When we learn about Greek mythology in school, we hear a lot about the heroes. But it turns out that there's a lot of little details - and entire stories - that are super dark, and slip through the cracks of higher learning. Here are stories from Greek mythology they couldn't teach you in school.
Tantalus, the king of Sipylus, was insanely rich and incredibly evil. Given that his father was Zeus and his mother was the daughter of two Titans, maybe genetics had something to do with it. Regardless, he was afforded certain privileges. Among them was a standing invitation to enter Mount Olympus, where he would join the gods for their meals. Three different stories emerge about what happened next, but they all agree that Tantalus screwed up.
In the first story, Tantalus tells his fellow mortals what the gods are planning for them. In another, he steals the gods’ food, ambrosia and nectar, and gives it to those same mortals. The third story is a bit more... extreme.
To test whether the gods really did know everything, he decides to kill his son, Pelops, and cook him for dinner. He serves his special Pelops stew, and no one eats it, except for Demeter, who is distracted and mourning the loss of her daughter to the Underworld.
As punishment for the act, Zeus condemns Tantalus to eternal hunger and thirst. He’s even forced to stand in a pool of water that drains when he tries to drink, and beneath a tree with fruit that hangs just out of reach.
Watch the video for more Greek Myths They Couldn't Teach You In School!
#Mythology #GreekMythology
A stew for the gods | 0:00
The Stretcher’s iron bed | 1:11
The endless hunger of Erysichthon | 2:07
The origins of Pan’s flute | 3:06
The original bacchanal | 3:51
Caught between Zeus and Hera | 4:55
Read Full Article: www.grunge.com/236598/stories-from-greek-mythology-they-couldnt-teach-you-in-school/
Tantalus, the king of Sipylus, was insanely rich and incredibly evil. Given that his father was Zeus and his mother was the daughter of two Titans, maybe genetics had something to do with it. Regardless, he was afforded certain privileges. Among them was a standing invitation to enter Mount Olympus, where he would join the gods for their meals. Three different stories emerge about what happened next, but they all agree that Tantalus screwed up.
In the first story, Tantalus tells his fellow mortals what the gods are planning for them. In another, he steals the gods’ food, ambrosia and nectar, and gives it to those same mortals. The third story is a bit more... extreme.
To test whether the gods really did know everything, he decides to kill his son, Pelops, and cook him for dinner. He serves his special Pelops stew, and no one eats it, except for Demeter, who is distracted and mourning the loss of her daughter to the Underworld.
As punishment for the act, Zeus condemns Tantalus to eternal hunger and thirst. He’s even forced to stand in a pool of water that drains when he tries to drink, and beneath a tree with fruit that hangs just out of reach.
Watch the video for more Greek Myths They Couldn't Teach You In School!
#Mythology #GreekMythology
A stew for the gods | 0:00
The Stretcher’s iron bed | 1:11
The endless hunger of Erysichthon | 2:07
The origins of Pan’s flute | 3:06
The original bacchanal | 3:51
Caught between Zeus and Hera | 4:55
Read Full Article: www.grunge.com/236598/stories-from-greek-mythology-they-couldnt-teach-you-in-school/
What is your favorite Greek Myth?
@Anna Fischer I thought it was all of Zeus’s tendons, but that may be incorrect.
Artemis and Orion
Theseus vs the Minotaur (I think that is what it’s called-)
The Theogany
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice
I had a dream when I was locked up where I woke up saying mythology 1849, what could this mean? I saw 3 ancient serpents coming out of the water in italy and all of the fish fleeing and crabs acting strange and running onto a beach...What does this mean?
These are all the versions that I learned back in school. Now, truth to tell, I don't remember if that was primarily the influence of my schools or my parents encouraging my voracious reading habit.
We actually learned both the Tantalus and the Procrustes myth in school, and at a fairly young age (6th-7th grade or so).
I'm pretty sure I learned about Tantalus and a Pan's flute in high school.
Another issue not taught in school: many gods, demigods and heroes were pedophiles.
What about Kronos emasculating his father and swallowing his children? Those are pretty gross, too, and yet I have heard of them!
Lol...we don’t get taught Greek mythology in history or English. We learn mainly modern history. Aka, world wars, colonisation, industrial revolution. Freedom rights etc. Heck we barely do any ancient at our school. It’s kind of sad...
At school I studied Classical Greek. We learned about Tantalus.
*when you know all of these because of percy jackson*
I love how in almost all religions they talk about how perfect the gods are, and how you would be blessed to catch their attention. And then there's the Greek gods, where if they like you you're screwed, and if they don't like you you're also screwed.
Dionysius was the father of alcoholism.
Poseidon raping Medusa and then Athena cursing her for it. 😬
me realizing that nearly all of these are in Percy Jackson....
Most of the Greek myths were intended to teach people what kind of punishment the gods might visit upon them if they indulged in various excesses. They may also have been intended to make people realize that even the gods, despite their supreme powers, could get involved in petty disputes, betrayals of trust, and illicit love affairs. Nowadays this has all been replaced by scary public service announcements and gossip about the lives of celebrities and politicians. They are all just old wine in new bottles.
i dont know about you but i grew up in greece and they taught all of these myths even though I went to a greek-french school (not when we were in primary school mind you).
As usual, not a single mention of any of the same gender relationships; another aspect of mythology that never gets taught. Now we see why.
Hera isn't completely a villain, she was his sister. He assaulted her so that her honour was ruined and she had to marry him.
They may not have taught it in school but I read almost all of these in Percy Jackson
How very american puritanism. Putting fig leaves over the ink sketch of a naked woman. Pathetic.
Dude I knew most of these and I learned them on my own
Funnily enough, they did teach me about The Stretcher, best class ever.
I learned about all of these... in school... you lied to me. Who would lie on the internet?
The story of Medusa. A priestess Raped by a god Her goddess punishes her for doing it in her temple. (She was supposed to stay a virgen) Messed up.
Read about most of them... Then again I'm a book worm..
pjo stans already know all these myths lol
I live in Greece ... Believe me they do
I remember Procrustes from Percy Jackson. Never liked that guy.
Ahem "Crusty"
I learned most of these in school
The Thebes you showed (Egyptian) is not the same as the Greek Thebes.
That's funny because here in Greece they teach us the first 3 when we were 9 years old. At least in my school.
Wrong Thebes in the picture.
dinner and a "nap"
let's not forget when poseidon and aphrodite made princess pasiphae of minoa fall in love with a bull, which would eventually lead to the birth of the minotaur
Zeus: I'VE BEEN SUMMONED
Ο Διας και οι καυλες του....
We haven't been taught much Greek Mythology by any of my teachers until like 9th grade... and it was mainly the Odyssey at that. I just remember spending most of my time throughout 4th-5th grade binging all of the Greek mythology books I could get my hands on (I didn't read+watch Percy Jackson until like 7th grade and I dont really like it). Despite it being very unfamily friendly, I still found them interesting as a child and even now as a young adult.
These arnt myths their lineage from ancient pompei
What're you talking about? My school doesn't teach any of these. I watch OSP instead
i already knew all of these- and no, i never read percy jackson
I still don't understand why Poseidon did nothing to help his daughter
These are not fairy tales. The spirits of these beings still exist today. The mixing of DNA to create chimera type beings is offensive to God. It’s happening again today with the jab they want to give you nothing is changed. mRNA
Couldn't or wouldn't? Many of those myth weren't that odd or unknown. Maybe lack of time as mythology is quite extensive.
*My Third-Grade Teacher:* "So Perseus set out to slay Medusa, who, along with her sisters Euryale and Stheno, had been cursed by Athena into creatures called Gorgons, who could turn people to stone by looking them in the eye...." *Me:* "Why did Athena curse Medusa and her sisters?" *My Third-Grade Teacher:* "Medusa made Athena mad." *Me:* "How did Medusa do that?" *My Third-Grade Teacher:* "...so Athena gave Perseus a shiny shield which could be used as a mirror, so that he could see Medusa without being turned to stone..." *Me:* "Hmmm...." *Me, at the county library a few days later, after convincing my mother to take me there so I could read more about that myth:* "Mom, what does 'rape' mean? Like how 'Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena's temple'?" *Mom:* D-8 Yeah, that myth is definitely the worst case of victim-blaming in all of Greek mythology. "Goddess of Wisdom," my ass!
I didn't learn any of those in school. Damn public schools.
Εγώ γιατί ξέρω αυτούς τους μύθους τότε;
Did Tantilis exist before Prometheus.
I all ready know all of these
my school don't even teach me basic Greek myths so...
When i think of it they dont teach you much of anything at school you have to learn everything yourself
Wait...if the gods and humans can procreate with eachother, doesn't that technically make them part of the same species?
1:14 we learnt about this in 3rd grade 👁👄👁
Well we all must be greatly to Hellenic myths for the stories... don't forget the India mythology..or Viking mythology n Gauls had mythology with Druids ...if u read them u learn history of the world as a fairy tale..beside the myths we ve true historical facts...
I already knew all of them since I'm Greek and I have to say that I'd like to see in hear when Apolonas and Artemis slaughtered all 12 children of a woman who made fun of their mother, in front of her. I mean.. that's really horrific
They didn't teach you that, don't know why, we have it in normal school books, at least the gen x.
Tantalus is actually where the term tantalizing comes from
Tantalus the king of syphilis?
If you really want some Greek myths that would have caused a stir in school look up Myrrha or Hermaphroditus.
Why didn’t you do the origin of the Minotaur
Something for everyone.... in these stories.... Good Times... good times
i love how the myths are so messed up whilst the background music is so upbeat XD
Zeus the werewolf? Zeus the transvestite? Honestly I've heard of all of the stories in this video.
I didn't learn in school that Greek Mythology Gods and Goddesses are the fallen angels.
well, all my fellow percy jackson fans out here know „crusty‘s“ story...
well, my german school didn’t care and we had to read iphignie, the story of tantalos‘ daughter so we actually had the god‘s stew in class 😂
Them: you probably didn’t learn these in school 11 year old me knowing all of these: mkay
Ditto. At 8 I apparently asked my mom why “Oh-de-pus” married his mommy, if that made his kids his siblings, & if that’s where the term Oedipal complex came from (mispronouncing Oedipus but pronouncing “Oedipal complex” correctly). She was startled & asked what the hell I was reading, my response was “Oh-de-pus the King” (Oedipus Rex). It’s about the only time I was told to NOT read (too bad for my mom I was only a few pages from the end)!
Yup. Learn the classics, none of these are exactly secret
same
this is me lol
Pericles was an asshat. Just leave Medusa alone
For the goddess of women and children, hera sure does kill a lot of them
It was all bullshit, all of this (made up crap) was just someone's way of getting a leg up on others, and even today we see the same thing, all of the fake 'Men Of God' getting wealthy by lying to the little people, take Muslims, (please) (: the males in this fake religion Islam use it to control their women and children and other little small minded people, yeah they have a good thing going don't they?, and even today we let politicians play us ): . So go ahead and let these guys take advantage of you and control what you think, after all they are Gods, right?.
The first 3 are in Percy jackson
So basically everyone did incest.
I was expecting the myth of how Aphrodite was born from Kronos’ testicles either mixing or creating the seafoam out of which she was created. Fun.
I like how these myths were not taught in school in other countries, but in Greece they are part of the mandatory curriculum when we are 10 😂
I wish I had to sneak them and read I'm still not finished
Dark story time! Queen Niobe was prideful of her 14 kids, 7 girls and 7 boys. She even went as far as to say that she was better than Leto, mother of Artemis and Apollo, because she had 14 kids while Leto only had 2. Needless to say, Apollo and Artemis were furious that some mortal would speak about them and their mother that way. So they go down to Earth with their bows and arrows to teach Niobe a lesson. Apollo kills Niobe's 7 sons at their practice (idk what it was I just know they were at a sports practice) and Artemis killed her 7 daughters. Niobe was so distraught that she commuted suicide. Now, harsh, yes. Apollo and Artemis had spent their whole lives being disrespected and harassed by Hera and some other gods (mainly Hera. Who went as far to send a huge snake after Leto and curse her to not be able to give birth on any land anchored to the earth. So Leto had to travel all the way to the floating island of Delos to have her twins. All because Zeus was Artemis and Apollo's Dad.) So they made Niobe a message to everyone who disrespected them "This ends now!". Not saying that murder is the answer to the problem. Just saying this was their reasoning.
Half of those were formally thought at my school class of mythology. The rest were briefly described by said teacher or others. Either way, props for the editing. Is really smooth and easy to follow.
What a shame that the STUPID narrator didn't know how to pronounce the names correctly.
What a pile of dung....! To think people actually worshipped these vile creatures....! And, they actually teach tis "super dark" Greek mythology in schools but prayer is banned from schools...!
What about Medusa, and what bitch Athena and Poseidon did to her.
I heard about Tantalus in high school.
Hera, sis, Zeus is you rbrother. Stop the bullshit
too fast..monotone
I am Greek. Most of those are kindergarten stories. Edit: I said it as a joke but actually it is true for the majority of the stories...
4/6 of these stories were in the percy jackson kids books. Lol never learned about in school huh?
0:49 I actually knew that? They didn't teach me that in school but it was in a book I had. And it was supposed to be a CHILDREN'S book. O_O
Sisyphus ...Plzzz
This was quite interesting.
Greek mythology overall is messed up lol
I hate this because you didn’t tell us WHY they didn’t tell us this in school
Higher education probably heard these stories. Primary education is where these stories probably aren't told.
Wait you guys learn Greek mythology in school???
well i mean to be fair... it all starts when the gods *cough*zeus*cough* assaults anything that moves
we studied the first one
A bunch of people are saying that they learned all of this in school. You... you guys got to learn about Greek mythology in school?? You're lucky- I probably would've known most of those if I remember what happened in the Percy Jackson books, but I read them two years ago and have the memory of a goldfish most of the time. I do remember the Crusty thing, though-
In my country we are taught these stories though... 🤔😅🤷🏻♀️
Actually our mythology teacher was very passionate about the topic and taught us most of these things.
RAPE
I did learn about 2 of these in school. Learned about the iron bed & perseus in high school, and we did a production of Baccae of Eurydipies (which retells the dionysus story) in college.
Many traditional Fairy Tales are way darker than the version told to children.
You got to have physical proof of them being fake lol , besides they don't talk about certain gods because of their nature like khaos for she is a hermaphrodite mostly a female, that's a start
I like all the old tales, no matter the origin. Greek, Egyptian, Celt, Asian, Native American, pretty much from any land.