 What is happening here?

  • @ibrahimzahidmalik4450
    @ibrahimzahidmalik4450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "props to my man, J.Grace."

  • @leo-db5uj
    @leo-db5uj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    She dismembered her brother and scattered the pieces.
    A lOvE sTorY

    • @debban6397
      @debban6397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Medea did nothing wrong

    • @Nopenopenope412
      @Nopenopenope412 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      omg i know

    • @ОлегКозлов-ю9т
      @ОлегКозлов-ю9т 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Greek problems require Greek solutions🤷

    • @leo-db5uj
      @leo-db5uj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ОлегКозлов-ю9т 😂😂

    • @MrLobjan
      @MrLobjan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's nothing. Later when she finds out that Jason was cheating, she kills their children

  • @leovaldez8145
    @leovaldez8145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    the version i’m most familiar with
    medea: sorry brother
    absyrtus: well the best thing i can grant you is a quick death
    medea: no that’s not what i meant **kills absyrtus and chops him into pieces**
    jason : who tf did i just agree to marry?
    well there’s a bajillion versions of this myth so...
    edit: thx for the likes

  • @IlleScrutator
    @IlleScrutator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    _Jason, Medea and the Argonauts flee from Colchis_
    Talos: Why is my bolt whistling?

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    And I'm sure Medea and Jason's relationship will work out just fine in the future...

  • @arceecruz
    @arceecruz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    ted ed be spoiling us through this pandemic
    *and we love it*

  • @AveryTalksAboutStuff
    @AveryTalksAboutStuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    To this day, when I hear the myth of the golden fleece I think of Percy Jackson and that makes me happy. 😊

    • @mugiwara5200
      @mugiwara5200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same!

    • @ethanoicacid159
      @ethanoicacid159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!! I think of Thalia

    • @felicitys3621
      @felicitys3621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too! RIP Thaila

    • @coralbytes
      @coralbytes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Felicity S SPOILER ALERT
      Thalia isn’t dead lol
      But hey Percy Jackson fans unite

    • @shosty575
      @shosty575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!

  • @jobromo123
    @jobromo123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    1:58 you never explicitly say that the oxen breathe fire which can make the story confusing for those who can only listen to thd story

    • @milanminic8545
      @milanminic8545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah thats what i noticed too

  • @scaredyghosts
    @scaredyghosts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He's by far my most favorite voice actor out of all ted ed videos I had watched

  • @chugger2836
    @chugger2836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm soooooo happy that Ted-Ed keeps continuing this series. Being a literature student, this series will always draw me in. Keep up your good work! And just like I thought, Jason is pathetic. (By this series, I meant the whole myths around the world series and Argonauts series together)

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent

    • @neetusharma826
      @neetusharma826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello fellow divergent fan

  • @LessonIsNeverTry
    @LessonIsNeverTry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    @ 2:04 "A simple task, or so Jason thought. But Medea had concocted a fireproof ointment..." Did you guys leave out a line of text between these sentences?

    • @ZAH33D
      @ZAH33D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They did.

  • @lemon-jq7xw
    @lemon-jq7xw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:08 can't tell if that's blood in its fingers or...
    ...The GODDAMN DRAGON PAINTS ITS NAILS

  • @mikgriffen
    @mikgriffen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    The only reason I know about this myth is because of Percy Jackson

  • @elyely8949
    @elyely8949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
    Jason and The Argonauts is a really cool movie about this myth. its from the 60s with quirky cool special effects like stop mo.
    its on netflix in some countries.
    also wear a mask dont die

  • @theunchosenhunter
    @theunchosenhunter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Imagine Percy in the "dress" Jason is wearing and going to a quest with Annabeth now!

  • @Rodiacreed
    @Rodiacreed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really liked part one when it came out and been waiting for part 2 ever since.
    Mythologies and Fiction explained made a video about the full story of Jason a couple of months ago so I got too see the conclusion there but still glad we got part 2 and will be looking forward to part 3.

  • @HerMi.T
    @HerMi.T 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I will be honest. When i read medea. I think about fate 😀😀.
    Whatever, your video is fantastic.

    • @DD-eq2bl
      @DD-eq2bl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I SUMMON THEE, CASTER CLASS SERVANT, MEDEA!

    • @najihaharbainvevo2322
      @najihaharbainvevo2322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ruruuu breakaaaaaa

    • @edwardeyvyn963
      @edwardeyvyn963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I found my people

    • @cpgautam172
      @cpgautam172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edwardeyvyn963 searching for these comments

    • @Piggeu
      @Piggeu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      was looking for this comment

  • @inspectorskv
    @inspectorskv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    4:27 Did anyone notice Circe's eyebrow smoothly changing ?

  • @harsh3624
    @harsh3624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When a dragon drinks so much coffee that he never sleeps

  • @zitaks6703
    @zitaks6703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel so happy that Ted Ed started posting Mythic videos again during this quarentine

  • @ujjawalsingh4628
    @ujjawalsingh4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Reminds me when I used to study Shakespeare in high school.
    I still remember. This was used as a reference in Act 1 Scene 1

  • @jrme4216
    @jrme4216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    definition of cruelty: TED-ED making fascinating videos aparts months from each other

  • @khorkienjoo5292
    @khorkienjoo5292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To think we've been waiting for this for almost a year since part 1, it's about time.
    And from the looks of it, there's gonna be a part 3

  • @divyanshgoel4551
    @divyanshgoel4551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Where's my Rick Riordon squad at?

  • @silentwolfyy
    @silentwolfyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Its an honor to be the first comment of one of my favorite channels

    • @Monarch_Prime
      @Monarch_Prime 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I beat you

    • @dotdashdotdash
      @dotdashdotdash 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honour

    • @mugiwara5200
      @mugiwara5200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dotdashdotdash both are right. honor is american, honour is british.

    • @tansoon8257
      @tansoon8257 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi!

    • @ionicman2908
      @ionicman2908 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not a competition, we get it you got the notification. Youre not even getting the top comment anyways. Be like the commenter, simply saying that he is an early comment and is honered to be one instead of "fiRsT"

  • @johgu92
    @johgu92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In the version I know it was Medea who led Jason's swordhand killing her brother. Plus she was the one who convinced her father to not immediately kill Jason, but to have some first and killing him with his tasks.
    She was a scary Lady indeed.

  • @praise_frank
    @praise_frank 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You have no idea how much I know about these legends and how much I love this channel! Keep going TED ❤❤❤

    • @jeffmorin5867
      @jeffmorin5867 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      aren't we full of our self...

  • @zipei1673
    @zipei1673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mythic is my FAVORITE series of Ted-ed. So beautiful~~~~

  • @jiankaifeng9164
    @jiankaifeng9164 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been waiing for this video for quite a while, and I'm glad that it's finally come!

  • @didoarendt8742
    @didoarendt8742 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No solamente la narración del mito es buena, sino que además la calidad y varidad de las animaciones es impresionante. Felicidades!

  • @anaksamanananggal3940
    @anaksamanananggal3940 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Yes. Another story on the argonauts. My favorite*
    😍😍😍😍

  • @user-sn6jv5dv9s
    @user-sn6jv5dv9s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Me: hears the name “Jason” after reading The Burning Maze
    Me: *cries

  • @kambyoliver977
    @kambyoliver977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That girl basically said “touch him and I will cut you”😂😂😂 1:17

  • @jeanrenekalaw9101
    @jeanrenekalaw9101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Here to learn more about Caster, servant in the 5th Holy Grail War.

    • @xuxooo
      @xuxooo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cultured

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      volt airej
      Meanwhile, the Argonauts have been resurrected as Specters of Hades to fight against Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki.

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      volt airej
      Even Dio Brando, the enemy of the Joestars, has been recruited to be a Spector and was given the Wyvern Cloth.
      Seriously! Take a look: th-cam.com/video/vnaQZhluzE4/w-d-xo.html
      Listen to the his voice.

  • @kanishmaray
    @kanishmaray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:28 the way that lion is judging her lmao

  • @jr.p.8429
    @jr.p.8429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me and my stacks upon stacks of Percy Jackson knowledge: 'Ok, let's do this one last time...'

  • @shubhamtripathi8683
    @shubhamtripathi8683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ted-ed videos are super interesting, they are very well researched, very eloquently animated, and certainly very easy to understand...
    Hats off to you guys..🤘🤘🤘

  • @anjalikapilavai1909
    @anjalikapilavai1909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow i was waiting for this i love this myth!! thank you ted ed so much, great animating

  • @shreyanshtiwari4399
    @shreyanshtiwari4399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ted-ed your contents are always amazing and you taught me better than my history teacher

  • @mariahanczewska8109
    @mariahanczewska8109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:42
    I know a version of the myth in which Medea kidnaps her five-year-old brother and, to distract the chase, kills the boy, dismemberment of his body, and the Colchilda sailors, busy collecting parts of the body, no longer chase the lovers.
    Really romantic.

  • @samaafifi4784
    @samaafifi4784 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    my favorite series on TH-cam for sure

  • @Kosteru-des
    @Kosteru-des 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Being Greek, I can say that the names sound really funny in English!!

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s Jason and Medea in Greek?

    • @roothik
      @roothik 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vicenzostella1390 Ιάσων (Ιàson) and Μήδεια (Μìthia) - the pronunciation in ancient greek would be a bit different than in modern greek though.

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      roothik Well yes, but it’s much closer to Modern Greek than English.

    • @Castiel667
      @Castiel667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Being Georgian, I still expect you to return the damn fleece! >:(

    • @artema.
      @artema. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roothik Iason would be pronounced the same as ancient Greek, but Medea would be pronounced different. A lot of e sounds were turned into i sounds in modern Greek. If I actually knew how the phonetic alphabet works I would have written it here.

  • @98kenner
    @98kenner 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your voice always brings me peace

  • @ActuallyShigure
    @ActuallyShigure 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big respect for Jason after I finished the latest chapter of FGO EN server.

  • @henryphillips6167
    @henryphillips6167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Wait a minute, the gods are fine with the fact that there was a whole army at their tail but when they used an actually viable tactic to get the king off their backs they cursed them? Hypocrisy and power go hand in hand it seems.

    • @mcjames7322
      @mcjames7322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In one version of the story, Medea killed her brother under a flag of truce and scattered his body so the king had to collect the body parts to conduct a proper funeral

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Here’s the thing, killing one’s family is the worst crime one can commit in Ancient Greece, so the gods cursed them for it.

    • @mariangelafrancini3795
      @mariangelafrancini3795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Killing relatives and disrespecting corpses were considered a crime against the Gods

    • @vicraiden3068
      @vicraiden3068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ancient Greek morality is crazy, but they did have a point about killing one's relative.

  • @artema.
    @artema. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of thereasons why cutting up the body of her brother was so terrible in a the context of that time, is because without the full body their soul won't be able to move on from this world. So it was absolutely horrifying to see Medea deny his own brother, who she betrayed, the right to go to the afterlife peacefully.

  • @fidazalfa4767
    @fidazalfa4767 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally! I've been waiting for this

  • @MediaJunkey
    @MediaJunkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these myths. Keep me coming TedEd!!

  • @yashmunot4876
    @yashmunot4876 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this wonderful service you provide. This channel has inspired me soo much and has skyrocketed my curiosity about the world.

  • @nachiketsharma4507
    @nachiketsharma4507 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teded : badly educing video quality while making it much more beautiful simultaneously

  • @polarequatorial709
    @polarequatorial709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jason just should have went to Old Navy. They have a sale on fleece. 😁

  • @purplespark8
    @purplespark8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting for this for so long

  • @kerishmamadhavan9497
    @kerishmamadhavan9497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I always loved this myth since I was a little kid! Thanks for uploading it. I love the animation too! If it’s okay, could you consider uploading the myth of ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’?

  • @dreadnightdew6225
    @dreadnightdew6225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh i already know about this i have watched enough fate/stay night to know about medea's story.
    do you also know medea has unhealthy obsession on king arthur?

    • @operandwriter
      @operandwriter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She loves anything cute. You should see her interlude in Fate Grand Order

    • @theguyfromtsukihime3898
      @theguyfromtsukihime3898 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's so unhealthy that she has a closet and trophy case full of figurines of king arthur

    • @hairglowingkyle4572
      @hairglowingkyle4572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@operandwriter She also wants to be a princess despite being already a princess lmao

  • @franksgreen
    @franksgreen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For more on Medea, you can check out Medea by Euripides that narrates how Medea ended up killing Jason's new wife and his children as an act of vengeance once they returned to Greece

  • @ninok.9387
    @ninok.9387 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is so pretty animation, love the playfulness of golden color, as a motive of the myth.

  • @AngryKittens
    @AngryKittens 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have a feeling this myth was actually based on reality. The "golden fleece on a tree" is probably a reference to plant-based textiles like kapok, flax or cotton, technologies which were probably wondrous to early Greeks who probably originally wove textiles from wool and animal skins.

  • @Literarydilettante
    @Literarydilettante 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is definitely not the version I read earlier. Thank you for the fresh perspective.

  • @ОлегКозлов-ю9т
    @ОлегКозлов-ю9т 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:58 I wasn't looking at the screen, so I was like "where the heck the fire came from?!"

  • @lotusgal313
    @lotusgal313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Golden Fleece. One of the most coveted magic treasures of both mortals and gods. Said to have extraordinary powers to the possessor, even the power to resurrect the dead

  • @cjryuk1909
    @cjryuk1909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Idk why the first thing that popped into my mind as I saw the title was Percy Jackson lol. Loved that series

    • @emc2119
      @emc2119 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought Heros of Olympus because of the name Jason.

  • @ELEGANTFOX
    @ELEGANTFOX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Animation is beyond anything really really stunning job

  • @holymolymacaroni7503
    @holymolymacaroni7503 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    can't wait for the next part!!

  • @alexanderyargawa9144
    @alexanderyargawa9144 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the dragon's face at 0:17 tho LMAO!

  • @modeni_adeokun
    @modeni_adeokun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Argonauts initiative needs to be a movie series

  • @varunprakash6207
    @varunprakash6207 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Myth of Jason And Golden Feet one of the Finest story Explanation by Ted ed Semma Super wonderful Story of king and solider 👍👍👍

  • @absolutegaming8658
    @absolutegaming8658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Big fan of yours I see your videos since you were 3 million

  • @cedezable
    @cedezable 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! Just want to say thank you for the content. I really look forward to your myths. ☺️

  • @azipoor3468
    @azipoor3468 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the last sentence of the narrator "Adventure on with more myths"

  • @marthakulujili9744
    @marthakulujili9744 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love to see more myths 🤩🤩❤❤

  • @MaadsAndersen
    @MaadsAndersen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite myths, is about Thor. He was out fishing with somebody i don’t remember, and then he caught the giant serpant. He tried with all his might to catch the serpent, but it caught free and afterwards, Thor wasn’t disapointed or sad, but mad that he didn’t catch it.

  • @wynniebaguette
    @wynniebaguette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Who also watches myths because of Rick Riordan’s books?

  • @ritutanwer6524
    @ritutanwer6524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is awesome!

  • @AnanyaPatnaik
    @AnanyaPatnaik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We were taught The Merchant Of Venice where this story was referenced, so I knew I had to watch this

  • @nadiaalexandra8226
    @nadiaalexandra8226 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally! Been craving for this myth for so long and while I just finished my "circe" by madeline miller, this video is here. Thanks ted ed!

  • @awashcello5572
    @awashcello5572 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this story it helped me on school work

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's cool that y'all continued this story for us & made it in an entirely different art style 😄🙏🏽📖

  • @5staryzzz
    @5staryzzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great animations, Ted-Ed!

  • @huberttrocks
    @huberttrocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic Video! Top Notch.

  • @christinamyers5750
    @christinamyers5750 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can’t wait for part 2

  • @katekelly6603
    @katekelly6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing animation as always 👌 so original

  • @randomepicc4198
    @randomepicc4198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we need a part three

  • @teerthrajtirpude1950
    @teerthrajtirpude1950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The oxen ate super spicy grass
    And dragon was coffee addicted
    LoL XD

  • @tomsmurf4225
    @tomsmurf4225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazingly, chopping her brother to pieces and using his body parts as a distraction is only the second worst thing Medeas ever done.

    • @meghanav3450
      @meghanav3450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well what's the first??

    • @tomsmurf4225
      @tomsmurf4225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@meghanav3450 that would be "killing her own children to get back at Jason." Third place is "pranking a bunch of princesses by convincing them that boiling their father alive will make him immortal"

  • @Hopsphie
    @Hopsphie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shout out to the time the fleece brought Jason’s sister Thalia back to life 😚✌️