I was in a museum in Greece this summer and in the exhibit about everyday life I asked the attendant that worked there if the Greeks had slaves, she made a horrified gasp and looked at me like I was crazy and said that was impossible. I then Googled it and found there were thousands of slaves in Athens and showed her that. She denied it and said that couldn't be true and I asked her and she was oblivious to the fact that everywhere in the world almost had slaves that why would Greece be different? Even if you're very proud of your ancestors it's still okay to acknowledge they made terrible mistakes.
@@nikosenergy5585 wow. slavery was common all over the world. it was later in western history that introduced slavery based on prejudice. how could someone working at a museum not know this?
@@RealAmericanSicko Thats not quite true. Like, at all. The greeks could be extremely prejudice. To one another, and, even the term barbarian is a prejudice to non greeks. Whats new about the world is how much we think its abnormal for groups of people to value their differences.
Well,all Greeks know there were slaves in the ancient world. This is something that children are taught in history at primary schools here in Greece. I can't imagine why she said what she said.
If you visit the subway in Athens you will see the Ancient Athenians had ceramic pipes for clean drinking water and sewers with traps to clean them from blockages . They also had public baths and all Theater spectators were given dry fruit like figs and nuts by the play's sponsor to watch the show!Weaving and beautifully decorated ceramic vase making in Athens was widely practiced
yeah thats somethign that was missing here i thought. They had as far as ive read , Sewers underneath the streets that did wash away waste and the sanitation i always believed was more advanced than this.
We used the metro almost exclusively as a mode of transport through Athens Ατηινα but didn't see anything like that. Could you specify which station, please. Btw, we nearly got robbed by a couple of old pickpocketeers in a jammed compartiment. They kept shoving their hands into my husband's pockets. However, being an Italian, he was one up on them so they got zilch.
And the narrator talks about how "you" would be at the market and "your wife" would be at home. Women in Sparta may have had many rights,but this man is still in the dark ages. He assumes viewers are all male.
@@ResliCostabell How do you know what he assumes? I am female and wasn't offended. Let's be honest many females ain't watching videos like this...too busy watching Makeup tutorials on TH-cam. And if you look at his analytics, it is probably mostly males watching. I can scroll in the comment section, and the usernames seem mostly male. Many content creators knows who their viewers are. Not everything got to be a whiny ass "dark ages" femininst rant.
Your videos are so compelling- especially the scenic overviews. One is drawn into the cityscape, sunlight limns the outlines of a building. In one the kinetic energy builds as the wind sweeps across a field, blowing dust behind a group of farmers. I can almost smell the dirt as I scan the video, watching intently for movement I might have missed. In the Greek videos there appears to include an homage to the artists Alma-Tadema? (I love the strewn roses around people's feet in a couple scenes.) Add to that pretty good historical accuracy, (never something we can take for granted.) Great videos. 👍
What is in this documentary described, it's not the life of ancient Greeks but the life of rich people in ancient Greece (1% - 10% of the population.) People back then had really to work, that's why, although Perikles established the Democracy in Athens, people who were drawn ( yeap they were not elected, they were drawn) to take part at the Ecclesia of Demos didn't really participate in this citizens assembly, because they were poor and had to work. So Pericles came up with a solution, he said let's pay the participants (Members of Parliament back then) their daywork so that they don't have to go to work but they could take active part in the Ecclesia of Demos.
Actually he talks in the video about a lot a types of works in Athens, like fishing, pottery, he also talks about merchants, sailors, farmers, etc, the only part where he talks about the rich people is when he says "lazy greeks", i know that you can be offended by that, but he obviously was just making a reference to this lifestyle from richer people, but he tells a lot about the workers and the slaves or "domestic helpers"(obviously this term is wrong but you need to understand the youtube algorithm censure). I understand that you greeks can be a little unsatisfied with this video, but you need to understand that it is made not for historians or you greeks, who know's your own history better than anyone, but to someone who likes history and want's to know more about the ancient Greece. So he kind of give just a general view of how life was in one of the most popular city states at the time. So of course it don't have enough details, or some little inconsistencies but it does teach a lot and they are correct in the far majority of the facts, maybe not all of them, but you know that they are being more precise them american series and movies and we need to give them some credit for that.
Hi from GREECE An example that is wrong in this video is the AGORA IS NOT THE MARKET , ANCIENT GREEK AGORA WAS THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAD CONVERSATION, AGOREVO MEANS I TALK TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE. ALL SCIENCES HAVE GREEK NAMES BECAUSE THEY ALL STARTED IN GREECE. THE THEATER THAT IS AN ELEMENT OF CULTURE IS GREEK etc. We must say specifically what culture means and only then will we find the roots.
@@Janemas "The ancients don't recognize the word Greece." Because that is ENGLISH In Greek it is something else unpronounceable which I can't spell. They also do not recognize oil or Lubricant or "K-Y jelly"
Love the voiceover dude..., it's refreshing to watch a documentary w a narrator that "makes light" of certain situations and can sound sarcastic when speaking on certain topics. Please keep it up, it's one of the MAIN things that I enjoy about these little docs aside from the fact that they are animated. Very unique channel and I subscribed right away!!! Look forward to more.
An completely inaccurate by a landslide. No. I`m not a hater. I know things he completely missed but he put in a lot of work on graphics so i am not gonna rag on him too hard.
Your rapid growth is absolutely jaw dropping. I thought I was growing fast by reaching 5k subs with only 5 videos, but you’re absolutely blowing me out of the water. I can see why though. Your videos are beyond incredible and impressive! Good luck with your channel and I look forward to watching your rise on TH-cam! ⭐️
Wow this really sounds like the worst way at trying to get subscribers. Hidden in a compliment 😂 you shouldn't come onto others comments disguising your pathetic grab for attention as a compliment on someone else's fan base.
I`ve already seen your video about first pharaon. Difference between your videos and his is just angle of view. He has showed what was real life in old Greek (Hellas). About culture, arts and science of old Greeks has learned everybody in school. He has showed reality. Greeks were in average the same as other people. I think You didn`t see the main point of video. All greeks achievement were result of free time to find new angles of view, because of use "home helper". Most important for human race aren`t stone monuments big or but small invents, that has improved our society. Everybody admire old Romans and their civilisation. But their civilisation was created on a cheating, stealing and blood. For me were more civilisated Gauls and Etrusci (also Veneti, by the way). Both have invented a lot of different solutions, Romans have just stolen them. Do you prefer sword and steal, or invention?
@@georgem3270 It isn`t dilema at all. Now you could feell what war expres in everbody day life. Price of everything are increased this day. For me isn`t any dilemmas. Sword cannoz invets anything good for mankind.
This is a riveting illustration that makes history come alive. The colors, the music-creating a stunning and fascinating portrayal of a time most people don’t think about. As I grow older I love finding common values and parallels when encountering other cultures-your video enables me to do this in another historical era as well-bravo!!
Amazing, as always!! And happy to spend the 15 seconds to watch the ads, to help support the channel to continue to produce high-quality, free video. :)
The description of Greece you mentioned is like to mention the life of Steve Jobs or Jef Bezos. The other were producing civilisation, culture, mathematics, physics you still learn today, astronomy, Philosophy, architecture, discoveries, Boats, weaponry, and many others never produced by Slaves. Also slaves were not something like the African Americans of today era or of the last 200-300 years, but mostly prisoners of war who knew that if defeated in a war, they could be slaves for ever.
I am OBSESSED with you videos!!! I have always loved history and you really bring it alive! I recommend your videos to my ancient civilizations teacher and she thinks they are amazing!!
Love, love the animation and the music! There are hardly any films about Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic period, 3rd century, 2nd century BCE, or any other time. This animation gives us a great feel for what it would have been like to actually be there! Thanks for this! There should be more of this kind of documentary out there!
I absolutely LOVE that you use animation for your videos. I enjoy watching documentaries very much, this is a nice change of pace and I have watched every one you have available. I'd like to see an animated one on the lives of particular pharaohs ( any of the interesting ones will do lol) and either do them separately or all in one, I'd prefer the latter. I enjoy pretty much anything to do w ancient Egypt, however I think if you created one of these wonderful documentaries of the Valley of the Kings, it's layout and how a tomb was constructed ( all the detail and meticulous work that went into building one for a pharaoh) that it would quite possibly be your best documentary created yet!! Please consider this idea, I know I can not be the only one that be fascinated by this. All of the hard work, that goes into these little videos, is greatly appreciated by ppl like me...
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If ancient Greeks were like this how did they create such a memorable civilization? Could Philosophy, math, geometry, arts, advance in a decline society like we saw in this video?
Your thought is correct. Greeks were not like this. There are so many myths out there, that make it very difficult to clarify all mistakes and all slanders. Multiple ancient texts were mistranslated, making things even worse...
Breathtaking animations, New Historia. All those times I’ve wandered around a classical site, trying to see with my minds eye beyond the modern ruins or modern city to the living ancient ones, THIS is what I’ve been trying to see. You’ve ripped aside the curtain of time better than any other attempt I’ve seen on TH-cam or anywhere else. With gratitude and good wishes ..... from a new fan. PS Equal thanks for the comprehensive bibliography. A real bonus. New Historian, you’re a bit of a find, tbh .
I dont think it has anything to do with 'cancel culture'. I think TH-cam is being lazy and has bots that flag anything 'adult'. You can still mention these things, curse, mention slaves, incest, nazis, etc but the video will be demonitized. Its really lazy, the same with TH-cam turning comments off for anything child related, for example even cartoon theme songs from the 80s where the vast majority of viewers are adults. I think yt can't keep up so they are making these sweeping gestures.
I don't know if they meant it to be funny, but I started laughing when he said, "all things considered, walking is probably the best option." Loving this fascinating and beautiful to watch episode.
I really need a road trip movie about a hapless scribe's walk to the Olympic Games accompanied by Socrates, getting lost and nattering about politics all the while.
It it almost impossible to walk from Athens to Olympia, the city at the steps of Mt. Olympus, even if you had a pass for the Games. Normal people caught rides on ships, usually to portage points, then on towards the next destination.
I found it fascinating to learn about the origin of Ancient Greece's city-states, and how the natural boundaries created within the land shaped their development. It's also interesting to hear about the culture of leisure, and how it was made possible by domestic helpers. It's always great to see historical facts being presented in an informative and engaging way, and this video definitely achieved that. Thank you for sharing and educating us on this topic!
Thank you for this video. In Athens of the classical era the "slaves" were called "oiketai": domestic helpers / servers/ household servants! Unlike Sparta where they were called "eilwtes": hard laboring slaves. Xanthippe, Socrates wife, threw a... skillet against him because he gave back all the food a wealthy citizen sent him as a payment for his teaching in the Agora. Socrates afterwards went to that man and begged for the food he had previously refused to get, because he was teaching for free! He could not sell wisdom! Vanya Kouveli PhD in Ancient Greek ethical & political philosophy
TH-cam is ridiculous. Not allowing the use of the word Slave within proper context is outrageous. What doesn't make sense is that I've watched other videos that use the word slave copiously.
Perhaps using a Greek word such as "doulos" might have been best although it is beyond ridiculous to ban the word "slave", a word that is derived form Medieval Latin "sclavus" which referred to the great numbers of "Slavs" who were sold as, euphemistically speaking, "domestic helpers". Perhaps TH-cam is fearful that some (presumably, mostly American) people might be "triggered" by the word "slave" and hence the need to banish the offending word which refers to an offensive human condition. An Orwellian newspeak term for "slave" has dawned. Thanks Silicon Valley!
The East Romans innConstantinople around 800AD got to know the slaves the Vikings used when reaching the city and they called them sklavi or σκλαβοι = slaves= SLAVS!
When I lived in China I had a friend from Tennessee. One night we were eating at an outdoor restaurant with his Chinese friend. In the middle of the meal, his Chinese friend looked at me and said, "Sparta?" probably because it was about a year after the movie "300" came out, and a few people in China mistook me for a Greek before. My friend ripped off his shirt and shouted, "SPARTA!!!" But he was kind of lanky, hairy, and had a beer belly. His Chinese friend goes, "No! You are MONKEY Sparta!" 😂
Very well put together. I really like Greece. I had a Greek American girlfriend for ten years and went to greece in 2003. My girlfriends mother had a house in Athens and Kos Island and went to Delphi and Patmos Island. Had a Spiritual experience in Delphi and Patmos Island. I really wish i could go back to patmos it has a Mystical, spiritual, religious portal. Delphi also has a presence.
I challenge you to see if you can get away with calling them "shaves" in a future video. The sensor bots are pretty thick when it comes to accents and you could totally make it a funny little gag for the channel.
"Domestic helper" is a standard profession for Overseas Filipino Workers, especially the female ones. In some countries, under certain circumstances, they are "domestic helpers" in the same sense as described here. I won't call out any places, but if you go, say, southeast from Greece to any of the patriarchal societies that treat women the same way as described in this video and you get the picture. On the other side, in tribal societies here in the Philippines women were important, especially those who were spiritual leaders (known here in Mindanao as "baylan"), every bit as important as the tribal chief ("datu"). One thing that I did note is that TH-cam doesn't censor classical art in this video, whereas so often breasts and genitals are blurred out. I completely disagree with any of the forms of censorship of certain terms, nudity and so on, while gratuitous violence is not censored.
It IS a day job in most country, except in America where most people are too poor to afford help... That's what a slave is, somebody who can't afford domestic helpers.
@@panda_chan6953 I'm not sure why everyone in this comment section is holding TH-cam responsible for something the video maker could have disambiguated without being nicked by TH-cam. But my comment didn't address any of that, I merely cast shade on the absolute definition of "slave". There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of "help". None of them involve illegality as this is something denoted by the reigning political entity... unless doing so suits their immediate whims.
Surprising that the fact Greece was the first democracy of which our modern day democracy is based wasn’t mentioned. Also, that sex between males was common, generally older males and much younger males.
the ''domestic helpers'' existed in rich peoples' houses. The biggest difference compared to slavery in other countries, was that they could apply to take back their freedom, either by the will of their ''owner'' or when doing something outstanding. We people need to understand that it is incosinstent to compare the world of these times with today's standards.
In the American Slave colonies/states, freeing special slaves (manumission) was legal and not uncommon. Furthermore, it was illegal to free them when they were too old, so no kicking them out once they were uneconomical, to fend or starve on their own. There are reasons that the only case in history that slavery grew its numbers by breeding, not capturing new ones, was in the American South.
@@johncaccioppo1142 well we will be here but if the youtube overlords will erase every good content because of "content policy" what will be the reason to be here? just asking i can't even watch mouse trap videos you know where vermins got caught.
@@JohnSmith-fl5qn O wow strong argument followed by ignorance, its ok, let me teach you a bit of history, in sparta when you turned 18 goverment gave you land you got married and lets say you joined the army, you died cause of course you would, and your wife would keep the land, now, she marries again, and oh boy she got 2 lands, but wait, she has children, the boy turns 18 gets a lovely land right next to yours, joins the army and dies, well now she owns 3 lands and so on... It's said women owned so much as 60% of all land in sparta and could also take part in voting and had a lot of power restrain from commenting when you don't know anything, maybe ask someone will teach your ignorant ass
Are you kidding, Sure they fought like all cousins do. Homer speaks of Hellenes and Pan-Hellenes. They had the same language, religion and customs, and perhaps DNA. When the Persian king discussed the war with his generals, an Asia Minor Greek on his employee told him exactly that: Don't forget they have the same language Religion and customs.
Independent small TH-cam channels: post weekly, well researched, easily digestible, well animated humourus documentaries. BBC that employs an industrialized bullying network (TV licence): "Why the average British person should flagellate themselves for not being trans or black. ....Also Celts and Romans were black, we will get back to you on the vikings later.... Well done NH! That's a sub...
One citation by Ambrose Bierce: history is a narrative, for the most part false, of events, for the most part insignificant, that it creates a ruler, mostly criminal, and soldiers, mostly fools.
I absolutely LOVE that you use animation for your videos. I enjoy watching documentaries very much, this is a nice change of pace and I have watched every one you have available. I
Just came here from his daily life in Egypt video. Okay lets say the Greeks were blessed with a far more lush and fertile environment giving them a much easier, richer lifestyle, and that just makes me respect the Egyptians more. They built what they had under terrific survival pressure with greater constraints on them. Their diet was less varied, lives more frought with disease and dangers like crocodiles and hippos plucking them right from the water. And they has less slaves, especially on their farms. Yes the Greeks were incredible and they gave us much, but they were given much by their environment, they won a geographical lottery, in terms of soil. climate, water, more easily defensible land, access to the ocean over greater expanses of land and not having to deal with so many deadly animals parasites and insects.
This is the best history channel ever, the quality of the videos and all the information is just mind blowing! Since you already cover up Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome, i wish there would be people that would do the same as you but with other significant eras like Medieval Europe/England, Vikings, Ancient/Edo Japan, Aztec, Ancient China, Ottoman Empire etc. or any important period of time really. Anyways thank you for all the content you have been putting out. Keep it up!
Around the middle, you mention ancient Greeks having or growing corn. Huh? I thought corn, aka maize, was solely an Americas thing (at least until it was brought over the ocean to Europe in the 1500's)
The word corn in some places of the world can be a flexible term for refering to grains such as wheat, oats, or barley, depending on the particular region. I'm guessing this is the context in use here.
Yea, I noticed that too Here's what I found in reddit "This is a running joke among myself and some of my archaeologist friends. It's basically a translation quirk of British scholars. The Greek is usually σῖτος, which generally means wheat, barley, or cereal grains which Brits then translate as corn. Favorite example: The Sitophylakes of Athens were officials in charge of supervising the sale of grain. "Corn Constables" or "Grain Guardians" would both be suitable translations."
Yeah, it's one of those typically american "Weird that you call it this" when it's literally the whole world who calls it this and american english is actually the weird one...
Omg Iäm an Athenian leaving in Finland atm but i got to say thnx you so much from bring my country's past to life i admire your job you are a great artist continue bring the ancient civilizations back to life! What you do is unique and very special and let its mark in this world and help people to visualize the past of every special ancient passivization we thank you! But i got to make one question for you , whats your favorite ancient civilization and what you admire to it most ?
This channel no longer produces wonderful enjoyable videos because of youtube policing and demonitization. Sad these were beatiful and I have been waiting two years for more. Funny how youtube is still making money off these videos but the channel owner can not. The channel owner should sue. Thank you, as the owner, for not removing these videos!
“Domestic Helper” is likely the funniest TH-cam engendered euphemism that I’ve yet come across.
Where would we be without our technocrat overlords policing thought and speech?
Jason Miller Ha Ha Ha! I suspect we’d be far happier without their interference in our speech.
Domestic helpers are actually paid for their services and they're there to HELP. Slaves are totally different and are FORCED to do work for free.
It's slave
or you could just shortnen it to DH, future generations need never know...
There needs to be a viable alternative to You Tube. Slavery has existed throughout human history. What's the point in trying to hide that fact?
I was in a museum in Greece this summer and in the exhibit about everyday life I asked the attendant that worked there if the Greeks had slaves, she made a horrified gasp and looked at me like I was crazy and said that was impossible. I then Googled it and found there were thousands of slaves in Athens and showed her that. She denied it and said that couldn't be true and I asked her and she was oblivious to the fact that everywhere in the world almost had slaves that why would Greece be different? Even if you're very proud of your ancestors it's still okay to acknowledge they made terrible mistakes.
@@nikosenergy5585 wow. slavery was common all over the world. it was later in western history that introduced slavery based on prejudice. how could someone working at a museum not know this?
@@nikosenergy5585 That lady is woefully and willfully ignorant.
@@RealAmericanSicko Thats not quite true.
Like, at all.
The greeks could be extremely prejudice. To one another, and, even the term barbarian is a prejudice to non greeks.
Whats new about the world is how much we think its abnormal for groups of people to value their differences.
Well,all Greeks know there were slaves in the ancient world. This is something that children are taught in history at primary schools here in Greece. I can't imagine why she said what she said.
TH-cam has become far too censored. It’s absolutely ridiculous you can’t say slave without consequences
I agree with you but, it's like they expect kindergarteners to watch this.
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Yes, but I don't know why came up with these rules.
ryhjkgxrbj tcyhujoi9i money. They only care about advertising money.
I'm really sorry Bug, for calling you but.
If you visit the subway in Athens you will see the Ancient Athenians had ceramic pipes for clean drinking water and sewers with traps to clean them from blockages . They also had public baths and all Theater spectators were given dry fruit like figs and nuts by the play's sponsor to watch the show!Weaving and beautifully decorated ceramic vase making in Athens was widely practiced
yeah thats somethign that was missing here i thought. They had as far as ive read , Sewers underneath the streets that did wash away waste and the sanitation i always believed was more advanced than this.
We used the metro almost exclusively as a mode of transport through Athens Ατηινα but didn't see anything like that. Could you specify which station, please. Btw, we nearly got robbed by a couple of old pickpocketeers in a jammed compartiment. They kept shoving their hands into my husband's pockets. However, being an Italian, he was one up on them so they got zilch.
@@indira5131Hey it’s Αθήνα!
Figs and nuts while watching "domestic helpers" fight to the death? Count me in!
There is an olive tree on Crete 3000 years old and continues to yield olives.
I’m sure Athena is quite proud of it.
Odyssey.
I thought the same thing
You forget 2 things.
1. ''Domestic helpers'' could win their freedom by fighting in battles
2. Women in Sparta had MANY rights.
Yea the title should be ...in Ancient Athens.
This guy is not accurate in history, and has bad practice of using a video game without giving any credit.
And the narrator talks about how "you" would be at the market and "your wife" would be at home. Women in Sparta may have had many rights,but this man is still in the dark ages. He assumes viewers are all male.
Also, Ancient Greece was infamous for bisexuality and surprisingly not mentioned once.
@@ResliCostabell How do you know what he assumes? I am female and wasn't offended. Let's be honest many females ain't watching videos like this...too busy watching Makeup tutorials on TH-cam. And if you look at his analytics, it is probably mostly males watching. I can scroll in the comment section, and the usernames seem mostly male. Many content creators knows who their viewers are. Not everything got to be a whiny ass "dark ages" femininst rant.
Your videos are so compelling- especially the scenic overviews. One is drawn into the cityscape, sunlight limns the outlines of a building. In one the kinetic energy builds as the wind sweeps across a field, blowing dust behind a group of farmers. I can almost smell the dirt as I scan the video, watching intently for movement I might have missed. In the Greek videos there appears to include an homage to the artists Alma-Tadema? (I love the strewn roses around people's feet in a couple scenes.) Add to that pretty good historical accuracy, (never something we can take for granted.) Great videos. 👍
What is in this documentary described, it's not the life of ancient Greeks but the life of rich people in ancient Greece (1% - 10% of the population.)
People back then had really to work, that's why, although Perikles established the Democracy in Athens, people who were drawn ( yeap they were not elected, they were drawn) to take part at the Ecclesia of Demos didn't really participate in this citizens assembly, because they were poor and had to work. So Pericles came up with a solution, he said let's pay the participants (Members of Parliament back then) their daywork so that they don't have to go to work but they could take active part in the Ecclesia of Demos.
I knew this video was mostly only about the wealthy upper class of Athens, but I didn’t know about that other stuff. Fascinating.
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Actually he talks in the video about a lot a types of works in Athens, like fishing, pottery, he also talks about merchants, sailors, farmers, etc, the only part where he talks about the rich people is when he says "lazy greeks", i know that you can be offended by that, but he obviously was just making a reference to this lifestyle from richer people, but he tells a lot about the workers and the slaves or "domestic helpers"(obviously this term is wrong but you need to understand the youtube algorithm censure). I understand that you greeks can be a little unsatisfied with this video, but you need to understand that it is made not for historians or you greeks, who know's your own history better than anyone, but to someone who likes history and want's to know more about the ancient Greece. So he kind of give just a general view of how life was in one of the most popular city states at the time. So of course it don't have enough details, or some little inconsistencies but it does teach a lot and they are correct in the far majority of the facts, maybe not all of them, but you know that they are being more precise them american series and movies and we need to give them some credit for that.
Your content is superb
Absolutely
Where has he gone?
True!
Hi from GREECE
An example that is wrong in this video is the AGORA IS NOT THE MARKET , ANCIENT GREEK AGORA WAS THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAD CONVERSATION, AGOREVO MEANS I TALK TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE. ALL SCIENCES HAVE GREEK NAMES BECAUSE THEY ALL STARTED IN GREECE. THE THEATER THAT IS AN ELEMENT OF CULTURE IS GREEK etc. We must say specifically what culture means and only then will we find the roots.
Exactly, but that's not the only mistake.
Where have you been?
We've seriously missed you.
These high quality documentaries are just too addictive.
Ye we're he go
Because these shots aren’t his
@@Potjenjks2988Who has this?
@Potjenjks2988 where did they come from?
"...ancient Greece never existed..." Let me sell you some shirts from our Ancient Greece Collection...
Sparta ana Athens as well as other state nations existed. The ancients don't recognize the word Greece.
@@Janemas "The ancients don't recognize the word Greece." Because that is ENGLISH In Greek it is something else unpronounceable which I can't spell. They also do not recognize oil or Lubricant or "K-Y jelly"
Ι teach ancient greek history and the false information and subjectivity of this video got me upset. Makes you wonder who sponsors it.
Yes, is this production made for school children or something? It’s visually polished, having entertaining scenes that are at least somewhat accurate.
hahaha very good
Love the voiceover dude..., it's refreshing to watch a documentary w a narrator that "makes light" of certain situations and can sound sarcastic when speaking on certain topics. Please keep it up, it's one of the MAIN things that I enjoy about these little docs aside from the fact that they are animated. Very unique channel and I subscribed right away!!! Look forward to more.
Corinth, Thebes, Delphi, and Argos were other major Greek city states. Would be cool to see videos on them too.
Delphi was actually more of a sanctuary sort of thing.
The animation is mindblowing. You clearly put in an intense amount of time, detail and attention and it pays off bigtime.
This channel and melodysheep are incredibly mesmerizing.
An completely inaccurate by a landslide. No. I`m not a hater. I know things he completely missed but he put in a lot of work on graphics so i am not gonna rag on him too hard.
If I encountered Socrates in the streets, I would ask him a question. 🥰😂🤣👍
It's probably the best reconstruction eve seen so far.
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Your rapid growth is absolutely jaw dropping. I thought I was growing fast by reaching 5k subs with only 5 videos, but you’re absolutely blowing me out of the water. I can see why though. Your videos are beyond incredible and impressive! Good luck with your channel and I look forward to watching your rise on TH-cam! ⭐️
Wow this really sounds like the worst way at trying to get subscribers. Hidden in a compliment 😂 you shouldn't come onto others comments disguising your pathetic grab for attention as a compliment on someone else's fan base.
@Goat man Comics These comments are a shitshow. The Anti-PC police have stormed the Channel!!
I`ve already seen your video about first pharaon. Difference between your videos and his is just angle of view. He has showed what was real life in old Greek (Hellas). About culture, arts and science of old Greeks has learned everybody in school. He has showed reality. Greeks were in average the same as other people. I think You didn`t see the main point of video. All greeks achievement were result of free time to find new angles of view, because of use "home helper". Most important for human race aren`t stone monuments big or but small invents, that has improved our society. Everybody admire old Romans and their civilisation. But their civilisation was created on a cheating, stealing and blood. For me were more civilisated Gauls and Etrusci (also Veneti, by the way). Both have invented a lot of different solutions, Romans have just stolen them. Do you prefer sword and steal, or invention?
@@bojanstare8667 That is a false dilemma.
@@georgem3270 It isn`t dilema at all. Now you could feell what war expres in everbody day life. Price of everything are increased this day. For me isn`t any dilemmas. Sword cannoz invets anything good for mankind.
This is a riveting illustration that makes history come alive. The colors, the music-creating a stunning and fascinating portrayal of a time most people don’t think about. As I grow older I love finding common values and parallels when encountering other cultures-your video enables me to do this in another historical era as well-bravo!!
Amazing, as always!! And happy to spend the 15 seconds to watch the ads, to help support the channel to continue to produce high-quality, free video. :)
The description of Greece you mentioned is like to mention the life of Steve Jobs or Jef Bezos. The other were producing civilisation, culture, mathematics, physics you still learn today, astronomy, Philosophy, architecture, discoveries, Boats, weaponry, and many others never produced by Slaves. Also slaves were not something like the African Americans of today era or of the last 200-300 years, but mostly prisoners of war who knew that if defeated in a war, they could be slaves for ever.
Wonderful graffics!! A little more accurate on Greek history though, is needed
There are only TISUS ON FAMALES BODIES FROM UPPER TO LOW POINTS when out of the home.
*accuracy
It would've been funny if you'd called them "Human resources"
non free human service and labor engineers , ie , NFHSLE
Flesh robots
That's quite interesting 🤔, it seems nowadays we do have human resources as sami free slavery
@@mememomo9281 Exactly.
Are people actually triggered by the use of the word "slave" in a context where it was considered the norm???? It's history, learn it and move on!
Yes!
I am OBSESSED with you videos!!! I have always loved history and you really bring it alive! I recommend your videos to my ancient civilizations teacher and she thinks they are amazing!!
DUDE YES AMAZING
Your work is beyond par, the way you make these documentaries give us a chance to visit history in real time, Thank You So much
Greece is such a beautiful place to visit!
Sì sì tutto storie false
@@yllidomi2772 il solito italiano geloso
Love, love the animation and the music! There are hardly any films about Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic period, 3rd century, 2nd century BCE, or any other time. This animation gives us a great feel for what it would have been like to actually be there! Thanks for this! There should be more of this kind of documentary out there!
this is not his animation
@@RadioNocturnus Then, who's is it?
@@bradhains886 how do you not know it’s from one of the most popular games on the planet?
@@RadioNocturnus if not his, then who does it belong to?
@@bradhains886AC Odyssey I think..
Call them domestic helper rather than SLAVES seems to legitimise SLAVERY
Bingo.
Exactly!
TH-cam censored him for saying "slaves". That's the reason he says "domestic helpers", he explains this at the very start of the video.
But that's what 'they' want, even though 'they' profess the contrary.
One may easily change words....but can not change history....or reality....is beyond human power....
That's true! What happened - happened.
Will you be making anymore documentaries? I absolutely love these - your work is amazing :D
Ιt is a darty ivelogram.
@@ΉρινναΜαρίαΠετράκη A what?????
This is not a documentary please don't call it like that.
I am surprised that with so much censorship, we can still express ourselves
Trust me, we haven’t seen anything yet.
Try it. You’ll see how much personal expression is “allowed”.
I give it a few more months...or maybe a year. There will be much more. Freedom of speech is dead in this country. I blame all the Karens.
I hate they abandoned this channel. It is So good.
I absolutely LOVE that you use animation for your videos. I enjoy watching documentaries very much, this is a nice change of pace and I have watched every one you have available. I'd like to see an animated one on the lives of particular pharaohs ( any of the interesting ones will do lol) and either do them separately or all in one, I'd prefer the latter. I enjoy pretty much anything to do w ancient Egypt, however I think if you created one of these wonderful documentaries of the Valley of the Kings, it's layout and how a tomb was constructed ( all the detail and meticulous work that went into building one for a pharaoh) that it would quite possibly be your best documentary created yet!! Please consider this idea, I know I can not be the only one that be fascinated by this. All of the hard work, that goes into these little videos, is greatly appreciated by ppl like me...
he didn’t even make the animation. but thank you for the ted talk 😂😂😂
GOOD FOR FILM, BUT...MANY DETAILS. WOMEN- ЖЕНЩИНЫ ВСЕГДА В ПЛАТКАХ НА ГОЛОВЕ. НЕ ТКАНИ, А ЦИНОВКИ ИЗ КАМЫША УПОТРЕБЛЯЛИ И НА АГОРЕ И В БЫТУ. NOT BELTS- НЕ БЫЛО РЕМНЕЙ, ИХ НЕ НОСИЛИ. ДАЖЕ МЕЧИ БЫЛИ НА ПЕРЕВЯЗИ. АРХИТЕКТУРА- ТУТ ВООБЩЕ ОДНИ ОШИБКИ...
Will there be more videos in the future? You have done great works!
If ancient Greeks were like this how did they create such a memorable civilization? Could Philosophy, math, geometry, arts, advance in a decline society like we saw in this video?
Your thought is correct. Greeks were not like this. There are so many myths out there, that make it very difficult to clarify all mistakes and all slanders. Multiple ancient texts were mistranslated, making things even worse...
“Domestic Helpers, i getting really tired of saying thing that” 🤣
Great animated documentary. Do more animated documenatries like this.
Pleaseeee 👏🏽😉
Why doesn't he barely post
Seconded. The animations were the best I’ve ever seen.
Sneaking suspicion the next one will b on the viking invasion of Britain. Lol
you should do the Etruscans or the celtiberians
Take a shot of Ouzo every time you hear “domestic helper”, last person standing wins!
Breathtaking animations, New Historia. All those times I’ve wandered around a classical site, trying to see with my minds eye beyond the modern ruins or modern city to the living ancient ones, THIS is what I’ve been trying to see. You’ve ripped aside the curtain of time better than any other attempt I’ve seen on TH-cam or anywhere else. With gratitude and good wishes ..... from a new fan. PS Equal thanks for the comprehensive bibliography. A real bonus. New Historian, you’re a bit of a find, tbh .
Wow, you too? Read the desc lol
I like the humor side of this animated documentary
Hopefully you make videos again because I love these videos.
This isn't life in ancient Greece this is the life of WELL-OFF people in ATHENS. Plus, Athens was by far more well built than you give it credit for
Calm down Karen. Why don't you show us your work instead?
Couldn’t say the word “slave” because TH-cam would get mad...the cancel culture is sickening
I dont think it has anything to do with 'cancel culture'. I think TH-cam is being lazy and has bots that flag anything 'adult'. You can still mention these things, curse, mention slaves, incest, nazis, etc but the video will be demonitized. Its really lazy, the same with TH-cam turning comments off for anything child related, for example even cartoon theme songs from the 80s where the vast majority of viewers are adults. I think yt can't keep up so they are making these sweeping gestures.
BBBBut muh anti-pc rant!!
@@octopusmime *Its a bit of both*
Please keep making more documentaries! I am a great lover of ancient history and these are some of the best I have seen yet!
Sure you love the ancient history because you have none of your own.
Interesting how Google wants to rewrite history from a California viewpoint.
You do a great job
Because nowadays capital wants to rewrite history.
🏆
Nicely done, I like the animations :) pumpkins were not around though...!
The quality of this video is just fantastic.
I landed on your videos... saw a few already and they are just incredible good. realy good. thank you.
I don't know if they meant it to be funny, but I started laughing when he said, "all things considered, walking is probably the best option." Loving this fascinating and beautiful to watch episode.
The narrators intonation and humor makes it even more enjoyable and not too dry.
I really need a road trip movie about a hapless scribe's walk to the Olympic Games accompanied by Socrates, getting lost and nattering about politics all the while.
Play the game that he captured the footage from and you can do it as socrates is friends with the character of the game alexios
@@harunomarashti2497 what's the game called?
It it almost impossible to walk from Athens to Olympia, the city at the steps of Mt. Olympus, even if you had a pass for the Games. Normal people caught rides on ships, usually to portage points, then on towards the next destination.
I found it fascinating to learn about the origin of Ancient Greece's city-states, and how the natural boundaries created within the land shaped their development. It's also interesting to hear about the culture of leisure, and how it was made possible by domestic helpers. It's always great to see historical facts being presented in an informative and engaging way, and this video definitely achieved that. Thank you for sharing and educating us on this topic!
Oh boy, there are no historical facts here. If you respect your mind study from someone serious.
Thank you for this video. In Athens of the classical era the "slaves" were called "oiketai": domestic helpers / servers/ household servants! Unlike Sparta where they were called "eilwtes": hard laboring slaves. Xanthippe, Socrates wife, threw a... skillet against him because he gave back all the food a wealthy citizen sent him as a payment for his teaching in the Agora. Socrates afterwards went to that man and begged for the food he had previously refused to get, because he was teaching for free! He could not sell wisdom! Vanya Kouveli PhD in Ancient Greek ethical & political philosophy
You have a PhD and you didn't recognised his video as a highly inaccurate videogame? :)
Just stumbled on this channel and I'm obsessed
Domestic Helpers? In what kind of times do we live?
Go to a country where people can afford domestic helpers. Your problem is not your time, it's your place.
"Chilling out is the modus operandi" HAHAHAHAHHA. Nice one :)
I can't see how you could built these great cities by being "lazy" (even with "helpers") + all that great culture, wars fought and won, etc.
I think by that he just meant that the Greeks in general just really liked leisure. Not really to hint that they never did ANY work.
Lunar Module Mycenaeans or Minoans I guess
@Wake No. Especially the Spartans. Can't do anything with these guys. And what about Alexander the great? Can't even get his sorry arse off the couch.
There were many non-citizens as well.
@@JRobbySh Let hope these guys were not lazy!
what happened to this channel?
TH-cam is ridiculous. Not allowing the use of the word Slave within proper context is outrageous. What doesn't make sense is that I've watched other videos that use the word slave copiously.
Do you plan on making more videos, you’ve gone at least six months without uploading what happened?
Perhaps using a Greek word such as "doulos" might have been best although it is beyond ridiculous to ban the word "slave", a word that is derived form Medieval Latin "sclavus" which referred to the great numbers of "Slavs" who were sold as, euphemistically speaking, "domestic helpers". Perhaps TH-cam is fearful that some (presumably, mostly American) people might be "triggered" by the word "slave" and hence the need to banish the offending word which refers to an offensive human condition. An Orwellian newspeak term for "slave" has dawned. Thanks Silicon Valley!
The East Romans innConstantinople around 800AD got to know the slaves the Vikings used when reaching the city and they called them sklavi or σκλαβοι = slaves= SLAVS!
The claim about how women were treated was accurate. for Athens. In Sparta, women were treated as equals to men.
When I lived in China I had a friend from Tennessee. One night we were eating at an outdoor restaurant with his Chinese friend. In the middle of the meal, his Chinese friend looked at me and said, "Sparta?" probably because it was about a year after the movie "300" came out, and a few people in China mistook me for a Greek before. My friend ripped off his shirt and shouted, "SPARTA!!!" But he was kind of lanky, hairy, and had a beer belly. His Chinese friend goes, "No! You are MONKEY Sparta!" 😂
Very well put together. I really like Greece. I had a Greek American girlfriend for ten years and went to greece in 2003. My girlfriends mother had a house in Athens and Kos Island and went to Delphi and Patmos Island. Had a Spiritual experience in Delphi and Patmos Island. I really wish i could go back to patmos it has a Mystical, spiritual, religious portal. Delphi also has a presence.
I challenge you to see if you can get away with calling them "shaves" in a future video. The sensor bots are pretty thick when it comes to accents and you could totally make it a funny little gag for the channel.
I own shaves
You make the most interesting videos. I really hope you make more soon.
"Domestic helper" is a standard profession for Overseas Filipino Workers, especially the female ones. In some countries, under certain circumstances, they are "domestic helpers" in the same sense as described here. I won't call out any places, but if you go, say, southeast from Greece to any of the patriarchal societies that treat women the same way as described in this video and you get the picture. On the other side, in tribal societies here in the Philippines women were important, especially those who were spiritual leaders (known here in Mindanao as "baylan"), every bit as important as the tribal chief ("datu"). One thing that I did note is that TH-cam doesn't censor classical art in this video, whereas so often breasts and genitals are blurred out. I completely disagree with any of the forms of censorship of certain terms, nudity and so on, while gratuitous violence is not censored.
Thanks for mentioning Greece! You know you are blessed by 12 gods automatically
"Domestic helper" sounds like a day job. It definitely doesn't have the same impact as the s-word. TH-cam is so stupid in so many ways.
It IS a day job in most country, except in America where most people are too poor to afford help... That's what a slave is, somebody who can't afford domestic helpers.
@@johncaccioppo1142 Hey let’s not get it wrong most slaves are people with rights illegally taken, sold and forced to work for a slave owner.
@@panda_chan6953 I'm not sure why everyone in this comment section is holding TH-cam responsible for something the video maker could have disambiguated without being nicked by TH-cam.
But my comment didn't address any of that, I merely cast shade on the absolute definition of "slave". There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of "help". None of them involve illegality as this is something denoted by the reigning political entity... unless doing so suits their immediate whims.
@@johncaccioppo1142 ok
@@panda_chan6953 As George Carlin said, if rights can be taken away from you, then they're not rights. They are temporary privileges.
Surprising that the fact Greece was the first democracy of which our modern day democracy is based wasn’t mentioned. Also, that sex between males was common, generally older males and much younger males.
the ''domestic helpers'' existed in rich peoples' houses. The biggest difference compared to slavery in other countries, was that they could apply to take back their freedom, either by the will of their ''owner'' or when doing something outstanding.
We people need to understand that it is incosinstent to compare the world of these times with today's standards.
In the American Slave colonies/states, freeing special slaves (manumission) was legal and not uncommon. Furthermore, it was illegal to free them when they were too old, so no kicking them out once they were uneconomical, to fend or starve on their own. There are reasons that the only case in history that slavery grew its numbers by breeding, not capturing new ones, was in the American South.
Very good and enjoyable way to teach history. I learnt a lot and in logical manner.
Thank you very much!
Cheers from Indonesia.
Excuse me??? Slaves... S-LA-VES. We need an alternative to TH-cam, NOW.
Agree!!!
@Sir Remy try bitchute lots of content no censorship but a bit slow when it comes to registration
@Sir Remy Daily Motion and Vimeo. Don't know why people ignore them. They are great sites.
Ehh, the idiots in the comments amuse me. Please stay!
@@johncaccioppo1142 well we will be here but if the youtube overlords will erase every good content because of "content policy" what will be the reason to be here? just asking i can't even watch mouse trap videos you know where vermins got caught.
You had me at "domestic helper"...
Lmao.. i love your whole presentation. Thank you... SUBSCRIBED
"women were not permited to buy land" meanwhile in sparta women had almost 60% of the land and were able to have choices in tribunals....
Yup. Some even argue that Spartan women had even more privileges and rights than the men in Sparta.
THIS IS SPARTA !!!
*does not apply to Helot women
No. Women at sparta they did not own land
@@JohnSmith-fl5qn O wow strong argument followed by ignorance, its ok, let me teach you a bit of history, in sparta when you turned 18 goverment gave you land you got married and lets say you joined the army, you died cause of course you would, and your wife would keep the land, now, she marries again, and oh boy she got 2 lands, but wait, she has children, the boy turns 18 gets a lovely land right next to yours, joins the army and dies, well now she owns 3 lands and so on... It's said women owned so much as 60% of all land in sparta and could also take part in voting and had a lot of power restrain from commenting when you don't know anything, maybe ask someone will teach your ignorant ass
Are you kidding, Sure they fought like all cousins do. Homer speaks of Hellenes and Pan-Hellenes. They had the same language, religion and customs, and perhaps DNA. When the Persian king discussed the war with his generals, an Asia Minor Greek on his employee told him exactly that: Don't forget they have the same language Religion and customs.
How about "involuntary servants?"
Wrong!! They were ‘SLAVES’, SERVUS in Latin, the word has always excited, PERIOD!!!
Prisoners with jobs
How about 'slaves'.
Or “forced laborers”
""Blunt Horse"? What'd you call me?" - Xanthippe
Independent small TH-cam channels: post weekly, well researched, easily digestible, well animated humourus documentaries.
BBC that employs an industrialized bullying network (TV licence): "Why the average British person should flagellate themselves for not being trans or black. ....Also Celts and Romans were black, we will get back to you on the vikings later....
Well done NH! That's a sub...
Wonderful. Should be shown in schools.
What kind of history youtube wanted to creat? TH-cam must be a place where people can speak about anything.
One citation by Ambrose Bierce: history is a narrative, for the most part false, of events, for the most part insignificant, that it creates a ruler, mostly criminal, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Fantastic documentary sir
Your work is unbelievable ! What software do you use for these incredible landscapes and people ? Thank you
Very interesting and very well done. I love the humour contained within.
This is very interesting, I love finding out about Ancient Greece.
I absolutely LOVE that you use animation for your videos. I enjoy watching documentaries very much, this is a nice change of pace and I have watched every one you have available. I
Just came here from his daily life in Egypt video. Okay lets say the Greeks were blessed with a far more lush and fertile environment giving them a much easier, richer lifestyle, and that just makes me respect the Egyptians more. They built what they had under terrific survival pressure with greater constraints on them. Their diet was less varied, lives more frought with disease and dangers like crocodiles and hippos plucking them right from the water. And they has less slaves, especially on their farms. Yes the Greeks were incredible and they gave us much, but they were given much by their environment, they won a geographical lottery, in terms of soil. climate, water, more easily defensible land, access to the ocean over greater expanses of land and not having to deal with so many deadly animals parasites and insects.
"far more lush and fertile environment" in Greece vs. Egypt? you have no idea what are you talking about, do you?
@@rncmv He preserves the right to be wrong.
I love how your knowledge about geography is below the line but you still acting like you know your stuff. Almost everything you said is wrong. :)
@@PlanetIscandar That's good because he is nothing but wrong.
@@Zodroo_Tint You messed it up. You exaggerate.
this is well done and very educational l would like to see more on ancient Greece and Rome
This is the best history channel ever, the quality of the videos and all the information is just mind blowing! Since you already cover up Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome, i wish there would be people that would do the same as you but with other significant eras like Medieval Europe/England, Vikings, Ancient/Edo Japan, Aztec, Ancient China, Ottoman Empire etc. or any important period of time really. Anyways thank you for all the content you have been putting out. Keep it up!
I just came across this channel with this video and I loved it 👍🏼
Now I’m wondering if there’s such a video about ancient Persia in this channel.
The half you say, are COMPLETELY wrong.Ancient Greece existed
Pretty outstanding work, thank you! ❤
Around the middle, you mention ancient Greeks having or growing corn. Huh? I thought corn, aka maize, was solely an Americas thing (at least until it was brought over the ocean to Europe in the 1500's)
The word corn in some places of the world can be a flexible term for refering to grains such as wheat, oats, or barley, depending on the particular region. I'm guessing this is the context in use here.
Yea, I noticed that too
Here's what I found in reddit
"This is a running joke among myself and some of my archaeologist friends. It's basically a translation quirk of British scholars. The Greek is usually σῖτος, which generally means wheat, barley, or cereal grains which Brits then translate as corn.
Favorite example: The Sitophylakes of Athens were officials in charge of supervising the sale of grain. "Corn Constables" or "Grain Guardians" would both be suitable translations."
Yeah, it's one of those typically american "Weird that you call it this" when it's literally the whole world who calls it this and american english is actually the weird one...
Corn in this context, is simply a word for edible grain, isn’t it?
PobedaV Nice post! Thanks.
I am obsessed with this channel! Please do more videos like this! I am obsessed. Maybe even Babylon
Omg Iäm an Athenian leaving in Finland atm but i got to say thnx you so much from bring my country's past to life i admire your job you are a great artist continue bring the ancient civilizations back to life! What you do is unique and very special and let its mark in this world and help people to visualize the past of every special ancient passivization we thank you! But i got to make one question for you , whats your favorite ancient civilization and what you admire to it most ?
This channel no longer produces wonderful enjoyable videos because of youtube policing and demonitization. Sad these were beatiful and I have been waiting two years for more. Funny how youtube is still making money off these videos but the channel owner can not. The channel owner should sue. Thank you, as the owner, for not removing these videos!
Greek landscape was and is lovely. What B.S. you are talking about !!!
Great video. Please come back and MAKE MORE OF THESE ! 👍👍👍
I would love to see one of Greek mythology such as the Greek gods and even demigods like the mighty Achilles.
This is excellent, and multiply it million times.