Peter Meineck, Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University, is back to review more Greek and Roman mythology scenes from films and television including ‘Aquaman,’ ‘Immortals,’ ‘Jason and the Argonauts,’ ‘Xena: Warrior Princess,’ ‘Troy’ and ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.’
00:00 Intro
00:09 ‘Aquaman’
02:07 ‘Immortals’
04:46 ‘Jason and the Argonauts’
06:45 ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’
08:03 ‘Troy’
09:13 ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’
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BC… not BCE.
Using BCE is simply pretentious… unless we actually set Year One (between BCE and CE) for the exact date of the League of Nations in or even United Nations's creation. Setting that "Common Era" timeline 2,000 years ago doesn't include the discovery, engagement, and inclusion of the peoples of Latin and South America, Middle and Southern Africa, North America, so it's not really "Common Era" if it is not the whole world. What is ironic, despite some perceived political correctness, is that your "Common Era" still remains a White Christian timeline (lol).
Ironically this politically correct thinking is still kind of racist and bigoted, don't you think, when today's politically correct intellectuals (first) strike off the Christain religious group that invented BC and AD? Second, the woke in their correction of the term simply still chose the same starting "0" date as Jesus' birth.
So much for claiming to advocate inclusion.
PS – While not trying to be woke myself, I am Greek, and we are majority Christian Orthodox. While I might not be one, we as Greeks refer to our history and timeline as BC and AD… and we did not you permission to change, alter, and refer to our history s BCE and CE. You create, ironically, an act of woke imperialism.
We need part 3,4,5,6 all the way up to 10!
It's very interesting to find that how archers were being viewed in different cultures and myths! I didn't know fighting with archery was considered cowardly in Greek mythology as archery was and still is highly respected in many of our Asian and Hindu culture… Like the Japanese, archery is considered god-like and sacred!
"facts can be debated" – what an oxymoron… idiotic statement and that is a fact that by definition cannot be debated, check the definition of a fact for heaven's sake
Love that qoute. They sleep with it, they clean it. My rifle slept inside my sleeping bag, dry, warm and ready for 12 years
Still finding Atlantis.
Plant dragons teeth i which warrior will grow
All these films are rubbish with Jason being the only exception. It's the only one closest to the original stories; Troy being a not so close second
I adore him. He's got such great depth of knowledge but also has a very clear purpose in what he says in regards to the contemporary meaning of myths. it goes so far beyond nitpicking and instead demonstrates real relevancy.
I just loved watching Xena! I was delighted when I saw her on Stephen Colbert Show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlI4IIVTA5Y&t=347s&ab_channel=TheLateShowwithStephenColbert
You do Troy 2004 but not Helen of Troy 2003? I'm insulted!
Lame.
4:52 We studided this film as part of a classics on screen classics course. It was probably my favourite one.
He needs to give the Highlander series a look and pick out some parts to discuss
Ah yes, the charging army in Troy using the classic “my shield is just a counterweight” technique
8:57 the ruins of Troy is actually on the west coast of Turkey. Not in Greece
So strange that I was not recommended part 1
I didn't know Achilles had an English accent ?!
I would absolutely love to see Professors Meineck talk about Greek and Roman mythology in video games, please bring him back for that! There's the big ones like Hades, God of War, Assassin's Creed Odyssy, Immortals Fenyx Rising. I'd love to see what he thinks of art style inspired by Greek pottery in Apotheon. Okhlos, Persona 3, NyxQuest, Troy: Total War are some more games I've heard of but am not personally familiar with. Hope to see something like this in the future!
This man clearly hasn't heard of Randall Carlson
Please someone give this guy a role in a blockbuster ;
Watching this video reminded me to pay my monthly "Heedro" bill. LOL
I wish this guy would comment on Sandman
Y’all should have included Tom Hardy’s Minotaur
Would love to see an Abrahamic mythology in movies video! Maybe get Bart Erhman ot Francesca Stavrakopoulou?
Have I been saying Hydra wrong all this time 😆
You guys did Xena dirty in this video.
Him saying modern myths are just as important as ancient ones and then giving the American Dream as a myth example felt like the biggest diss I've ever heard against the US. xD
I'm not saying that Santorini IS Atlantis: just as he said, when you actually read Plato, it's very clear it's a metaphor. But the memory of what happened to Santorini and Akrotiri would have made a city destroyed and swallowed by Poseidon's displeasure seem TOTALLY plausible. People hearing the story would have been like, "That's already happened before. Of course it could happen again."
If he doesn’t tell us that Patroclus and Achilles were lovers, I’m gonna be emotionally compromised
That immortals movie was garbage
Its unnerving to see a non greek speak with authority about Greek mythology, with so many mistakes and also his personal beliefs ( f. Ex Atlantis). All Grreks are taught ancient Greek in school and can read the original stories and would disagree with some of the things he stated as “ factual”. Oh well
HEDRA? the way he says that ughhh
Atlantis was a wealthy trading island and was covered by the sea. It was not called Atlantis. This seems to be the latest theory.
You needed an expert on arms. The myth of marxism being good.
Pls say hes just as regressive and racist as last time….Come tell us how little you think of women and blk ppl.
🤣😂🤣
Aquamen and Peter Jackson are not trying to be greek mythology, though. They are just a comic books/books inspired by it.
This guy kind of looks like Tom cruise if he aged like a normal human
Xena!!! ⚔️ battle on 🗡
Both Theseus and Heracles are Heroes in; "Immortals."
Clearly, it's Henry Cavill's Theseus that is shown finding the bow in the rock, and not Heracles, (or Hercules, whatever your flavor lol) but Heracles does appear, played by Steve Byers.
(I'm just sayin' ✌)
Love this, my mind has it's own battle between re-purposing mythology VS. being a purist.
I thought Hercules had arrows poisoned by the hydras blood which he used to cheese (or try to cheese) alot of stuff, not a bow that doesn't miss?
how can a fact like 2+2=4 be debated…..opinions can be debated but not facts……facts can change in a blink of an eye….opinions much much harder to change
I think you should have called him a classics expert not a mythology expert but its fine 🙂
One day, the myths of our time will be the myths of antiquity.
In my opinion troy one of my favorite greek mythology movies
"You tell a great story and people actually believe it." – Every religion.
Mr Peter Meineck ❤❤❤
I was completely caught off guard by how he said attribute 🤣 "Atri-boot"