The tragic myth of the Sun God's son - Iseult Gillespie

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  • Dive into the Greek myth of Helios and Phaethon, where the Sun God allows his mortal son to drive his chariot for a day.
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    Every morning, Helios unleashed his golden chariot, and set out across the sky. As the Sun God transformed dawn into day, he thought of his son, Phaethon, below. To prove to Phaethon that he was truly his father, Helios decided to grant him anything he wanted. Unfortunately, what Phaethon wanted was to drive Helios’ chariot for a day. Iseult Gillespie shares the tragic myth of the charioteer.
    Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Raghav Arumugam and Jagriti Khirwar.
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  • @marcopollo91
    @marcopollo91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9172

    I love how the ancient greeks would look at a group of stars and be like. Yep looks like a scorpion to me.

    • @mg4361
      @mg4361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +488

      Actually it was the Sumerians. The Greeks took the ancient Mesopotamian star charts and weaved their mythology to explain the names of the constellations. The twelve labors of Heracles essentialy explain the Babylonian constellations of the Zodiac in a Greek context.

    • @davidsalazar13
      @davidsalazar13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@Nicole-mn9oy BEGONE BOT

    • @11teen08
      @11teen08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Nicole-mn9oy ew yuck

    • @samuilzaychev9636
      @samuilzaychev9636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Nicole-mn9oy TF

    • @umbra0001
      @umbra0001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Okay.

  • @aldastar7428
    @aldastar7428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7959

    It is amazing how often Zeus is linked directly or indirectly to many of the Greek tragedies. Like, this wouldn't happen if his son had been quiet.

    • @f.santyabudi
      @f.santyabudi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      As far as i remembered, ur statements is correct dude,.. 🤔

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      This time Zeus did it to save the freaking Earth from exploding.

    • @eclipse0073
      @eclipse0073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +404

      @@RGC_animation but he is linked indirectly because one of his sons instigated doubt upon the poor boy

    • @Jackson-nr2mw
      @Jackson-nr2mw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      Zeus is the basically the reason anything bad happens in the first place 😂

    • @cmbaz1140
      @cmbaz1140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      He is bored so he keeps trolling everyone...
      And fucks around ...

  • @ribbitrabbit64
    @ribbitrabbit64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2345

    Hm, let’s see:
    -Demigod
    -Curious demigod
    -Demigod gets what they want
    -Zeus incinerates them
    Yup, sounds like a Greek story to me.

    • @aunibon
      @aunibon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yup

    • @truthis5652
      @truthis5652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yeah, Zeus is typically the end all be all in most Greek Myths haha

    • @ChimeraLotietheBunny
      @ChimeraLotietheBunny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahahhaha

    • @pmathewizard
      @pmathewizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wait isn't that 50% of demigods in greeks mythos are zeus children

    • @matthewfernandez2698
      @matthewfernandez2698 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At least this is one example of a myth where, in Zeus's defense, it was either fry the kid or fry the earth.

  • @mynameisnothing3375
    @mynameisnothing3375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3383

    He died all because of Epaphus saying that he isn't the child of a sun god

    • @todistgut
      @todistgut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      Self-doubt is everyone's biggest enemy.

    • @LionelBercovich
      @LionelBercovich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Nah, he died bc he wanted to be special, ain’t nothing wrong with being normal

    • @avirajsinghmehta1857
      @avirajsinghmehta1857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      What do you expect from a son of Zeus except a few here and there

    • @ZouBisouBisou
      @ZouBisouBisou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The instigator

    • @kingdomcome9693
      @kingdomcome9693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Which is bullying. Which is hate. Good observation. "Science!" Next! ✌️

  • @elvixpro7693
    @elvixpro7693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1029

    Helios: But son, it's too dangerous for a morta-
    Phaeton: *_I ' M S P E E D_*

  • @rachelthornton4442
    @rachelthornton4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2708

    In some versions of the story, Cygnus, Phaeton’s friend (and in some versions his lover), begged the gods to give him the power to save Phaeton from the bottom of the river. They turned him into a swan, but when he swam to the bottom of the river, it was too late and could only recover Phaeton’s body. Cygnus would spend the rest of his days in mourning as a swan, avoiding the sun because it reminded him too much of Phaeton. Upon death, the gods placed him in the stars as a constellation with Phaeton.

    • @tarod3
      @tarod3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      I would omit mention of the possibility they were just friends at this point, especially in a Greek myth.

    • @depgabby
      @depgabby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@tarod3 literally 🤣 ain’t no way

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      There's friends and there's greek "friends". Either way it's pretty cool

    • @Stop_The_Car
      @Stop_The_Car 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      True bromance.

    • @conq1273
      @conq1273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Stop_The_Car is that why Frat houses use greek symbols? To be 'greek' buddies?

  • @no1-is-a-pilot75
    @no1-is-a-pilot75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2027

    For those interested, this story is mentioned in Ovid's opus Metamorphoses, I can't recommend it enough.

    • @sayakhalder8601
      @sayakhalder8601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Nicole-mn9oy Girl what?!?

    • @AutumnReel4444
      @AutumnReel4444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sayakhalder8601 spam

    • @sayakhalder8601
      @sayakhalder8601 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AutumnReel4444 oooh..ha ha 😅😅

    • @ruttolomeo1987
      @ruttolomeo1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well, this is so curious!!! I was just about to start reading Ovid's Metamorphoses and a guy came over, asking me if I would rather be waterboarded! I picked waterboarding in the blink of an eye.

    • @sudarshanmj5941
      @sudarshanmj5941 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      RIP

  • @brainrotofchoice6244
    @brainrotofchoice6244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3232

    "Phaethon felt there was but one way to prove their connection to the world and himself."
    A DNA test? I mean Helios is in charge of the sun so I'm sure there's a million ways to pr-
    "He needed to drive Helios' chariot for a day."
    Of course. This kid I swear.

    • @khaliah7754
      @khaliah7754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Even moreso, his FATHER. Like, come on man...

    • @carltonleboss
      @carltonleboss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +269

      If Greek gods could take DNA tests, Zeus would appear on the Maury show

    • @misusoup3358
      @misusoup3358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yea god's don't have dna

    • @misusoup3358
      @misusoup3358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@atroll9996 by having a baby with a mortal or god? Like am i supposed to say "WiTh DnA"

    • @borediideath6526
      @borediideath6526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      To be fair, DNA tests and electricity weren’t invented yet. So how else could he have proven that he was the son of Helios?

  • @mr.spinoza
    @mr.spinoza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +930

    I mean, who wouldn't put the fate of our solar system into the hands of a young naive child without so much as a driving licence?

    • @silversonome5360
      @silversonome5360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      To be fair, Helios absolutely knew that, he didn't want to give him the reins

    • @oswizzle8542
      @oswizzle8542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cars didn't exist then

    • @oswizzle8542
      @oswizzle8542 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And its still a demi god soo

    • @mr.spinoza
      @mr.spinoza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@oswizzle8542 read between the lines. If you carry on in that mindset, poetry and literature won't make any sense to you. Obviously I was being satirical about a driving licence. I was extending the thought that he doesn't even know how to ride a chariot, and he isn't of age to even drive.

    • @silversonome5360
      @silversonome5360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@oswizzle8542 The entire catalyst of the story is the kid having his demigod status called into question. Additionally, as the original comment implies, the problem of giving a child control over the celestial chariot is not a matter of power, but of responsibility and experience. A child isn't unfit to control the course of the sun because he's weak, but because of his inability to understand and properly chart its route.

  • @SariaSchala
    @SariaSchala 2 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    I remember one of my mythology professors described this as the myth where a teenager crashed his dad's car.

    • @siaanand2189
      @siaanand2189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      thats the best way

    • @S8EdgyVA
      @S8EdgyVA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lmao, but sincerely for once

    • @charvishah8658
      @charvishah8658 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow !! That's relatable for an example in today's words !! 😁

    • @JESUSISLORD.........
      @JESUSISLORD......... 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
      1 Samuel 16:7, now how do we distinguish these people? Matthew 7:19‭-‬20 Jesus says Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
      God bless.😊

  • @daddyji512
    @daddyji512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2195

    This story is a perfect and stark example of how parents give into the whims and wishes of their kids rather than guiding them properly leading to problems. Also it is a reminder that even gods are not perfect

    • @ethandew1768
      @ethandew1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      The entirety of greek myth is a reminder that gods are not perfect.

    • @myouniverse0613
      @myouniverse0613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      *Greek gods

    • @mariustan9275
      @mariustan9275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@ethandew1768 They are less gods and more lessons of hubris.

    • @tylertibbs158
      @tylertibbs158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@ethandew1768 very VERY far from perfect, some might even say they are bad lol

    • @ipiinsih3655
      @ipiinsih3655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      greek gods are superpowered immortal children

  • @unslaadkrosis3489
    @unslaadkrosis3489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +677

    “Here Phaethon lies who in the sun-god's chariot fared. And though greatly he failed, more greatly he dared.”

    • @wilburn5881
      @wilburn5881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's something Ovid wrote dude, not Fry

    • @unslaadkrosis3489
      @unslaadkrosis3489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@wilburn5881 my mistake. I just can’t recommend that book enough

    • @Z1BABOUINOS
      @Z1BABOUINOS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's Phaethon,
      Greek: Φαέθων

    • @Lemuel928
      @Lemuel928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same goes to Achilles.

    • @Gr3nadgr3gory
      @Gr3nadgr3gory ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you a Dev for Fable?

  • @mcphersonsound
    @mcphersonsound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Dude really had nothing going for him except he had a famous dad.

    • @PitNeex
      @PitNeex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      This myth totally applies to many untalented children of celebrities with a huge fail and than back to just being just a rich kid 😆

    • @AirQuotes
      @AirQuotes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yer it's pretty embrassing

    • @-_Nuke_-
      @-_Nuke_- 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      xD

    • @oizzepizze
      @oizzepizze 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brooklyn Beckham or other nepo babies

  • @Amantducafe
    @Amantducafe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I always love how Greek tragedies/stories are about the flaws of both humans and gods. Not only was Phaethon too confident and stubborn but Heleos was not able to refuse him the impossible task.

  • @nearry382Reamy
    @nearry382Reamy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Is amazing how humanity searched for a really creative way to explain a catastrophe like ice age. The sun was in the sky then it went away and everything froze because his son was uncertain of himself.
    Fact: Little Ice Age (LIA), climate interval that occurred from the early 14th century through the mid-19th century, when mountain glaciers expanded at several locations, including the European Alps, New Zealand, Alaska, and the southern Andes, and mean annual temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere declined by 0.6 °C (1.1 °F) relative to the average temperature between 1000 and 2000 CE.

    • @kumarshishupal1583
      @kumarshishupal1583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And only for a day

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ice age was thousands of years before human civilization and it's myths and religions became a thing, no one knew that long ago an ice age happened, we know that because of modern technology based on geological, chemical, and paleontological discoveries, ancient greeks, or mesopotamians, or Egyptians or chinese didn't know about ice ages

    • @nearry382Reamy
      @nearry382Reamy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Yanzdorloph don't underestimate our ancestors. The world didn't melt one day to another, it took years. It's still happening. It's not hard to guess that before ice it was all green or that after the winter always came spring. Remember they were pretty smart, they sort of thought the whole world and invented things we still use or imagined myths we still tell. They saw glacier become lakes.

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nearry382Reamy no they didn't, the first human civilization ever only appeared and formed 5-6k years ago a bit after humans discovered agriculture and became sedentary and started creating cities, last ice age ended 25k years before that, now just sit and think about it for few seconds. think bro, think, you're saying that the Greeks knew about the ice age at that time when we only discovered that ice ages exist only recently in 19th century ?

    • @nearry382Reamy
      @nearry382Reamy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Yanzdorloph hijo usted es weon?

  • @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667
    @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    I love how we can see and learn with these beautiful and differents animations for free.

    • @shivambhattacharya3039
      @shivambhattacharya3039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @happyslapsgiving5421
      @happyslapsgiving5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Differents"?

    • @jimmytimmy3680
      @jimmytimmy3680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not free. TH-cam and its sponsors are mining your data getting millions and millions while you watch it for "free."

    • @mahmudarifat9321
      @mahmudarifat9321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why you want pay for this? Then why don't you give some donation to the channel.... We appropriate it beeing free thank you.

    • @philipbenson4099
      @philipbenson4099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are well put together animations and riddles but I enjoy learning the real life history and or scenarios. Every plot line you see from a riddle or story didn't just come out of no where, they are based off of real life.
      As Solomon said, "there is nothing new under the sun"

  • @Kurorito
    @Kurorito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Another version
    As a young man, Phaeton could take the rein. But along his journey, he meets monsters his father usually encounters on his daily basis. He swiftly managed to dodge them all until one, Scorpius. It startled Helios's horses(four of them) and Phaeton lose control. The ending is all the same.

  • @historynerd556
    @historynerd556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    Helios is still a better dad than the gods of Greece.

    • @richardkurniawan6066
      @richardkurniawan6066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      hes still a better dad than those who went to "buy milk"

    • @noishfanboy1141
      @noishfanboy1141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i mean he is a god of greece himself

    • @seanwhitton455
      @seanwhitton455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No he isn't. He literally abandoned his kid and then when he got tracked down he let his kid recklessly throw his life away. Probably the worst dad outside of Cronus...

    • @solaris5922
      @solaris5922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@seanwhitton455 his father asked him not to 👀
      But he still wanted to be a big boi, now he’s dead 💀

    • @jacobnorris8256
      @jacobnorris8256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@seanwhitton455 Didn't abandon, his wife took the kids. Which he then would obviously only have limited access to, and certainly be reluctant to meet. And he reluctantly let his kid throw his life away, only at his own extremely persistent request.
      I agree he isn't the best dad, but far from the second worst. And at least he loved his kid, which you can hardly say for any greek gods.

  • @tun1p
    @tun1p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This is the Greek mythology version of your kid driving your car and crashing it.

  • @Yash-wm1nj
    @Yash-wm1nj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    Well how interesting...
    In Hindu Mythology too, we were told the story about how HANUMAN( Monkey god - The son of Wind god) saw the SUN and thought of it as a mango fruit.
    As he was the son of wind god, he had the power of flight, so he went after Sun, but INDRA ( Chief god of lightning - Similar to Zeus ) feared that Hanuman will eat the whole sun... So he attacks Hanuman with Vajra!! ( A lightning bolt weapon in Sanskrit )

    • @puneetmishra4726
      @puneetmishra4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was going to comment that.

    • @L3onking
      @L3onking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Did you know the Thunderbolts thrown by Zeus are Vajras made by Hephaestus?
      This is why the territory conquered by Iskandar shared religion as they all harmonized

    • @candiman4243
      @candiman4243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Good old Proto-Indo-Europeans and their myths

    • @puneetmishra4726
      @puneetmishra4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@L3onking these stories are much older than Alexander

    • @L3onking
      @L3onking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@puneetmishra4726 I know, and there's been countless migrations too, but I just find it wholesome that the descendants still have the same values of prioritizing their crops over Billionaire con artist schemes. I wish more people could interact with spirits cause only then would they see the parade of support we get from our ancestors.
      🥺 We're so blessed to be alive

  • @medwinmirza9369
    @medwinmirza9369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    From now on, everytime I look up to the sun, I'll think of Helios' smile and Phaethon's confidence!

    • @popoya2297
      @popoya2297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I think it's much more plausible that, every time you look up to the sun, you'll think "GAH! MY EYES BURN! SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT!"

    • @Stop_The_Car
      @Stop_The_Car 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don’t blame you. Helios is hot.

    • @nxnightmare6501
      @nxnightmare6501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My eyes would be burning right now

    • @sheerajzakir
      @sheerajzakir 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@popoya2297 Exactly!

  • @chadbareje5153
    @chadbareje5153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Helios is the Greek god I portrayed in our class when I was studying Greek Mythology 😁

    • @Adolf_Yeager
      @Adolf_Yeager 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frfras7 Helios= Ήλιος in greek

    • @goofytnt2126
      @goofytnt2126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Helios is actually a Titan not a god. He just let the Gods and Titans fight it out so when the Gods won, he was left alone.

    • @sonofcronos7831
      @sonofcronos7831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@goofytnt2126 titans are gods. There is no difference between them. Every hymm to Helios says that he is a god of the titans. Also he participated in the side of Zeus during the titanomachy, altrough his involvement is obscure.

  • @kedarmeow
    @kedarmeow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Ancient Greeks were lucky enough to see stars & constellations in Night sky unlike us.
    I need to travel 10 km from my city just to witness some stars, Never saw Constellations.
    Someday I'll see that Phaethon Boy
    in constellation & remember this awesome story & video. Thanks Ted Ed.

    • @zentar2646
      @zentar2646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      its called light pollution

    • @kedarmeow
      @kedarmeow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zentar2646 I don't use such Heavy words.. 😂 People may scare away.
      Like - Mythology video & this guy talking about Pollution. 🤔

    • @Davidexolover
      @Davidexolover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so true, I'm living in the bangalore city, can hardly see, but late at night when people are sleeping, it's a clear sky and moon isn't there you can see most constellations.
      I can see orian almost every day even when there's moon but maybe not at as clear as it'll be without moon's light.

  • @Mardanzo
    @Mardanzo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    in another version Helios was so depressed with the his son's death he gave his position as the sun god to Apollo, hence why Apollo eventually replaced Helios as the main solar divinity

    • @mikayugu316
      @mikayugu316 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Woohh! I was confused there because Apollo was also the Sun God. Now I know.

    • @megumin4564
      @megumin4564 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      in the version i know (stephen fry's mythos) it's totally the opposite (phaeton in apollo's son and so apollo gives up his position to helios) except helios is a titan and prolly older then apollo so the other version makes more sense

    • @sonofcronos7831
      @sonofcronos7831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That history do not exist. Helios was always the sun god, Apollo was also the sun god in some cities and sometimes confused with Helios. But if Helios is the Sun God, he never give up his position to Apollo.

    • @sonofcronos7831
      @sonofcronos7831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@mikayugu316 sorry but that information is incorrect. Helios is the sun God always. Apollo was confused with Helios in some cities, and since Apollo is most well know than Helios, some adaptations put Apollo as the Sun God. But Helios never stoped being the sun god. After the death of Phaeton, the other gods convinced him to take the reigns again and be the Sun one more after a Day without solar light. But he never stoped being the sun god in mythology.

    • @sonofcronos7831
      @sonofcronos7831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@megumin4564 both are not true. Do not believe everything you read. Apollo or Helios is the sun god, but not both. If Helios is the sun god, them he is always the Sun, he did not took this from Apollo, nor Apollo received anything from him. One things greeks where sure is that the Sun is the same since always. So the Sun literaly changing would not make amy sense.

  • @neon_lights
    @neon_lights 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    His mom was really like "you don't believe your the son of the sun? Go ask him yourself 🙄"

    • @KxNOxUTA
      @KxNOxUTA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine he had simply believed her. (-_-') She was the parent who stayed, yet this is what she got from that son of hers. A tragedy. And to think it left the sisters unable to move on from the grief, yet another tragedy.

  • @nacholuva_
    @nacholuva_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    who doesn’t love a good ol greek myth?🥰 thanks Ted-ed very educational

  • @Direk_Carla
    @Direk_Carla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is why I loved the Greek mythology so much! The way they tell stories are enthralling and full of wonders and surprises.Tragedies abound as well as death, din and despair but we still have Hope inside Pandora's box.

  • @princeami7344
    @princeami7344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Zeus: Eh yo, what did your kid look like again?
    Helios: Hm... 6 dots?
    Zeus: Gotcha

  • @sigriur9633
    @sigriur9633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Love learning about myths from different cultures, thank you!

  • @ethanbotterill2743
    @ethanbotterill2743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:37 "Strewing Phaeton's likeness in the stars"
    *Shows a group of starts arranged in a vaguely rectangular fashion*

  • @histman3133
    @histman3133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I finished reading Ovid's interpretation of this. A sad ending for the young boy Phaeton. Not to mention that his father was prepared to grant him anything and everything he could ever wish for, short of driving his chariot. Nope! That boy needed to ride across the sky and getting up there only then did he realize what a horrible decision he had made and he paid for it with his life.

    • @dp6003
      @dp6003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The interpretation is simple

  • @barttheraven
    @barttheraven ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3:55 AND THEN ALONG CAME ZEUS! HE HURLED HIS THUNDERBOLT!

  • @ahmedrazashibli8743
    @ahmedrazashibli8743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of the most beautiful mythological video by far. Lovely voice along with amazing animation.

    • @ahmedrazashibli8743
      @ahmedrazashibli8743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Out Brake It's just a piece of information my brother I am in no case worshiping it nd i won't do that. But there is nothing wrong in appreciating the beauty in something.

  • @kshithiyathish
    @kshithiyathish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you so much for making such wonderful artworks and narrating these myths so beautifully. These videos make my day!

  • @speedstriker
    @speedstriker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I love how Western stories like this are. If it were a Chinese story, Helios or a friend of his would have allowed Phaethon to drive the chariot, but only if he was willing to undergo the necessary trained first. Only after Phaethon has put in the blood, sweat and tear for it would he be allowed to take the reins. The drama and allegorical content would be presented during the training and represented in the results of the training, but Phaeton will never be given the reins until he earns it first, regardless of his birth.

    • @Z1BABOUINOS
      @Z1BABOUINOS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      and that's why nobody knows/remembers a Chinese myth...

    • @mg4361
      @mg4361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      The Greco-Roman world had the concept of hubris, placing yourself above your station, becoming arogant, thinking you are as powerful as a god. A lot of their myths teach about the dangers of hubris. I guess the Chinese culture had other lessons it wanted to rub in.

    • @Noir_music
      @Noir_music 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just like John xina , i love how he is being trained by winne the pooh.

    • @ShadowSaberBaroxio
      @ShadowSaberBaroxio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Z1BABOUINOS What about Mulan?

    • @ayodejiolowokere1076
      @ayodejiolowokere1076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Z1BABOUINOS Western colonialism subdued the world. That's why Greco-Roman myths are more widely known.

  • @derkaiser420
    @derkaiser420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Great video, but Helios is actually a Titan not one of the gods. He was around before Zeus took over and was favored by the gods because, you know, everyone likes light.

    • @shiningfaceofluzon5594
      @shiningfaceofluzon5594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yes totally, Apollo took over as Charioteer of the Sun as part of the whole Olympians usurping Titans of their domains after the titanomachy

    • @happyslapsgiving5421
      @happyslapsgiving5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Titans are not Olympians, sure.
      However, both Titans and Olympians are gods. It's basically two distinct generations of the same enlarged family.
      Therefore, saying "X is a Titan, not a god" is a huge contradiction.

    • @leonriley6396
      @leonriley6396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@shiningfaceofluzon5594 it wasn't really a case of taking over it's just the way myths evolved, Apollo was a loved deity with a chariot that flew through the sky, helios was a diety with a chariot that flew through the sky so they two merged in later myths

    • @damnatioodiosis5537
      @damnatioodiosis5537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@shiningfaceofluzon5594 that's more of a historical thing than mythological; the Romans, around 300BC decided to merge a few gods to remove confusion, hence helios merged into more prominent apollo
      I do not think that "apollo taking over helios by some epic battle or whatever" is mentioned anywhere in the myths
      moreover, titans were eradicated by the gods before itself, and a few handful ones were kept by Zeus himself like helios and Selene and atlas (coincidental), so it doesn't match all that apollo-replacing-helios-since-he-is-dead thing

    • @leonriley6396
      @leonriley6396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Titans are still gods they were just given the title of titans by Kronos, Just like the Olympians are still gods they were just the 12 man ones that lived on Olympus, its generally because of their generation that the names change

  • @kartikeyagrawal3152
    @kartikeyagrawal3152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I really like the way Ted Ed serve stories of d/f mythologies
    This story seems similar to hindu mythology story of lord Hanuman he is also son of one of God Vayu the god air and wind and so he have great power in his childhood he fly over to sky to space and eat whole Sun thinking it as a ripen mango and as he ate Sun the god of lightning and thunder as well as king of gods Indra hit him with the bolt called vajra to save the world from darkness , as it hit lord Hanuman he fell to earth in grief of his child lord vayu take all the air from the world and when all gods bring lord hanuman back to life lord vayu return the air

    • @swaminim7058
      @swaminim7058 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not mythology, it's a legend

  • @bencesarvari2235
    @bencesarvari2235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Okay, the animation is funny and joyful but I still cried. This story is very touching.

  • @crysiishiro
    @crysiishiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The way this video was created and sound effects really served as one of the best videos of TedX.

  • @vive335
    @vive335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was awesome. The story telling and the art was astounding

  • @jasonturtle3075
    @jasonturtle3075 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have always love TED-Ed mythology videos, they always present the stories very creatively

  • @Asterism_Desmos
    @Asterism_Desmos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a great story and the animation makes it so much better and much more tangible.

  • @cheryl-lynnmehring8606
    @cheryl-lynnmehring8606 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Ted Ed for teaching me all these wonderful myths! My favorite of your series!💘👍

  • @blackeyedsusan727
    @blackeyedsusan727 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Phenomenal narration: perfect pitch, cadence, projection, just everything. Thank you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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  • @LuxuriousLenay
    @LuxuriousLenay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    OH, MY. GOD. MAD RESPECT FOR THE QUOTE FROM NIRVANA OMGGG also this story was so great!

  • @MANGLORIOUS
    @MANGLORIOUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang the animation in this episode is FANTASTIC! I love the art style!

  • @AS-ft4nc
    @AS-ft4nc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Beautiful video. The mythical story is actually the one that I saw from a book I really love looking at, which given to my brother by my mother a long time ago called Sun, Moon and Stars by Mary Hoffman! It has a chapter about the pride of the sun god's son.

  • @nat_htrk
    @nat_htrk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Helios' smile in this video is brighter than The Sun itself

  • @Star-fb8jm
    @Star-fb8jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another version of this legend says that phaeton was an excellent charioteer and full of pride claimed that he could even control Helios' chariot but crashed it in earth, and the burnt region formed Sahara region

  • @damyenhockman5440
    @damyenhockman5440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was not prepared to be brought to tears by a Greek myth, let alone one I was already familiar with. It really is the little details that drive such works home.

  • @meehannahbanana
    @meehannahbanana ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can we appreciate how calming this narrator is? She’s a great story-teller

  • @Nicks721
    @Nicks721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had an essay about Ovid's Phaethon a while ago in my university. Glad to see that video now!!!

  • @eternelle1850
    @eternelle1850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how Helios’ is always showing his teeth.

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awwe, what a sweet tale. Thanks for sharing these videos with us, they absolutely brighten my mornings 😃🌄📖

  • @Sf4life1216
    @Sf4life1216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm really enjoying the mythic series :)

  • @tut7965
    @tut7965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my all-time fav greek stories

  • @3hi954
    @3hi954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    i love this story i read it so much when i was younger

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      @user-gy1iy4ys8s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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      @user-gy1iy4ys8s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @elvixpro7693 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @mydearteddy454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @user-gy1iy4ys8s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @rahimbenhalima721
    @rahimbenhalima721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Great story and a great explanation

  • @zhongyingzheng7114
    @zhongyingzheng7114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video. This helps me with my assignments

  • @ardatorer7025
    @ardatorer7025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Her voice is so pure and angelic.

  • @juanpablorobayo3437
    @juanpablorobayo3437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Phaeton: I’m gonna build my entire identity around being the son of someone awesome instead of being cool myself
    Zeus’s son: career end: lock on.

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    @TTK_nitro-jx4wg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @luishenrique7602
    @luishenrique7602 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful!!! Congratulations for this awesome project!!! ❤👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗😍

  • @kaylenvee8150
    @kaylenvee8150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Honestly the thing I find tragic is that, even though Helios wasn't a faithful spouse, he DID love his son immensely, wanting to dispel his doubts about their bond and not wanting him to die.

    • @wilburn5881
      @wilburn5881 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well yes Helios wasn't a faithful wife, because he wasn't a wife in the first place

  • @Mystelblade
    @Mystelblade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Who else is getting this in their recommended because of One Piece

  • @elberthemam6101
    @elberthemam6101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Their videos are so soothing to watch

  • @sathviklkt3549
    @sathviklkt3549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please make more of these videos :D

  • @zitronentee
    @zitronentee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is one of some rare occasions that Zeus did something useful

  • @matthewgilbie4087
    @matthewgilbie4087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ancient Greek mythology be like “and then everyone died. The end.”

  • @Mirdehoo
    @Mirdehoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this art style so much

  • @artbyriya.
    @artbyriya. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The animation is stunning!

  • @theghostofuchiha1496
    @theghostofuchiha1496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Phaeton - "The risk I took was calculated, but boy, am I bad at maths."

  • @HienNguyenHMN
    @HienNguyenHMN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From then on, "Let your kid replace you at work day" became "Take your kids to work day"

  • @JeffPryor
    @JeffPryor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for Your Presentations

  • @medardbitangimana4580
    @medardbitangimana4580 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful animation and narration

  • @darveshgupta8860
    @darveshgupta8860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is somewhat similar to what happen in mahabharat.... hinduism history some 5000 years old
    Prince arjun, son of indra, ak god of thunder, and
    Prince karna, son of surya, aka god of sun/life...
    although both these sons were born from same mother....

    • @vult07
      @vult07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is similar to hanuman's story

    • @happyslapsgiving5421
      @happyslapsgiving5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So?
      What happened to them?
      Don't keep us hanging. 😁

    • @darveshgupta8860
      @darveshgupta8860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@happyslapsgiving5421 bro that the
      beginning of the longest and history most intense war even known to mankind....
      It was a reason why soils in some region came out red due to the blood shed during that war....

    • @darveshgupta8860
      @darveshgupta8860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happyslapsgiving5421 if u want to know more about search for " MAHABHARAT "...
      ALSO THE KNOWLEDGE YOU WILL GAIM SET THE FOUNDATION OF HINDUISM IDEOLOGY THAT WE STILL FOLLOW

    • @swarnadipmitra1095
      @swarnadipmitra1095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s copied from Hinduism that’s why.

  • @mirk4602
    @mirk4602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    phaeton: are you really my dad?
    helios: yes 😁
    phaeton: can you let me ride your chariot?
    helios: ☹

  • @CistudeSuisse
    @CistudeSuisse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the art-style, the smile of the Sun God is hilarious x'D

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And in just 5 minutes, I have fallen in love with this style~

  • @gmfedora9844
    @gmfedora9844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Helios beamed. I see what you did there

  • @zeybarur
    @zeybarur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Just when I thought TED-Ed couldn't get any better, they hit me with a Nirvana quote

  • @serenasong7106
    @serenasong7106 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This story is so amazing. Through this story I know it better.

  • @LoadingUser01
    @LoadingUser01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was like watching an opening to a Disney movie. Great work!

  • @agrv9527
    @agrv9527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sometimes Ii wonder, why did Helios not join Phaethon in his journey? Probably because the chariot could only hold one guy I think.
    Ps Ted-ed's animation just get better every time.

    • @makuntizichi1444
      @makuntizichi1444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro Phaethon could've legit sat on Helios's lap if the chariot was meant for 1 guy 😭😭

    • @ramyajasrinivasan.k8963
      @ramyajasrinivasan.k8963 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saaaaame

    • @sonofcronos7831
      @sonofcronos7831 ปีที่แล้ว

      It could hold more than one person. Circe and Pasiphae, two daughters of his, travelled in his chariot one time in order to be delivered to their islands.

  • @rustproofcoin5161
    @rustproofcoin5161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Helios: Son please reconsider, this is too dangerous
    Phaeton: OK Boomer

    • @yoyoip2946
      @yoyoip2946 ปีที่แล้ว

      5 minutes later:
      Phaeton: Damn, I should have listen to Dad.

  • @ShivamShrivastava35
    @ShivamShrivastava35 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome narration and animation 👍👍🎉🌹🙏🙏

  • @whichwitchiswhich9765
    @whichwitchiswhich9765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Long time
    No see

  • @luckimalito3081
    @luckimalito3081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Crazy how im seeing this after gear 5

  • @SamarKhan-yl3yg
    @SamarKhan-yl3yg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:59 I would have given a million dollars for the narrator to say 'He hurrrrled his thunderbolt!'

  • @YouAndImpact
    @YouAndImpact 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 👍

  • @RANDOM_PEOPLE_IN_THE_INTERNET
    @RANDOM_PEOPLE_IN_THE_INTERNET 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a greek mythology lover i really love this video and other videos ted ed made

  • @globingoblin
    @globingoblin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why doesn't the outro have captions? I'm not a native speaker and they would be very helpful

  • @abrajahmoua8232
    @abrajahmoua8232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love TED-Ed because all his videos have a slight different animation than the rest of the videos

  • @karlrice3426
    @karlrice3426 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was such a sweet storytelling moment

  • @IRNG179
    @IRNG179 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i LOVE this channel

  • @kongkonasahadola2949
    @kongkonasahadola2949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how every mythology has the sun god's chariot

  • @avd3614
    @avd3614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why some ppl can't see the obvious animals on stars. They r clearly pictures scorpion, buffalo, crab & other animal. Some even shaped Naruto & Gundam. Do few others don't see it?

  • @michalpicker6934
    @michalpicker6934 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is also one of my favorite videos.

  • @arikiescamillahereveri8069
    @arikiescamillahereveri8069 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I need more of these ,love myths they are very good 👍