The myth of Pegasus and the chimera - Iseult Gillespie
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Published 2022-09-29
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Shielded from the gorgon’s stone gaze, Perseus crept through Medusa’s cave. When he reached her, he drew his sickle and brought it down on her neck. From Medusa's neck sprung two children. One was a giant wielding a golden sword; the other was the magnificent, winged horse, Pegasus. No bridle could contain him— until one fateful day. Iseult Gillespie details the myth of the hero Bellerophon.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Karina Forero, Lucy Animation Studio.
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All Comments (21)
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I am in awe of how Greeks made up a story to explain a constellation with so many twists and turns.
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Pegasus was allowed into Olympus because he was the main source of Bellerophon's greatness. He wouldn't have been able to do many of those feats without pegasus, even as a great warrior.
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Imagine one night, a Greek person looked up at the stars and said "you know what, those stars look like a horse to me". And thus, a story was created.
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The version of the chimera fight I heard was that Bellerophon made a spear of lead, and when he threw it, the chimera instinctively breathed fire on it, causing it to drink molten lead, which burned through its stomach, killing it.
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It gets really funny when you realise that Bellerophon was the secret son of Poseidon, and Pegasus was the son of Medusa and Poseidon, hence he was technically riding his brother😂
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Ah yes. The undoing of every Greek hero ever: Hubris
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Zeus is the villain in most of these stories lol
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There are many stories in Greek myth about mortals who fail in their endeavor to reach the gods. Bellerophon, Icarus, Phaeton. I see it as a metaphor about individuals who their reach exceeds their grasp. In my view, their failure isn't a bad thing, what matters is daring greatly. The American classicist and teacher Edith Hamilton offered this as Phaeton’s epitaph: Here Phaeton lies who in the sun-god’s chariot fared. And though greatly he failed, more greatly he dared.
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It's interesting that Pegasus was also a warrior in all the battles. Maybe they just thought he did more.
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I truly am fascinated with any mythology and I would binge a series going over the reasons and logic of each cultures mythologies.
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"The mark of a true hero is humility." -Master Shifu
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Hey TedEd, again I want to suggest a myth from my country, its a myth about Badang, the strong man in southeast asia. I hope you guys can tell the story to us all. Also, as always thank you for sharing these myths with us
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Welp I had no idea Pegasus came from Medusa’s severed neck in Greek mythology. That’s an interesting component of the story. Great video and animation!
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A month and a half ago I visited the "tomb of Bellerophon", in Tlos, modern Turkey (Is a Lycian tomb/temple) An amazing place few people visit, by the way!
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Bellerophon: I will earn my place on Mount Olympus with nothing to stop me Pegasus: Hold my golden bridle...
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0:27 ah yes. Children springing from someone's neck. Greek mythology always amuses me with stuff like this. It's so much more inventive than a stork xD
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People often forget that Athena is also the goddess of war, however she’s different from Ares as she represents the better sides of war like tactics and such while Ares represents the horrible things
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I'd love if you guys made videos about the Yoruba mythology, it's really interesting and rich. I once read a book about it (more specifically, about candomblé mythology, candomblé being a brazilian religion with strong african/yoruba roots) and the tales I read were really funny, creative and different from what we're used to. I'm an atheist, but I hold a deep respect for this religion.
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He deserves a film or a series about him!
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i absolutely love this narrator. this channel is so amazing and i love it.
