Who was Memnon? | Ethiopian Hero of the Trojan War 

And Hollywood left him out of the movie Troy. Shame!

There are really a lot of incredible carachters from the Iliad wich are always forgotten by the media...what a pity

Aethiopica (Αἰθιοπικά in 'ancient' Greek,Αιθιοπικά in 'modern' Greek "Ethiopian History") or Theagenes and Cariclea, is a novel in ancient Greek divided into ten books and written by Heliodorus of Emesa ( hemesa hemsa Homs )(2nd or 4th century).The Aethiopica tells the story of an Ethiopian princess and a Thessalian prince who undergo a series of perils (battles, voyages, piracy, abductions, robbery, and torture) before their eventual happy marriage in the heroine’s homeland

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A lot of great, historical content! Btw - when are you going to make a film about Sarpedon and the Lycians?

Here, here: super unusual but nonetheless interesting request! Can you do research and video on Mycenaean diet and potential differences in food between social classes?! :D

Great video, cool you covered Memnon.

Aweseon video!

It’s possible that Memnon came from Nubia or Kush (modern day Sudan). Aethiopia was the Greek name for that region.

Always wanted to know more about this guy.

Why my previous comment posting ancient sources on Memnon by Diodorus of Sicily deleted?

Did you know that Perseus' wife, Andromeda was from Ethiopia (Sudan) and she wasn't from Argos or Joppa!

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I would love to see a good movie or tv show based on his exploits.

Your...cadence is very off putting. You say every word / sentence with the same rhythm and it leaves you sounding rather robotic. I'd also suggest maybe getting a filter for your mic because every time you say certain words the sound that comes through makes it sound like your mouth is way too close to the microphone and it's an unpleasant sound.

Dad just got dna test back i am 10% Ethiopian. Scottish irish icelandic and british

The first☝️ human being is found in Ethiopia , so we're all came from Africa/Ethiopia . It is what it is 🤷‍♂️.

He better come to Troy Total War

He is from sudan 🇸🇩

I have spoken much on this topic. Get the Shades of Memnon book series and see 9 World Chronicles.

In mythology, Memnon was king of Ethiopia, son of Ios and Tithonus , grandson of Laomedon and nephew of Priam. the founding of Susa is attributed to him, Susa was know as Memnonion city after him., and since all of the following : Ios and Tithonus Laomedon and Priam were Greeks so was Memnon. Greeks look like : Combat between Achilles (left) and Memnon (right). Grave amphora. Southern Italy, 330 BC .

achilles didn`t die in the same battle, duh. He met his demise somewhat later.

It's crazy that he actually existed. Evidence concluded that there were statues created in Egypt paying homage to Menon. A black warrior that was a rival to a Greek one is pretty cool.

Isn't Memnon be Son of Eos, goddess of dawn? I remember from Illiad, during Memnon's final day Eos wake up very, VERY slow. Zeus was undeceive of winning becuase of Memnon's lineage to Eos.

The term Aithiops was generally applied to Nubians and other peoples who dwelt above the equator, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, being derived from the Greek words αἴθω and ὤψ (aitho 'I burn' + ops 'face'), translating as burnt-face in noun form and red-brown in adjectival form, as a reference to the Black African natives of the Kingdom of Kush.[13] Homer says the Ethiopians live "at the world's end, and lie in two halves, the one looking West and the other East,"[14] an idea echoed by Ovid, who located Ethiopia next to India, close to where the sun rises each day.

One problem. Memnon was A ETHIOPIAN...not ETHIOPIAN. AETHIOPIA was an ancient Greek catch all phrase for Africa. The Greeks tended to lump people together even when it made little sense due to their own mythology. Also pretty much EVERY other person in the world were considered inferior to the Greeks so it's a superiority complex too. It's possible he MAY have been black but with Greek origins at least according to myth that's doubtful. That is if he even really existed which he may not have. He COULD have been a Nubian or Kush at the time mercenary archer though that's ALSO debatable. The fact that Homer never even mentions Memnon is telling. Someone was doing propaganda.

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yes Memnon was Ethiopian king he was brave warrior in the world

At 5;40 we see 7 arms candle holders that are from jewish rituals. What do you mean with such mistake about Troy ?

Memnon is Amenhotep II who was the pharaoh of Egypt at the time the Trojan war is thought to have been fought. He went to there to save his allies the Hittite empire from a Mycenean invasion. Remember Aethiops is a greek term meaning burnt face, anyone of African heritage could be called Ethiopian by the Greeks

Supe have unos días de este gran guerrero lo que no entiendo es que si peleo con Aquiles como el no lo nombran en ninguna de las películas que se han hecho eso no lo entiendo

Ok I research this .this story is from the aethiopis witch is not from homer and is a lost book and only 6 lines exist I repeat 6 lines lol.dont always believe what u read most story is conjecture written in last 100 years is why most greeks r like where this story come from.

so who is agamenon. if this is memnon

If not ...explain HOW MEMNON and PRIAM had allegiance

Why do I feel like this tale has been twisted

w h y y o u t a l k s o s l o w .

Fact check: Memnon of Aethiopia was, in reality, a fictional character ascribed to a 4th c ad. Writer. See Wikipedia, Dictys Cretensis, author of a pseudo-chronicle of the Trojan War, writes that "Memnon, the son of Tithonus and Aurora, arrived with a large army of Indians ...

Memnon the son of Trojan prince Tithonus and Eos the goddess of dawn.

As cool as this character was he never really made sense to me. Why the hell would a African Warlord king waste his resources and men for a city so far away from his reach? I honestly think Memnon made a bad investment trying to help Troy. Even if he did had relations with Troy, that’s a considerable distance that Memnon and his army probably had to march and sail to. Of course though, the late Bronze Age was filled with great warriors and heroes trying to make their mark on history and Memnon just happened to be one of them.

Trojan War was a Civil War. Between Greek tribes.

I think ethiopia is the kingdom of kush

Aethiops meant: Burnt Face

Here is some more interesting things about this story. Follow me. We will start with a standard. The Bible… if it’s truly important… it there.. Noah had 3 sons. Japheth. Ham, and Shem. Cush… the son of Ham, fathered Nimrod. Nimrod and Memnon are from the same place. Egypt and the Nile are all dependents of Ham. This is probably the same family. Moving on to other scripture…. You’ll love this. In the book of Jasher, it states that Nimrod was called to battle to defend his family. Who were at war with the sons of Japheth. And they were winning. Nimrod gathered actually 800 fighters I think… and marched to the battle and were victorious. Nimrod then was crowned king of all. Over all the sons of Noah. The only problem with the Iliad is that it says Achilles kills memnon. Who I’m saying is Nimrod. BUT! It also says Zues brought him back and made him immortal. Nimrod built the Tower of Babel. Provoking God in some way. Evil to the core. They said his rule was worse then all. Another thing to consider… Susa… was the city of Memnon… in the same area of the Tower of Babel. He was a hero… died… and was resurrected by Zues/Satan. First anti christ. Abraham was born not long after. Theses events took place inside the first 333 years after the flood. There is another thing I’ve noticed…. Cush… son of ham had some sons.. the Bible states their names…. Then it says Cush begot Nimrod. But it’s not the same as his other sons. Nimrod is different…. What if Memnon was actually Cush, and when Cush was resurrected by zues he became Nimrod.

Sure he was African and not Middle Eastern?

Some historians who dare to come out of the myth place this probable war in the 14th century BC. And MEMNON would be 2 historical characters of this time: we suspect the king of SUZE on one side and on the other he would be the pharaoh AMENOTEP III who is the character who had conquered as far as Anatolia and could have brought military support to the Trojans This shows how ancient Egypt was compared with Greece. The Illiad is thought to date about 762 BCE. Amenhotep III reigned in the 14th century BCE==1350 BCE. Hundreds of years earlier and so could be the basis of the myth of Memnon at Troy. The Colossi of Memnon at Luxor that the Greeks and Romans identified with the mythological Memnon were actually statues of Amenhotep III. The Colossi are 3,400 years old.

priest was black that was his nephew. or else y would he just go thier

Memnon was of Trojan birth not African. His father was a Trojan Prince and Priam was his uncle. What does that tell you about the Trojans?

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On the map you show Ethiopia at the plAce of Nubia. Other information is also wrong. Not credible at all.

Homer probably took inspiration for Memnon from the Nubian pharaohs of Egypt. In the 8th and 7th centuries BCE, Egyptian pharaohs were black Africans, originally from the southern Nile region usually called Nubia, today called Sudan and Ethiopia.

Please spell ,ΑΙΘΙΟΠΊΑ

Αγαμεμνων....

It never happened but it was a great poem story

THEREFORE PRIAM was BLACK 'melanated'...also

an ethiopian involvment wouldnt make any sense in that war

Andromeda was Hittite….so the terminology of eithopia could of been eastern Anatolia. Perseus and andromeda were consider the progenitors of the Greeks, and Persians. The sons of Perseus study the tribunal or the judicature systems of the Hittites…..the Hittites were known for their laws.

This part of the legend seems, on first sight, truly legendary in the sense of fantastic embelishment. It's almost unthinkable that any Ethiopian (Black African) monarch would have got involved in a regional war in the Aegean. Nubia, which was the main Ethiopian realm in those days was at the time a province of Egypt. However I guess it's possible it may reflect an Egyptian contingent of some sort, which may have included Nubian troops and maybe even a Nubian commander which inspires the character of Memnon. After the 1208 "sea peoples" attack (almost certainly a Hittite-led coalition, which included the Ekwesh = Achaeans, among others), Egypt claimed to have counter attacked and destroyed those invaders "in their islands", which, if taken at face value, implies some sort of trans-Mediterranean naval expedition. Considering that Nuraghic Sardinians (Sherden) and Mycenaean Greeks are clearly proven in terms archaeological to have sailed and traded through all the Mediterranean Sea (from Iberia to Egypt in the Sardinian case, to Iberia in the Greek case), I see no reason why such a major maritime power as was undoubtedly Troy could not have some sort of relation with Egypt, either directly or via their Hittite overlords (or both). While the Tjekker were involved in the last documented "sea peoples" wave (the one led by Greeks labeled Denesh = Danaoi c. 1178 and 1175 BCE), AFAIK they are not documented in the 1208 wave instead, so they could well be in good terms with the Egyptians... until subjugated by the Greeks and the survivors shifting allegiance radically. In any case I'd go for the possible Egyptian expedition. Reaching from Egypt to Troy was surely complicated enough in those days and maybe the Pharaoh was not sure if he wanted to get involved. IMO the 1178 and 1175 "sea peoples" wave is clearly an aftershock of the Trojan War (ended c. 1180 BCE) and the Greeks, having gained control over "Helen" (Hellas understood as the Aegean region rather than ethnic Greece as in later times), rallied it in all its complex multi-ethnicity to attack the backers of Troy: the Hittites first and the Egyptians later. It's a plausible interpretation at the very least.

Guess who's comming to total war troy

Aethiopia is the modern day of Sudan ? Ahh that's why then that man has flat nose lol 😅😆 We ETHIOPIANS do not own flat nose we are pointy .

1.first Ethiopia is in the horn of Africa! 2.second Ethiopia means not burnt face there are many theories about that! 3.The fact that ''Africa was called Ethiopia''does not mean that Africa was Ethiopia!

lol there was no ethiopia in history never existed

Ask the withocraty in Hollywood.

Present day Ethiopia has nothing to do with Memnon

This guy memnon I hear about a lot lately. But never before and I'm Greek. American.sounds far fetched a black person was in Trojan war .

The toughest thing about being a white archeologist is finding a place to hide all those black noses they chisel off statues!

Greek mythology is based off of ancient kemetic mythology translated into Europeans

He's also related to Zeus. Which makes me think, Greek gods are not really Greek see. Arthemis wasn't a Greek goddess, if I'm not mistaken Aphrodite wasn't Greek as well. The Mythos of Poseidon isn't Greek, they say that Atlas was Poseidon's son right? Atlas is well known all across Africa and Asia. The Greek's just stole other people's history!

Memnon was not a African hero nor African black. Son of Tithonus a prince of Troy brother to Priam King of Troy and Eos a Titaness in the Hellenic Pantheon who treveled to the land of the burnt face men aka Aethiopia. Two Mediterranean olived skin parents don't make a black African baby. Where Eos gives birth to Memnon there. Just because he was born there doesn't make him African black. In the beginning he is given a armor from Hephaestus and at the end it is Zeus that makes him immortal. Not a African God. It's a Hellenic myth not African. Memnon is related to Hellenic culture not African. He is not describe as a African not from Homer, Hesiod, Quintus. He did not had African characteristics. His title is Memnon Hero of Troy King of THE Aethiopians. He would arrive at Troy with a great army of black men. He is never depicted as an Aethiopian himself. Please respect other civilizations history mythology and culture.