Why did Poseidon and Athena Hate Each Other? | Greek Mythology Explained

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Despite their divinity, the Greek gods mimicked human nature, and they would often be led astray by their own emotions. Some of these emotions would even incite terrible rivalries between the Greek Pantheon, and none are more famous than the rivalry and hatred of Poseidon and Athena. In today's episode we'll be discussing why these two Greek Gods hated one another, as we explore some of their fall outs such as the Patronage of Athens and the corruption of Medusa.
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@GeekZoneMT 2 года назад

Hey guys I should have a Lord of the Rings / Dragon video up in the next weeks (depending on which research is complete first). I hope you guys are enjoying the new direction, as we explore various works of fantasy, lore, and mythology! :)

@shanenolan8252 2 года назад

Merry Christmas karl and everyone

@Enerdhil 2 года назад

These videos are very interesting. Plus I am learning details of Greek Mythology that I never knew before. I'm looking forward to any new Tolkien content.

@lordfoxgamingyt5579 2 года назад

Can you also do KJV bible storys?

@tomgibbs3223 2 года назад

I've always thought that the tale of Medusa was beyond tragic. That poor woman was entirely innocent. Athena and Poseidon were the real monsters. Great video, BTW!

@TheHornedKing 2 года назад

That tale about Medusa is actually Roman, not Greek. And its author, a famous poet named Ovid, was notable for having strong anti-authoritarian views, and he did indeed portray all the gods in a noticably worse light than other myths did. Medusa in the Greek myths was born a gorgon, and wasn't really anything more than just another monster for some hero to kill. She was also originally depicted as having the body of a centaur, which makes the fact that she is the mother of Pegasus make a lot more sense. Ovid also wrote the version of the story of Arachne were she was punished for being a better weaver than Athena, rather than because of how full of hubris she was (and being transformed into a spider was actually done later to save her life, her actual punishment was just having her work destroyed and then being scolded by Athena).

@thehermit8723 2 года назад

The Priestess who was raped version of the story is not the Canon Greek myth but a later Roman addition. In the Greek myths Medusa was born a Gorgon and had two Gorgon sisters.

@masteroftheassassins 2 года назад

Percy: The rivalry ends here. I love you, Wise Girl.

@juan-qj7ge 2 года назад

As a greek, I really enjoyed this one. Great work!

@saracrismariu7047 2 года назад

So excited for the new fantasy/mythology videos coming up!! Great job!

@dixonsider873 2 года назад

Very happy to see you dive into mythology videos!

@carcerharlson9767 2 года назад

I've only heard of the variation of the competition between the two where Poseidon grants horses to humanity, so this was fascinating.

@Shamblesqwerty 2 года назад

@GeekZone the work you do is super underrated, regardless of if it’s LOTR I’m always looking forward to your next vid

@Galimeer5 2 года назад

When Athena says "How about, instead of fighting, we..." you should know she's playing you.

@PerovNigma 2 года назад

I've heard others suggest that Athena turned Medusa into a Gorgon so that she would never be harassed or assaulted again. There was probably a better way to accomplish that.

@managersamuel 2 года назад

Nice to see u are expanding content.

@loelie8985 2 года назад

My thoughts on the origins of Medusa are as follows: Athena, being a goddess, cannot inflict punishment on another, older god, who obviously, as previously stated, has the upper hand in physical confrontation. In this way, the only thing she can do is transform her most loyal priestess, who had been the victim, into something that can protect herself from man, as you must remember that both Medusa and Athena were seen as protectors of women. In this way, Athena can protect and avenge her Priestess, and "punish" Poseidon, without actually doing so.

@knightowl787 2 года назад

The story you gave is from the Roman poet Ovid. The Greek version is different. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, Medusa was one of three Gorgon sisters born to Keto and Phorkys, primordial sea gods; Medusa was mortal, while the others, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal. The best known myth recounts her fateful encounter with the Greek hero Perseus. A dishonorable king demanded that he bring him an impossible gift: the head of Medusa. Perseus set out with the aid of the gods, who provided him with divine tools. While the Gorgons slept, the hero attacked, using Athena’s polished shield to view the reflection of Medusa’s awful face and avoid her petrifying gaze while he beheaded her with a harpe, an adamantine sword. Such a violent act resulted in the birth of Medusa’s children, the winged horse Pegasos and the giant Chrysaor, who sprung from her neck.

@shanenolan8252 2 года назад

I agree she was hurting Poseidon medusa was collateral damage. And im not sure what athena could have done about it except appeal to Zeus and he has done the same thing many many times

@shanenolan8252 2 года назад

Thanks great subject

@SecretHero914 6 месяцев назад

Athena says “leave my priestess servant alone my uncle.”

@Otterly_luna 2 года назад

These are amazing! Great work :)

@ak6427 2 года назад

Happy to see more variation on the channel so I can keep watching in the future!

@ironblue4593 2 года назад

Really like the new direction of the channel, great video to watch

@janregenda5573 2 года назад

No, please, stay my favorite youtuber for tLotR!

@Vinceras 2 года назад

Greek mythology is one of my favorite pasttimes, so I thoroughly enjoyed the video! My views align pretty well with your interpretation. Medusa was, likely, the first case of victim blaming. Greek mythology is full of examples of the gods being horrible, spiteful beings.

@Vinceras 2 года назад

@Astra Inclinant Excuse me? What does tumblr have anything to do with?

@Vinceras 2 года назад

Like...I'm actually curious what you mean by that...I don't use tumblr, nor do I even really know what it's used for.

@Knight860 2 года назад

Athena later helps Perseus in his quest to kill Medusa, so perhaps the former recognized the error of her ways but there could be a different way of interpreting Athena cursing Medusa in that by making the latter hideous and able to turn people to stone by looking at them, the priestess would not be violated again, but Medusa didn't see it this way and instead became a monster and Athena decided to end the terror of Medusa, it's all in how you look at it.

@TheHornedKing 2 года назад

@Knight860 2 года назад

@@TheHornedKing That's true, a lot of Minerva's personality flaws tend to get overridden onto Athena, due to the Roman's having taken inspiration for their gods from the Greeks but aside from their similar titles (i.e. Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy) they might as well be two different characters entirely.

@Racerguardguy 2 года назад

I love how you use WOD's soundtrack. Well played.

@monitor-mindtheover-void6712 2 года назад

Love these Greek mythology videos.

@dezelve 2 года назад

Thank you!

@jayw9879 2 года назад

AWSOME!!!!!!! loved it !!!!! X

@tomasbeijerling745 2 года назад

Great video!!!!

@NumbuhONE 2 года назад

Hi Karl. I see you're taking your channel in a different direction and I applaud you for exploring different creative options. But I do see that the views aren't as high as some of the other ones. My suggestion is to do different mythologies but connect them back to a solid fan base. For example Percy Jackson has a huge fan base. You can talk about Greek mythology and tie it back to the story. Or talk about dragons and tie it back to a specific fan base. This way you're benefiting from the draw of the series name and then you can elaborate further. All the best and thanks for your hard work!

@Abell_lledA 2 года назад

One is caught up playing the impassioned protagonist in one’s Subjective Narrative of Self🎈

@georgeagathangelou5303 2 года назад

The video does not answer why they had a rivalry, just describes a couple of instances from it. The former would have been much more interesting.

@dr.oracle786 2 года назад

Make a video on mediusa or Gorgons

@maxwellquipey1 2 года назад

Ironic how the god of wisdom cursed medusa for getting raped by Poseidon instead of cursing Poseidon, who she already hates, really shows you that whoever came up with this stupid little fairytale has a damn ideal intelligence of people back then.

@sayagarapan1686 2 года назад

It's difficult to prefer either since they're presented by their inventors, the ancient Greeks, as real. Contrast this to, say, Frodo and Bilbo. No one ever said they're real so they can be appreciated in context as novel literary beings from the mind of a genius. Having said that, the imaginary character, Pallas Athena, was an uptight virgin, which explains much of her flawed story character just to start with. But as a supposed goddess of War and Wisdom, it's axiomatic that the two being irreconcilable and illustratedly mutually exclusive would cause enormous graphic conundrums in her omni-human centric brain that excludes her from divine rationality even were she real. War is the failure of Wisdom. I'm pretty sure I don't have to present many arguments to garner general assent to that, so I have never accepted her construct if I am being honest.

@angelogarza6620 2 года назад

That's where the Athenian fucked up the salt water spring had so many other uses as well

@SuperRonnel89 Год назад

What they did to Medusa they couldn’t have hated eachother that much

@superior120v5 2 года назад

Athena isn't powerful enough to punish Poseidon so she punished Medusa

@lancethemadman 2 года назад

I like Both Gods they are both really great to mortals. Medusa is the daughter of two Gods Phorcy an ceto she was born a monster.

@dutchboles7153 11 месяцев назад

I always saw Medusa changed by her desire for revenge. Maybe she asked Athena to turn her into a monster after being r-ped by Poseidon. Like a vengeful monster who attacks men. I feel like l read she only turns MEN to stone. Sort of a cautionary tale to have consensual sex or women/monsters will kill you over it. Also Poseidon had a right to be angry in the Athens patron god thing. Horses helped increase trade tremendously, revolutionized warfare, and prove to be a versatile beast of burden. They're also really pretty, silly, and lovable.

@curtislangford3181 2 года назад

What's with the depictions of Zeus and Poseidon as gray hair old men!

@NPC-bs3pm 2 года назад

I prefer Poseidon PDEIDON🌊 Might makes RIGHT❗ 😕 Alternatively you have Athena's Vengeful Sight🦉👁🐍

@rdf4315 2 года назад

I prefer neither Poseidon is a rapist and a Athena is so stupid that the only way she could get back at Poseidon is by punishing the victim that why Hercules is my favorite Greek god.

@TheHornedKing 2 года назад

It might please you to know then, that that tale about Medusa is actually Roman, not Greek. And its author, a famous poet named Ovid, was notable for having strong anti-authoritarian views, and he did indeed portray all the gods in a noticably worse light than other myths did. Medusa in the Greek myths was born a gorgon, and wasn't really anything more than just another monster for some hero to kill. She was also originally depicted as having the body of a centaur, which makes the fact that she is the mother of Pegasus make a lot more sense.

@rdf4315 2 года назад

@@TheHornedKing now that you mention it I remember hearing that on mythology and fiction explained a couple years ago

@TheHornedKing 2 года назад

@@rdf4315 Cool, I watch that too. I think Overly Sarcastic Productions has mentioned it as well.