I think I remember a myth about Ares where he heard that his daughter was raped by Poseidon's son and so he killed him. Poseidon then had Ares tried to the Olympians but he got acquitted It seems like he does care for his children judging by how he would rage when something happens to them so he has my respect.
Ever see Tywin Lannister? Sometimes it's not so much caring about your children as much as caring about how it makes you look when you're a person to be feared and someone dares to attack a child of yours.
Hercules was ordered by zeus to kill ares babies, Zeus hated ares because of the violence and bloodthirsty he had, and also Zeus hated him because of the prophecy that one day his son would overthrown him just like what zeus did to his father..
@@lucio7331 The child that was supposed to overthrow Zeus, was never born. Once he heard the prophecy, he turned the child's mother into a drop of water and drank her. She was pregnant with 2 children. One wasn't born, and the other was Athena, delivered by Zeus, from that drop of water.
I find it hilarious that they praised Athena and disliked Ares. They funny part is that Sparta who worshipped Ares and Athens who worshipped Athena fought constantly. However even though Athena always beats Ares in battle, Sparta would kick the ever loving crap out of Athens .
one fun thing is that spartans left only a few writings compared to athens, so it make sense we have a few sources about him compared to athena. Greek chronicles is full of funny jokes on spartans made by butthurt athenians
Since Spartans rarely wrote down anything compared to Athens, I think it’s likely that Athens only wrote about the times Athena beat ares. They are incredibly biased after all.
@@timetravelingpenguin lol he doesn't mean literally 🤦♂️ his meaning that war never changes is meant by it will always be chaotic and filled with murder
To be fair some of that was covered at least slightly in his Hercules video since a lot of the zodiac was typed in with his labors, for example cancer, leo and Gemini are all involved with hercules
Can you please do the following for next Messed Up Origins episodes: Romeo and Juliet La Llorona King Arthur The Wizard of Oz The Sword in the Stone The Black Cauldron Bluebeard The Twelve Dancing Princesses (The Brothers Grimm) The Swan Princess Thumbelina The Nutcracker Lady and the Tramp Cinderella - Part 2 (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained) Snow White (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained) Sleeping Beauty (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained) Beauty and the Beast (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained) Rapunzel (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained) The Frog Prince (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained) Hera Artemis Athena Helen of Troy Cupid and Psyche One Thousand and One Nights (1001 Arabian Nights) The Six Swans (The Brothers Grimm) Allerleirauh (The Brothers Grimm) Diamonds and Toads (Charles Perrault) The Girl Without Hands (The Brothers Grimm) The Robber Bridegroom (The Brothers Grimm) The Blue Bird (Madame d'Aulnoy) The Story of Pretty Goldilocks (Madame d'Aulnoy) East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe) The True Bride (The Brothers Grimm)
Good suggestions. I can't say I've even heard of these (La llarona, Allerleirauh, Diamonds and Toads, and The Robber Bridegroom) So I'd like to know more. Is Pretty Goldilocks separate from just Goldilocks and the 3 Bears? And I cannot find a comprehensive story of "Snow White & Rose Red." They typically are completely separate tales, and characters. With no mention of one another in their respective stories, and there are a ton of R.R. stories out there that don't match, or even have passing similarities among them. I suspect they are relatively newer stories posing as legends, and folk tales. Does anybody know?
@@CieJe.Alexander The Story of Pretty Goldilocks is a more different story and it's not connected to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but anyways, here is the summary of the story: A princess was so beautiful and had such golden hair that she was known as Pretty Goldilocks. A neighboring king fell in love with her from her description, but much to the king's disappointment, she rejected his ambassador, saying she had no wish to be married. A young courtier and royal favorite, called Charming, told his friends that if he had gone, she would have accepted, and the king threw him in prison. He lamented his fate, and the king, hearing, told him what he had said was the cause of it. Charming said that he would have drawn such a picture of the king as to make him irresistible to her, and the king decided to send him. On the way, he helped a carp that was out of water, a raven being chased by an eagle, and an owl caught in a net; each one promised to help him. When he attempted to bring his master's suit before the princess, she told him that she had lost a ring in the river and was so vexed that she would not listen to any suit unless the ambassador brought back her ring. His dog, Frisk, advised him to try, and the carp brought him the ring. When he brought it to Goldilocks, she told him that a giant who was a prince had tried to marry her and was troubling her subjects. She could not listen unless he killed the giant. He went to fight it, and with the raven's aid in pecking the giant's eyes during the fight, he succeeded. Goldilocks refused unless he brought her some water from the Fountain of Health and Beauty, and the owl fetched the water for him. The princess agreed then and made preparations to go and marry the king, although she at times wished they could stay, and she would marry Charming. Charming refused to be disloyal to his king. Goldilocks married the king but remained fond of Charming, and Charming's enemies told the king that she praised him so highly, he should be jealous. The king had Charming thrown in a tower. When Goldilocks begged for his freedom, the king refused, but decided to rub his face with the water from the Fountain of Health and Beauty to please her. A maid had broken that bottle, though, and replaced it with another, not knowing the other bottle was actually a potent poison used for executing nobles by rubbing their faces with it. Frisk came to the queen and asked her not to forget Charming, and the queen immediately released him and married him.
@@yvesforbesfloresiii461 Wow! Really good summary. Reminds me of the old Grimm tales where the hero meets people and/or collects items that just happen to be exactly what is ultimately called for. Like; The (aforementioned)12 Dancing Princesses, The Princess Who Wouldn't Laugh, or The Brave Little Tailor. I was always partial to the Three Sillies, and The Theives of Bremman My Grandpa used to tell them with such voices, and sounds they came to life. I love collecting (new to me) old folk tales. Lately I've been trying to wrap my head around the old Irish Tales of Fionn. What I like here is that Charming was, clever and kind, and loved by his smart dog. And. I hope - you didn't specify - he and Pretty Goldilocks went on to wisely rule both kingdoms! Thank you so much. You brought back happy memories.
Athena resembles strategic aspects of war thats why she wins with her head. She has superior strategie and thus wins. Ares is more the bloody aspect of war. You could say athena resembles athenes style of fighting, while ares resembles spartas style of fighting
Slavic is greek pagan last is india 5 Elements GOD of al gods, new christ or jews false fake folk or Muslim you are all new and is writen from orthodox holly book and orthodox is writen from book of enoch
I know Xena: Warrior Princess and Kevin Sorbo's Hercules sure made fun of him. I remember one of his funniest lines in H:TLJ was when he's disagreeing with Herc and Dite (Aphrodite) and all worked up he blurts out "Dad always liked you two best!" He then realises how whiney he sounds, at the awkward silence, and leaves pretty quick. The Late Kevin Smith (No, no the other Kevin Smith) was a great comedic foil! RIP
I’ve heard Ares compared to the those bullies in school who act tough but are actually just really wimpy. I thought that was really cool because of all the myths that show Ares crying home to Olympus whenever he actually gets hurt.
@@hannahparry5836 The stories and myths are different everywhere in Greece. Obviously Athens hated ares but loved athena so they wanted to crayon him but in Sparta, ares was worshipped as an important and powerful god. Obviously Greek mythology isnt real but since stories are different everywhere you cant really how a god is actually worshipped
Mars (Aries) in Roman mythology was actually praised more. He had both brain and brawns. He was far better than Athena and how the Greeks depicted him. Highly respected and worshipped by the Roman's for his tactical intellect, wisdom, bravery, prowess and so forth. Minerva was the Roman Athena equivalent in mythology. You might have to redo that portion John. But great video as always!
Yes, Aries served a much larger role than supporters of other Gods did not want known. It must be remembered that Gods have egos much like children when addressing each other. No God likes being outshined. Aries actually understood the necessity of war as related to human kind much like bloodletting to cleanse, but the reason for war must be worthy of his involvement. This is why the other Gods had to respect his existence as the God and Judge of war. His presence brought order and honor to the house otherwise the acts of Gods would be nothing much more than a soap opera. As far as sibling issues, as most with siblings understand sometimes the strongest sibling allows the other to shine brighter because of the family love the stronger sibling has or in some cases the necessity to maintain stability/balance. These are the aspects much overlooked. Aries served his kind well and was subject to the weaknesses present with powers of extreme emotion or situations. His wisdom maintained the higher role of Gods, to attack him was to attack the honor of the Gods but it was discovered he would only fight in later existence when the purpose was honorable, otherwise he would not raise his brow. The symbology of picking your fights that many men no longer understand.
@@climatepurification well said, well said indeed and very well spoken! With very very good insight, and so much more sir. Astounding comment by far. Thanks brother.
@johnchoi4473 you didn't watch the video or read the comment thoroughly much, did you friend? He narrated both pantheons of Roman and Greek about Ares. They are the same deity Mars is Ares regardless. Everyone knows this. If you take a history/religion/mythology course in college. It will cover and tell you that as well. Just how the Japanese and Chinese share a lot of the same deities, beliefs, etc. Though some may be slightly altered, there's no major significant difference. In their roles that they play.
I like how the Greeks valued reason and wisdom more than pure violence, it shows that they were sophisticated and not a bunch of unruly heathens. (Wow, That sounded very stuck up I’m sorry)
@Rockin' Roll they were the Roman's were better tbh but the Greeks were probably the most artistic innovative people till the industrial revolution came along
@Maria Nella yeah since I made the comment I looked into the Roman's a bit more and you're right their culture was heavily influenced by Greeks in almost every aspect, the only thing the really revolutionized was probably warfare considering they probably had the best military of the ancient world
He’s going through so much in his life and his world is changing all around him yet he still is doing his best to keep up with this. Thank you Jon. I’ll forever be a solo fan ❤️
My favourite portrayal of Ares will always be the one from Hercules and Xena live action series. R.I.P. Kevin Todd Smith, God Of War of my childhood. You will always live in our hearts.
LOL. All I thought through this video is that every contemporary portrayal of Athena has her in some sort of metal bra and that seems very...unpleasant.
"Bikini mail? What the hell is bikini mail?" (Only the finest armour a female fighter can wear) "That looks like it chaffs. She fights with a Broad Sword?!!" Joanna, the player of Daphne (Gamers: Dorkness Rising. ZOE/DG productions)
Personally, my first introduction to Ares (or, well, any of the Greek Gods) came from Hercules the Legendary Journeys and Xena Warrior Princess. I loved the way that he was portrayed in those.
I think the main thing that I remember as a direct quote from my history teacher is Greeks were thinkers and Romans were do-ers, the Romans were very focused on conquest and expansion where as the Greeks were philosophers and scholars and were more interested in trade
I first met Ares in Keven Sorbo’s Hercules and Lucy Lawless’ Xena. He was played by Kevin Smith. And he will forever be the picture of Ares in my head.
Perhaps the moral of the stories is that the blind fury of Ares is actually quite stupid and leads to scrapes which it's probably not a great thing to do. By contrast, the wisdom, leadership and 'virtue' of Athena is much to be prized.
So a few days ago, I convinced a couple of my friends to watch your "Messed Up Origin Stories" series. And, they *LOVED* it !! They loved it so much that they made a group chat just to debate with one another about which messed origin story is the best. 😂
What's fascinating to me is that Athens and Sparta always had a rivalry with eachother.. I never knew that Athena and Aries were brother and sister and both a symbol of war. I never thought Athena
There’s this new series of books that features Ares called, “Tala Phoenix “,It’s about a girl with the same name as the title find out she’s a dragon shifter and also features some of the Olympians including Ares in the story goes by the name of Axel and is Tala’s love interest. So far the series only has two entries and the authors name is Gabby Fawkes
Cheers and thanks again Jon Solo for another great episode. You are the best English teacher and story teller ever man. I think if you as like a message for the masses. You've done everything so well man. I'm looking forward to the next episode ☺
In Hercules: the Legendary Journeys, Aries was portrayed as more of a schemer than an outright warrior, if my memory serves me correctly. He was still a well crafted character, tho.
@@T.a.r.d The Homeric epics, which are at once the oldest and most influential ancient Greek texts and the ones in which Ares is at his most pathetic, were not written by Athenians. Besides, claiming that the Athenians or any other ancient Greeks hated one god or another is absurd. They naturally worshiped some more than others, but they had no reason to hate any of them.
I know every deities genealogy is disputed with lots of multiple versions out there. I loved hearing about the alternate versions. I'm just wondering Next time you go for a weird variant, like having Ares be the father of Nike, could you warn us that this isn't the usual version. Better yet could you pull together enough material to do a messed up origins episode about Nike? Maybe a messed up origins episode about Styx would make more sense. You could briefly introduce the other rivers of the underworld and the origins of the river deities then do a deep dive into her family, including Nike, as well as the Romanized version of Achilles heal.
I love this series! Mythology is such an awesome thing to learn about. :) Ares is one of my favorites - also it was the name of my hamster. Baby-Ares was true to his namesake. :'D Thanks Jon for continuing the series!
Athena could be said to represent the higher aspects of war, wisdom-tactics- strategy. Ares however could be said to represent the baser aspects of war. Slaughter, blood, gore.
In the original cut of Star Wars, Han Solo shot Greedo first in the canteen. It was a great little moment for showing that this character was a rebel playing by no one else's rules, and let you know what to expect of him. When they re-released the first movie after the prequels, they re-edited it so Greedo shot first, launching a blowback among fans with the tagline, "Han shot first." He says it as a play on this, since his name, Jon Solo, sounds similar to Han Solo.
for some reason you saying 'the court jester's cousin' put the image of 'the fool' tarot card in my head (contrary to what the name might imply, it's a freaking awesome card!)
Thank you soooo much for doing a mythology series!! :D I adore the myths, especially the Greek ones. Are you planning on doing myths from other places (ex: Norse, Egyptian, Native American, etc.)?
Claw Debt well because Jesus didn’t write any stories and bible was writen after his death and was written by the same people who killed him and they did that because people stop believing in Roman and sadistic conquering so they start to think new ways to control the people and the Greeks looking at the success of their pagan gods they gave the idea to create a new religion. And then the Roman start collecting fairytale stories and change their title and called it the Bible.
@@illyrianbloodline4841 how look at the historian here. That's a load of nonsense. Don't confuse Catholics with Christians and don't claim facts about a point of history you clearly know nothing about
Banele Makhanya what’s the difference you all believe in one god and you all read one bible. Spare me the nonsense please. There is 500 religions in the world, people will believe anything that gives them hope. And it’s nothing wrong with it. Its proven that believe in god or gods motivate humans to overcome themselves and to become better. But my problem with relegion is the churches and this priests who only care about money and power, yeah some of them have good intentions but the rest and starting with the pope who never cared about the people but only for his throne which after the roman empire fell he tried so desperativly to protect. After all was not the Christians in the Middle Ages who drowned people who refused to convert to Christianity and Muslim Turks burned alive theirs to convert them to Islam. So get you facts straight my friend. It’s not always as they say. I know every country and every nation has their own version of history and half of that is propaganda bullshit. Wake up my friend don’t think civilization started 2020 years ago. Humans history is way longer then that
@@illyrianbloodline4841 u have a very false idea of islam, shows how easy it is to make believe anything that serves the idea in ur head that all religions are false and nonsense
Great Videos! I can't wait until you get to expand and explore more things! You have awesome content, very informative, entertaining, and you explain so it's easily understood. Keep up the great work & just keep swimming!
Wait so, Ares is the "father" of the Amazons? Wow Wonder Woman, you killed Ares in your movie, you kill your "father." That's why Marvel is better, but they made Loki and Thor brothers and Odin's wife changed...
I’m not sure if you ever watched any of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys or Xena: Warrior Princess television shows but they both feature a lot of Greek Mythological characters and creatures and have interesting and fun interpretations. Just a thought of something to maybe look into.
This puts the first God of War game in a new light for me. I find knowing this was a trend for Ares makes the game feel deeper than it might actually be.
I think I remember a myth about Ares where he heard that his daughter was raped by Poseidon's son and so he killed him. Poseidon then had Ares tried to the Olympians but he got acquitted
It seems like he does care for his children judging by how he would rage when something happens to them so he has my respect.
He tried to kill heracles many times you know why
He's a somewhat decent father to those of his kids that he likes
Ever see Tywin Lannister? Sometimes it's not so much caring about your children as much as caring about how it makes you look when you're a person to be feared and someone dares to attack a child of yours.
He’s literally the only Olympic god who wasn’t a r*pist either literally every other one was
@@babaroga1192 When did Demeter, Hestia, Athena and Artemis being r*pist?
3:21 Some of his most notable children were Nike the goddess of overpriced running shoes and cheap sports wear
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Got em😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
William Wood my first thought lol
Damm...
SHOTS FIRED
"Ares wasn't a big fan of Heracles"
Well he killed almost all his kids
Almost all? Ares had over 72 kids.
@@pathetic2399 well all the ones mentioned
Dude look like he got hold of a good 10% of them or better
Hercules was ordered by zeus to kill ares babies, Zeus hated ares because of the violence and bloodthirsty he had, and also Zeus hated him because of the prophecy that one day his son would overthrown him just like what zeus did to his father..
@@lucio7331 The child that was supposed to overthrow Zeus, was never born. Once he heard the prophecy, he turned the child's mother into a drop of water and drank her. She was pregnant with 2 children. One wasn't born, and the other was Athena, delivered by Zeus, from that drop of water.
I find it hilarious that they praised Athena and disliked Ares. They funny part is that Sparta who worshipped Ares and Athens who worshipped Athena fought constantly. However even though Athena always beats Ares in battle, Sparta would kick the ever loving crap out of Athens .
one fun thing is that spartans left only a few writings compared to athens, so it make sense we have a few sources about him compared to athena. Greek chronicles is full of funny jokes on spartans made by butthurt athenians
Since Spartans rarely wrote down anything compared to Athens, I think it’s likely that Athens only wrote about the times Athena beat ares. They are incredibly biased after all.
Could you do videos on Egyptian mythology
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Hell yeah that would be so iconic
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I would literally watch anything he made but Egyptian Mythology would be BOMB!
That would actually be kinda dope 😎
"War, war never changes" - Ares
Of course it does,
There's chemical war, trench war.
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Twitter war!
@@trunks1943 Just shows you that the god of war isn't very educated on types of wars
@@timetravelingpenguin lol he doesn't mean literally 🤦♂️ his meaning that war never changes is meant by it will always be chaotic and filled with murder
Its a fallout meme
Those Greek Gods had some SICK looking Wheelchairs :D
LMAO!
3:17
Ares: I have 73 and more kids
Genghis Khan: pathetic
Can you do a mythology explained on the zodiac signs
Taisen's Cool Stuff NEEEEED!
Michael Nee I’m here for it!
Please
To be fair some of that was covered at least slightly in his Hercules video since a lot of the zodiac was typed in with his labors, for example cancer, leo and Gemini are all involved with hercules
YESSS!!!!! I'd be so down for that! (I'm a Gemini btw. I think the myth is that one twin was a god and the other was mortal and that's all I know)
Ares: DAD SAID IT’S MY TURN TO PLAY ON THE XBOX!
Ha ha ha ha 😂
Can you please do the following for next Messed Up Origins episodes:
Romeo and Juliet
La Llorona
King Arthur
The Wizard of Oz
The Sword in the Stone
The Black Cauldron
Bluebeard
The Twelve Dancing Princesses (The Brothers Grimm)
The Swan Princess
Thumbelina
The Nutcracker
Lady and the Tramp
Cinderella - Part 2 (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained)
Snow White (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained)
Sleeping Beauty (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained)
Beauty and the Beast (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained)
Rapunzel (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained)
The Frog Prince (REVISITED) (for Fables Explained)
Hera
Artemis
Athena
Helen of Troy
Cupid and Psyche
One Thousand and One Nights (1001 Arabian Nights)
The Six Swans (The Brothers Grimm)
Allerleirauh (The Brothers Grimm)
Diamonds and Toads (Charles Perrault)
The Girl Without Hands (The Brothers Grimm)
The Robber Bridegroom (The Brothers Grimm)
The Blue Bird (Madame d'Aulnoy)
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks (Madame d'Aulnoy)
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe)
The True Bride (The Brothers Grimm)
Omg these r good idea
Good suggestions.
I can't say I've even heard of these (La llarona, Allerleirauh, Diamonds and Toads, and The Robber Bridegroom)
So I'd like to know more.
Is Pretty Goldilocks separate from just Goldilocks and the 3 Bears?
And I cannot find a comprehensive story of "Snow White & Rose Red." They typically are completely separate tales, and characters. With no mention of one another in their respective stories, and there are a ton of R.R. stories out there that don't match, or even have passing similarities among them. I suspect they are relatively newer stories posing as legends, and folk tales.
Does anybody know?
@@CieJe.Alexander The Story of Pretty Goldilocks is a more different story and it's not connected to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but anyways, here is the summary of the story:
A princess was so beautiful and had such golden hair that she was known as Pretty Goldilocks. A neighboring king fell in love with her from her description, but much to the king's disappointment, she rejected his ambassador, saying she had no wish to be married. A young courtier and royal favorite, called Charming, told his friends that if he had gone, she would have accepted, and the king threw him in prison. He lamented his fate, and the king, hearing, told him what he had said was the cause of it. Charming said that he would have drawn such a picture of the king as to make him irresistible to her, and the king decided to send him. On the way, he helped a carp that was out of water, a raven being chased by an eagle, and an owl caught in a net; each one promised to help him.
When he attempted to bring his master's suit before the princess, she told him that she had lost a ring in the river and was so vexed that she would not listen to any suit unless the ambassador brought back her ring. His dog, Frisk, advised him to try, and the carp brought him the ring. When he brought it to Goldilocks, she told him that a giant who was a prince had tried to marry her and was troubling her subjects. She could not listen unless he killed the giant. He went to fight it, and with the raven's aid in pecking the giant's eyes during the fight, he succeeded. Goldilocks refused unless he brought her some water from the Fountain of Health and Beauty, and the owl fetched the water for him.
The princess agreed then and made preparations to go and marry the king, although she at times wished they could stay, and she would marry Charming. Charming refused to be disloyal to his king.
Goldilocks married the king but remained fond of Charming, and Charming's enemies told the king that she praised him so highly, he should be jealous. The king had Charming thrown in a tower. When Goldilocks begged for his freedom, the king refused, but decided to rub his face with the water from the Fountain of Health and Beauty to please her. A maid had broken that bottle, though, and replaced it with another, not knowing the other bottle was actually a potent poison used for executing nobles by rubbing their faces with it.
Frisk came to the queen and asked her not to forget Charming, and the queen immediately released him and married him.
@@yvesforbesfloresiii461 Wow! Really good summary. Reminds me of the old Grimm tales where the hero meets people and/or collects items that just happen to be exactly what is ultimately called for. Like; The (aforementioned)12 Dancing Princesses, The Princess Who Wouldn't Laugh, or The Brave Little Tailor. I was always partial to the Three Sillies, and The Theives of Bremman My Grandpa used to tell them with such voices, and sounds they came to life. I love collecting (new to me) old folk tales.
Lately I've been trying to wrap my head around the old Irish Tales of Fionn.
What I like here is that Charming was, clever and kind, and loved by his smart dog. And. I hope - you didn't specify - he and Pretty Goldilocks went on to wisely rule both kingdoms!
Thank you so much. You brought back happy memories.
@Yves, TY for the story bc I had never heard it.
This is exactly what I needed today. It’s the return of the king.
No. It's the court jester. 's cousin
“Athena is the female version of Ares... but with brain cells” 😂😂
Well, smashing a boulder over an enemy doesnt require much thought xd
Big oof
No one likes athena, she always hatin
Athena resembles strategic aspects of war thats why she wins with her head. She has superior strategie and thus wins. Ares is more the bloody aspect of war. You could say athena resembles athenes style of fighting, while ares resembles spartas style of fighting
That’s just rude not but inaccurate
i don't mean to be a D but can you check out slavic or spanish folklore they are pretty dark
MILK ULTRA VIOLENCE YES!!!!!! This a thousand times.
Slavic is greek pagan last is india 5 Elements GOD of al gods, new christ or jews false fake folk or Muslim you are all new and is writen from orthodox holly book and orthodox is writen from book of enoch
Huh?
Yes he should do Spanish folklore,😁
I know Xena: Warrior Princess and Kevin Sorbo's Hercules sure made fun of him. I remember one of his funniest lines in H:TLJ was when he's disagreeing with Herc and Dite (Aphrodite) and all worked up he blurts out "Dad always liked you two best!" He then realises how whiney he sounds, at the awkward silence, and leaves pretty quick.
The Late Kevin Smith (No, no the other Kevin Smith) was a great comedic foil! RIP
For someone who's supposed to be this brutish god of war he sure did lose fights and cry out in pain a lot.
I’ve heard Ares compared to the those bullies in school who act tough but are actually just really wimpy. I thought that was really cool because of all the myths that show Ares crying home to Olympus whenever he actually gets hurt.
Well, in all wars, there must be losers and pain.
Omg I read "brutish" as British and I was really confused for a sec
Well, at least we know who wears the pants in the relationship: Aphrodite
@@hannahparry5836 The stories and myths are different everywhere in Greece. Obviously Athens hated ares but loved athena so they wanted to crayon him but in Sparta, ares was worshipped as an important and powerful god. Obviously Greek mythology isnt real but since stories are different everywhere you cant really how a god is actually worshipped
Mars (Aries) in Roman mythology was actually praised more. He had both brain and brawns. He was far better than Athena and how the Greeks depicted him. Highly respected and worshipped by the Roman's for his tactical intellect, wisdom, bravery, prowess and so forth. Minerva was the Roman Athena equivalent in mythology. You might have to redo that portion John. But great video as always!
Yes, Aries served a much larger role than supporters of other Gods did not want known. It must be remembered that Gods have egos much like children when addressing each other. No God likes being outshined. Aries actually understood the necessity of war as related to human kind much like bloodletting to cleanse, but the reason for war must be worthy of his involvement. This is why the other Gods had to respect his existence as the God and Judge of war. His presence brought order and honor to the house otherwise the acts of Gods would be nothing much more than a soap opera. As far as sibling issues, as most with siblings understand sometimes the strongest sibling allows the other to shine brighter because of the family love the stronger sibling has or in some cases the necessity to maintain stability/balance. These are the aspects much overlooked. Aries served his kind well and was subject to the weaknesses present with powers of extreme emotion or situations. His wisdom maintained the higher role of Gods, to attack him was to attack the honor of the Gods but it was discovered he would only fight in later existence when the purpose was honorable, otherwise he would not raise his brow. The symbology of picking your fights that many men no longer understand.
@@climatepurification well said, well said indeed and very well spoken! With very very good insight, and so much more sir. Astounding comment by far. Thanks brother.
Guys Aries is the ram constelation, you sre talking about Ares, no i in it.
You are describing Mars...this video is about ARES. The romans changed up the pagans once they conquered greece.
@johnchoi4473 you didn't watch the video or read the comment thoroughly much, did you friend? He narrated both pantheons of Roman and Greek about Ares. They are the same deity Mars is Ares regardless. Everyone knows this. If you take a history/religion/mythology course in college. It will cover and tell you that as well. Just how the Japanese and Chinese share a lot of the same deities, beliefs, etc. Though some may be slightly altered, there's no major significant difference. In their roles that they play.
When you just discovered Jon Solo and have watched every single one of his videos in the span of 2 days... 😶
Me rn
Same
Me In 2023
Hey jon how you doing man hope and wish you have a blessed day
I like how the Greeks valued reason and wisdom more than pure violence, it shows that they were sophisticated and not a bunch of unruly heathens. (Wow, That sounded very stuck up I’m sorry)
@Rockin' Roll they were the Roman's were better tbh but the Greeks were probably the most artistic innovative people till the industrial revolution came along
@Maria Nella yeah since I made the comment I looked into the Roman's a bit more and you're right their culture was heavily influenced by Greeks in almost every aspect, the only thing the really revolutionized was probably warfare considering they probably had the best military of the ancient world
@@DsgSleazy It's because the Romans took the military aspects of the Spartans and combined it with the Military methods of the Athenians.
They were a bunch of scumbags
Romans superior
He’s going through so much in his life and his world is changing all around him yet he still is doing his best to keep up with this. Thank you Jon. I’ll forever be a solo fan ❤️
What happened?
Ares! Destroy my enemies and my life is yours!
On that day kratos made the biggest mistake of his life
You should do one on “Tricksters” it seems like every pantheon has a trickster. Fun fact the Greeks hated Ares but, The Romans loved Mars.
My favourite portrayal of Ares will always be the one from Hercules and Xena live action series. R.I.P. Kevin Todd Smith, God Of War of my childhood. You will always live in our hearts.
LOL. All I thought through this video is that every contemporary portrayal of Athena has her in some sort of metal bra and that seems very...unpleasant.
Maybe the surface inside is made of comfortable material
Or it's just unpleasant
"Bikini mail? What the hell is bikini mail?" (Only the finest armour a female fighter can wear) "That looks like it chaffs. She fights with a Broad Sword?!!"
Joanna, the player of Daphne (Gamers: Dorkness Rising. ZOE/DG productions)
Ares is such a interesting character in mythology. You kinda feel bad for him
Same. He really didnt do anything bad except just what he represented. And then Athéné did much worse thing
I'm ready for the Swan Princess episode!! Pretty please?? It's been months! Huge fan of your channel! Hope you can get to it soon!
Personally, my first introduction to Ares (or, well, any of the Greek Gods) came from Hercules the Legendary Journeys and Xena Warrior Princess. I loved the way that he was portrayed in those.
Same here. R.I.P. Kevin Tod Smith.
@@matthewvulpe3302 May he rest in peace.
Best Ares of all time even by scholarly standards. Ruthless, (devilishly) handsome, yet petty and comically inept. RIP to the great Kevin Smith
@@Th0ughtf0rce RIP.
Ares is 100% my favorite Greek god
Ares sucks he is a hothead I prefer hades
Athena was better at war boom
But he's dope
I didn't say I don't respect him I don't like him but j do respect him
@@mastergamer-rs1gl You said he "Sucks"....But then you say you respect him? That doesn't work sis--
Ares is, in the words of Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions, 'the god of dumb war'.
And thank you for mentioning Percy Jackson!
Jon, I love your mythology explained videos-keep 'em coming!
I think the main thing that I remember as a direct quote from my history teacher is Greeks were thinkers and Romans were do-ers, the Romans were very focused on conquest and expansion where as the Greeks were philosophers and scholars and were more interested in trade
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys' Ares was awesome lol
Have you thought about the messed up The Messed Up Origins Oxford English Dictionary
What about Ares appearance in Wonder Woman. He was the overall villain in that one.
Ares has always had to endure so much suffering from the Gods, like Heracles having to kill Ares’s children to redeem himself is just messed up.
A new mythology explained on my birthday? Thanks Jon!
Nika Moon happy birthday
Happy birthday
I'm late😬 Happy Birthday💜
Jon Solo: *mentions the PJO series*
Me: *vibrates at the speed of fangirl* oh hey cool. I like that series.
YES
Ikr
I’m not a part of that fan base it’s in my opinion, terrible
I first met Ares in Keven Sorbo’s Hercules and Lucy Lawless’ Xena. He was played by Kevin Smith. And he will forever be the picture of Ares in my head.
colddrakequeen yes.
No... Just... No
Perhaps the moral of the stories is that the blind fury of Ares is actually quite stupid and leads to scrapes which it's probably not a great thing to do.
By contrast, the wisdom, leadership and 'virtue' of Athena is much to be prized.
athena was far more haughty though and hjas made many mistakes though
So a few days ago, I convinced a couple of my friends to watch your "Messed Up Origin Stories" series. And, they *LOVED* it !! They loved it so much that they made a group chat just to debate with one another about which messed origin story is the best. 😂
What about those of us that are old enough to have learned about Ares from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess?
I loved this ares is one of my favorite Greek god
That's the reason why Ares wanted to destroy Olympus with Kratos because they were clowning him.
In my opinion Ares is underrated as a god he never got a chance to prove his worth thnx to other gods. I love Athena but sometimes she overlights Ares
Nobody's gonna talk about Bellona? She's the She-Mars
What's fascinating to me is that Athens and Sparta always had a rivalry with eachother.. I never knew that Athena and Aries were brother and sister and both a symbol of war. I never thought Athena
There’s this new series of books that features Ares called, “Tala Phoenix “,It’s about a girl with the same name as the title find out she’s a dragon shifter and also features some of the Olympians including Ares in the story goes by the name of Axel and is Tala’s love interest. So far the series only has two entries and the authors name is Gabby Fawkes
Finally someone that uses the right name for Heracles!!
Damn! You'd think they would cut Ares some slack.
_"Ares, destroy my enemies and my life is yours..."_
*~ Kratos (God Of War)*
Boy
*ATHENAAA!!*
@Daemone Nympheus Mate, chill. Did the videogame character hurt you?
Finally!!!! I’ve been waiting for ARES!!!!
Ares, God of lost Wars.
Whoa, 600K subs! Congrats Jon!
1: 50 Yass Jon, shout-out the OG King of mythology retellings! Rick Riordan for lifeeeee!!!!
There’s also another version of the story of Aries getting stuck in a bronze jar because of some Giants where both Artemis and Hermes come !
Don’t forget Zena warrior princess lol Aries was on there to
Jon Solo: Some of his most notable children are Nike goddess of....
Me: SNEAKERS!!!!
Jon Solo: ....Victory....
Me: *Sad face*
I’d love if you do Artemis next~! 💜
Cheers and thanks again Jon Solo for another great episode. You are the best English teacher and story teller ever man. I think if you as like a message for the masses. You've done everything so well man. I'm looking forward to the next episode ☺
My main exposure to Aries was the tv show, Hercules. You know, with Keven Sorvo. So he never was scary to me.
In Hercules: the Legendary Journeys, Aries was portrayed as more of a schemer than an outright warrior, if my memory serves me correctly. He was still a well crafted character, tho.
Damn, Ares really did get the short end of the stick pretty much!
yep most Greek myths where written by Athenians, and if you know Athenians really hated Ares
@@T.a.r.d The Homeric epics, which are at once the oldest and most influential ancient Greek texts and the ones in which Ares is at his most pathetic, were not written by Athenians. Besides, claiming that the Athenians or any other ancient Greeks hated one god or another is absurd. They naturally worshiped some more than others, but they had no reason to hate any of them.
Do a mythology explained on Artemis
You missed Hercules and Xena... that (besides being touched on in school vaguely in primary school) was my first introduction to him.
I couldn’t possibly mention every single piece of pop culture he’s featured in. How is 5 examples not enough for you people?! 😩
I'd love an episode on Artemis too! We're expecting our first baby and naming them Artemis 💛
Them? So twins?
@@honda-akari no, at the time I wrote this comment, I didn't know the gender of the baby
Yesssss I have been binge watching all the messed up origin videos and was getting stressed I'd almost finished them all. I live for this series!!
I know every deities genealogy is disputed with lots of multiple versions out there. I loved hearing about the alternate versions. I'm just wondering
Next time you go for a weird variant, like having Ares be the father of Nike, could you warn us that this isn't the usual version. Better yet could you pull together enough material to do a messed up origins episode about Nike? Maybe a messed up origins episode about Styx would make more sense. You could briefly introduce the other rivers of the underworld and the origins of the river deities then do a deep dive into her family, including Nike, as well as the Romanized version of Achilles heal.
Love the Mythology explained! Keep 'em coming! 💖
You should do a messed up origins on Dracula
I know of Ares from Lore Olympics. XD
Could you do a mythology explained on Athena godess of way
I love this series! Mythology is such an awesome thing to learn about. :) Ares is one of my favorites - also it was the name of my hamster. Baby-Ares was true to his namesake. :'D Thanks Jon for continuing the series!
I love Percy Jackson. You think you'll ever talk about those books or maybe even the Kane Chronicles?
I totally enjoy your videos, love that you take the time to look up specifics and take time to explain how it all fits together. Thank you
I love your vids I am so happy every time u upload
Athena could be said to represent the higher aspects of war, wisdom-tactics- strategy. Ares however could be said to represent the baser aspects of war. Slaughter, blood, gore.
I've never been this early. The notification popped out and I clicked so fast.
Can you do a Mythology Explained on the Minotaur in the Labyrinth?
Am I the only one who wonders where or the meaning behind, the "Jon shot first" line?
Marissa B. It is a starwars reference
In the original cut of Star Wars, Han Solo shot Greedo first in the canteen. It was a great little moment for showing that this character was a rebel playing by no one else's rules, and let you know what to expect of him. When they re-released the first movie after the prequels, they re-edited it so Greedo shot first, launching a blowback among fans with the tagline, "Han shot first."
He says it as a play on this, since his name, Jon Solo, sounds similar to Han Solo.
Ares already had a perfect lover, the Goddess Enyo!
Athena is just ares with braincells,
I'm Greek, I love your videos like hearing these stories
How about Egyptian mythology jon c'mon
U forgot to mentioned the Ares in Hercules the legendary journey
for some reason you saying 'the court jester's cousin' put the image of 'the fool' tarot card in my head (contrary to what the name might imply, it's a freaking awesome card!)
Thank you soooo much for doing a mythology series!! :D I adore the myths, especially the Greek ones. Are you planning on doing myths from other places (ex: Norse, Egyptian, Native American, etc.)?
Hey Jon, glad you're back. Yeah Aries kinda sucks lol, but greek myths are awesome and my favorite myths to study :)
Ares*
The music he puts when he talks about sponsors 😂👌 also great vid!! Looking forward to the next mythology explained!!
Can you please do an episode on Nyx she is my favorite goddess.
Glad to have you back! Good luck on your apartment hunt.
Can you look into the backgrounds of bible stores? I feel like know one ever does research/dives deep into their origins(:
Claw Debt well because Jesus didn’t write any stories and bible was writen after his death and was written by the same people who killed him and they did that because people stop believing in Roman and sadistic conquering so they start to think new ways to control the people and the Greeks looking at the success of their pagan gods they gave the idea to create a new religion. And then the Roman start collecting fairytale stories and change their title and called it the Bible.
@@illyrianbloodline4841 how look at the historian here. That's a load of nonsense. Don't confuse Catholics with Christians and don't claim facts about a point of history you clearly know nothing about
Banele Makhanya what’s the difference you all believe in one god and you all read one bible. Spare me the nonsense please. There is 500 religions in the world, people will believe anything that gives them hope. And it’s nothing wrong with it. Its proven that believe in god or gods motivate humans to overcome themselves and to become better. But my problem with relegion is the churches and this priests who only care about money and power, yeah some of them have good intentions but the rest and starting with the pope who never cared about the people but only for his throne which after the roman empire fell he tried so desperativly to protect. After all was not the Christians in the Middle Ages who drowned people who refused to convert to Christianity and Muslim Turks burned alive theirs to convert them to Islam. So get you facts straight my friend. It’s not always as they say. I know every country and every nation has their own version of history and half of that is propaganda bullshit. Wake up my friend don’t think civilization started 2020 years ago. Humans history is way longer then that
@@illyrianbloodline4841 u have a very false idea of islam, shows how easy it is to make believe anything that serves the idea in ur head that all religions are false and nonsense
Great Videos! I can't wait until you get to expand and explore more things! You have awesome content, very informative, entertaining, and you explain so it's easily understood. Keep up the great work & just keep swimming!
Nice video, I assume this is not about the god of war series lol.
I feel so bad i haven't watched your videos for a while now.. Im sorry! Great video though!
i think its a binge session tonight to get up to date. Lol
Do King David, Do Moses, and their Messed up Origins.
Ew
Congrats on 600K subscribers!!!
Wait so, Ares is the "father" of the Amazons?
Wow Wonder Woman, you killed Ares in your movie, you kill your "father."
That's why Marvel is better, but they made Loki and Thor brothers and Odin's wife changed...
I’m not sure if you ever watched any of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys or Xena: Warrior Princess television shows but they both feature a lot of Greek Mythological characters and creatures and have interesting and fun interpretations. Just a thought of something to maybe look into.
More like the return of the court jester... 's cousin
This puts the first God of War game in a new light for me. I find knowing this was a trend for Ares makes the game feel deeper than it might actually be.