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  • @niapurdue230
    @niapurdue230 4 роки тому +3119

    Funniest part from the one I read is that Zeus allowed the wedding because the idea of seeing Aphrodite as a grandmother was just funny to him.

  • @dafttool
    @dafttool 4 роки тому +2432

    *Zeus:* “Dearest Hera, I swear I don’t know what happened. -Eros must’ve shot me with one of his damn arrows,... again.”

    • @jasminguiza6227
      @jasminguiza6227 4 роки тому +208

      dafttool Eros: That’s not true at all! You’re just a giant Fuckboy!

    • @MsCassidy23
      @MsCassidy23 4 роки тому +174

      *Hera* 😡🍳: Oh, likely story!

    • @calebgoodman2076
      @calebgoodman2076 4 роки тому +69

      dafttool Oh, okay my brother-husband. (Plans her revenge on whoever he slept with while he isn’t looking.)

    • @maddaddy5368
      @maddaddy5368 4 роки тому +82

      Hera: *revenge noises*

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 4 роки тому +94

      On one hand, I see Eros making Zeus in love with some of his "lovers" likely, but on the other hand, there are also many myths where Zeus had complete control over his d**k, and he could have just chosen to bag it up. I can definitely see him blaming a lot of his active choices on Eros. LOL

  • @annabeinglazy5580
    @annabeinglazy5580 4 роки тому +1130

    Psyche: I cant do this, Im gonna fling myself into this river
    River: *Proceeds to give therapy sessions and life adivce*
    Everyone should have a river like that in their neighbourhood

    • @rosiequeen9177
      @rosiequeen9177 4 роки тому +30

      It was the haku river from spirited away xD

    • @rileyidk3533
      @rileyidk3533 4 роки тому +11

      I don't usually like comments but there were 99 likes and I just had to

    • @crog6372
      @crog6372 3 роки тому +8

      Dont go chasing waterfalls. Stick to the rivers and lakes that you used to😂👍

    • @kahlilacassandratizon9090
      @kahlilacassandratizon9090 3 роки тому +2

      We do have a river here. But most of them end up drowning

    • @kcain64
      @kcain64 3 роки тому +2

      No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
      Heraclitus

  • @oswaldpenny
    @oswaldpenny 4 роки тому +310

    psyche: *throws herself into the river*
    river: nah

    • @punkwrestle
      @punkwrestle 3 роки тому +9

      The River doesn’t do sloppy seconds.

  • @dahken417
    @dahken417 4 роки тому +1714

    ONE OF THESE GREEK GOD LOVE STORIES ACTUALLY ENDS WELL?!!

    • @greensgrains4053
      @greensgrains4053 4 роки тому +35

      Right 😪💗

    • @NicholasChorba
      @NicholasChorba 4 роки тому +100

      For Cupid? Of course it does

    • @Zodia195
      @Zodia195 4 роки тому +97

      Yep! They are rare, but they do happen. Another one is Galatea and Pygmalion.

    • @hindsightpov4218
      @hindsightpov4218 4 роки тому +60

      Odysseus and Penelope 💞

    • @TheBrianna1431
      @TheBrianna1431 4 роки тому +9

      I wasn't expecting it either!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +2194

    "The celebration of love" What is love? Baby don't hurt me

  • @pumpkinvici1858
    @pumpkinvici1858 4 роки тому +590

    I’m sorry I laughed when the river didn’t wanna be responsible for her death as if it would be arrested 🤣 then it gave her advice where is this river I wanna talk to it

    • @TheRealJaneSeymour
      @TheRealJaneSeymour 2 роки тому +12

      Gurl ikr where can we find one of these rivers lol

    • @lahlybird895
      @lahlybird895 2 роки тому +9

      Add a minority nymph nyad or something controlling them, so yes the river actually could be punished by the gods

    • @bluisdead2034
      @bluisdead2034 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂

  • @dummylion1254
    @dummylion1254 4 роки тому +985

    Exactly how feared was this Eros guy that the river itself didn’t wanna be the one to kill his boo so it spits her out?

    • @adon3908
      @adon3908 4 роки тому +262

      The river said "fuck that" 😂😂😭

    • @truvy_5544
      @truvy_5544 4 роки тому +147

      That river said, “yeeth thy ocean you sad fool” 😭😭

    • @shadowrmidnight
      @shadowrmidnight 4 роки тому +18

      The ocean wants a lover

    • @michelemullican6627
      @michelemullican6627 4 роки тому +21

      It was probably a river God, anyone read Rick rordan?

    • @punkwrestle
      @punkwrestle 3 роки тому +23

      Well he was the son of Aphrodite, so he could really mess up your day.

  • @aidens4815
    @aidens4815 4 роки тому +1733

    no one:
    absolutely no one:
    jon: *does the macarena to no music because he has no headphones*

  • @calebgoodman2076
    @calebgoodman2076 4 роки тому +817

    Everyone: Psyche is so beautiful. She could never love someone like me. Psyche: Why won’t anyone date me? I will literally take anyone at this point!

    • @princetandukar9290
      @princetandukar9290 3 роки тому +21

      The anime version of that story is called: Komi san wa komishou desu

    • @Sabrina-be9cn
      @Sabrina-be9cn 3 роки тому +2

      @@princetandukar9290 😱😱😱😱😱

    • @Im_alivexx
      @Im_alivexx 3 роки тому +1

      Every girl at my school

    • @AveGoddess
      @AveGoddess Рік тому

      Story Of My Life😝🦄💚

  • @angryshortchildexe
    @angryshortchildexe 4 роки тому +135

    6:40 Apollo be like: “My girlfriend turned into a tree..”
    Eros: “That’s rough buddy”
    Idk the only thing I could think of after the Apollo and Daphne segment lol

    • @Im_alivexx
      @Im_alivexx 3 роки тому +4

      Lol well Daphne wanted nothing to do with Apollo sadly

    • @imsickoflifeanditstactics5063
      @imsickoflifeanditstactics5063 2 роки тому +1

      ATLA reference hahah

    • @JPayne95
      @JPayne95 2 роки тому +1

      She always did give him wood

    • @damesayo4656
      @damesayo4656 2 роки тому

      She was no girlfriend of his. So nope, that is probably no1 tought about that. But you have plenty of similar stories in the myths, all of them, so oportunity to say that still exist.

    • @arvinroidoatienza7082
      @arvinroidoatienza7082 Рік тому

      Bruh Eros was partly responsible for it, after Apollo teased him because of his small bow.

  • @deadbunnybae9314
    @deadbunnybae9314 4 роки тому +436

    “With Valentine’s Day around the corner”
    Me: checks date to make sure I’m remembering it right
    Me: ...Valentine’s Day is tomorrow??????

    • @silvershadow1191
      @silvershadow1191 4 роки тому +5

      Dead Panda Onesie maybe he filmed it awhile ago

    • @MommyTiffany
      @MommyTiffany 4 роки тому +3

      @@silvershadow1191 I think they meant that they didn't realize it was right on top of us, not that he said have said it another way.

    • @barbarahouk1983
      @barbarahouk1983 4 роки тому +6

      I bought a cheesecake sampler for my spouse to share with me.

    • @hotdogwatersipper6511
      @hotdogwatersipper6511 4 роки тому +1

      No it was 2 days ago

    • @colleenhahn7205
      @colleenhahn7205 4 роки тому

      You must be a dude. lol

  • @Kayjoir
    @Kayjoir 4 роки тому +1467

    Does anyone else see parallels between Eros and psyche, and Beauty and the Beast? Father gives his daughter to a supposedly hideous monster daughter ends up visiting with her sisters the trick her, and also said daughter falls in love with the "monster"

    • @celticpoet21
      @celticpoet21 4 роки тому +92

      I sure do. One specific version of beauty and the beast in particular is "East of the sun, west of the moon".

    • @me-dd5rz
      @me-dd5rz 4 роки тому +10

      I waslooking for that comment

    • @littlesongbird1
      @littlesongbird1 4 роки тому +41

      It's considered to be the original version of the fairy tale.

    • @stooglemaxs70
      @stooglemaxs70 4 роки тому +7

      Came to the comments to say the same thing 👍

    • @blackphoenix77
      @blackphoenix77 4 роки тому +54

      The story of Eros and Psyche is indeed considered to be one of the earliest versions of the Beauty and the Beast archetype (aka Aarne-Thompson type 425C)

  • @auocados4875
    @auocados4875 4 роки тому +238

    Apollo: haha, i’m the better archer! 😌
    Eros: *takes out golden arrow* iM tHe BeTtEr ArChEr

  • @avitallichtenfeld813
    @avitallichtenfeld813 4 роки тому +249

    Three things worth noting:
    1. It’s incredibly ironic that Zeus so often uses marriage to bind people and make them better when he so often cheats on his own wife and ignore their marriage.
    2. In the versions of this myth I’ve heard, Psyche was actually pregnant when the incident with the hot wax happened, so she did all four of those tasks while pregnant!!
    3. It seems pretty clear that this myth is what inspired Beauty and the Beast, which I just think is worth mentioning especially given the nature of MUO.
    Great video overall John! Despite the fact I know most of the stuff you cover already, you explain it in an incredibly compelling manner that still entices me to watch. Thanks!

    • @jennifersmith2719
      @jennifersmith2719 4 роки тому +5

      Yh it reminds me of cinderella and rumplestilskin too

    • @punkwrestle
      @punkwrestle 3 роки тому

      jennifer smith And sleeping beauty and Cinderella....

    • @angelacooper8973
      @angelacooper8973 3 роки тому +2

      Yes she was heavily pregnant with a Gods child. She may have been pregnant for a year or two. And Eros lied to Psyche so she would LOVE him and not the god.

    • @esztervarga5431
      @esztervarga5431 3 роки тому

      well, pregrancy is 9 months long so it's make sence to me

    • @garpie6438
      @garpie6438 Рік тому +1

      Beauty and the Beast is actually based of a true story where a French noble journeyed to the America's and found a beast boy aka a boy with the werewolf like disease that causes a person to grow excess hair all over his body. He took the boy home, educated him, and married him to another noble who at first was horrified by her husband's appearance but later fell in love because of his genuine good nature. I can't remember the actual names of anyone since it's been a while since I learned that

  • @noxlupa2996
    @noxlupa2996 4 роки тому +55

    “Zeus barks the orders, but I hold his leash.” -Eros, *every myth involving Zeus*

  • @shikamaru8031
    @shikamaru8031 4 роки тому +388

    Jon’s videos hit different fr doe
    “ *He was absolutely ripped brah* “🤣

  • @RayNightshade12
    @RayNightshade12 4 роки тому +306

    The most detestable person
    *Shows a pic of Asian Jake Paul* 😂
    Fair enough

  • @calebgoodman2076
    @calebgoodman2076 4 роки тому +66

    Eros having siblings makes sense. The Greek language has different words for different kinds of love. Eros is passionate love but without Anteros it would be stalking or lusting.

    • @visionofsolace8961
      @visionofsolace8961 2 роки тому +3

      The Erotes work for Aphrodite as if it was a normal job, there's Pothos, Longing, for example.He's the personification of...Longing for someone, and he visited people who were already in love with each other but couldn't confess or see one another and people who suffered from unrequited love as well.

    • @ElCapoUnderboss
      @ElCapoUnderboss Рік тому

      Anteros was Eros younger brother that came later to help balance him..Himeros was the twin

  • @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886
    @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 4 роки тому +36

    Dude, your imitation of the jealous sisters was pure GOLD!

  • @ollie3838
    @ollie3838 4 роки тому +1162

    When you’re sad about spending valentines alone again, but then you remember dating just gives you one more person to let you down. 🙃
    edit: dang I came back after 8 months and god I was feeling sad (still single for life though)

    • @theycallmerainy2010
      @theycallmerainy2010 4 роки тому +28

      Peter Drama no, "it gives you one more person who doesn't feel let down. When you find the right person (probably a god or goddess) you won't feel like you are letting them down."
      Source: The Legends of Lilith

    • @ollie3838
      @ollie3838 4 роки тому +24

      One Million Subscribers Challenge I’m just letting my pessimist side out today cause I’m not feeling the happiest, love is meant for everyone and if you wish to find someone who you can love completely I believe anyone can.

    • @theycallmerainy2010
      @theycallmerainy2010 4 роки тому +3

      Peter Drama .... I meant to put quotation marks

    • @bosa5315
      @bosa5315 4 роки тому +9

      i have to work valentines

    • @Lavender_cow_
      @Lavender_cow_ 4 роки тому +5

      Its so relateable tho

  • @UlmoLOTR
    @UlmoLOTR 4 роки тому +89

    You mentioned Cinderella, but the first part, with the poor girl forced to live with a "monster" really sounds like Beauty and the Beast. The ancient myths where a great influence on storytellers in every period.

    • @JonSolo
      @JonSolo  4 роки тому +23

      i thought that a few times as well, but it’s a little different than the traditional “beauty and the beast” archetype because she only believes him to be that for a short while. otherwise I would have mentioned it

  • @vickimicki1989
    @vickimicki1989 4 роки тому +23

    “Not exactly what I would want my daughter to be the personification of”
    I haven’t laughed this hard in a a long time.

  • @shanayazaveri2620
    @shanayazaveri2620 4 роки тому +185

    Ok so I remembered these stories when listening to this one:
    1 Beauty and the Beast
    2 Cinderella
    3 Sleeping Beauty
    4 Rumplestiltskin
    5 Bluebeard
    Psyche was off in a large castle where invisible people waited on her, she longed for her family and her sisters tried to ruin her life because of their jealousy. The incident from Cinderella about the grains that he mentioned. Sleeping beauty, because she opened the box and slept, Eros then found her, plucked off the sleep from her and awoke her. Then the labours reminded me of Rumplestiltskin. And Bluebeard because, Aphrodite asked her to bring the box but Psyche opened it.

    • @peanut7792
      @peanut7792 4 роки тому +3

      Shanaya Zaveri I thought the Bluebeard one was more like Pandora’s Box

    • @shanayazaveri2620
      @shanayazaveri2620 4 роки тому +2

      @@peanut7792 it crossed my mind too, but I like Bluebeard more

    • @peanut7792
      @peanut7792 4 роки тому

      Shanaya Zaveri ok

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@shanayazaveri2620 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Puppy in my pocket Adventures in Pocketville or My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

  • @mickgorro
    @mickgorro 4 роки тому +85

    And 4:21 in I had two words to look up:
    1. STUD: sexually attractive male, male lover in high demand;
    2. SHREDDED: full of muscles.
    I wasn't expecting to learn English vocab here :).

    • @dinaashie3485
      @dinaashie3485 2 роки тому +2

      I'm the 68ᵗʰ like. Bless the legend that will be the 69ᵗʰ :)

  • @JinaChantil
    @JinaChantil 4 роки тому +282

    I am so HYPE by this video because I’ve been a HUGE fan of the Greek myth of Psyche & Cupid! It’s been my favorite since I was a teenager! I am now 32 and I co-own a makeup company and one of our first signature lipstick shades is named “Psyche” 💄

    • @heididavison816
      @heididavison816 4 роки тому +18

      Jina Jackson There is a novel called “Til We Have Faces” that is the Tale of Cupid and Psyche Retold. One of my favorites. You should check it out if you like to read, it’s pretty cool

    • @sakunaruful
      @sakunaruful 4 роки тому +4

      @@heididavison816 I read this book in high school.

    • @heididavison816
      @heididavison816 4 роки тому +3

      sakunaruful YESSS! it’s like in the top ten of my favorite books of all time

    • @JinaChantil
      @JinaChantil 4 роки тому +3

      Heidi Davison definitely will check it out! Thanks so much!

    • @biblicallydriven
      @biblicallydriven 4 роки тому +1

      One question; does it end well? I seriously need to know-

  • @jasonbrennan9918
    @jasonbrennan9918 4 роки тому +23

    A few notes:
    - In addition to his iconic weapon, Eros was also frequently depicted carrying a torch.
    - I always liked to think that the oracle's description of Eros as a loathsome winged serpent is a result of Apollo still being angry about the Daphne debacle.
    - Speaking of Lucian (author of 'The Golden Ass'), Eros' depiction in his 'Dialogues of the Gods' tend to pretty amusing as well.

  • @nikkicaz699
    @nikkicaz699 4 роки тому +26

    Hera "Zeus I caught you again cheating!"
    🤔
    "Ummmmm damn Eros again?"😁

  • @tankgirlspetdragon9225
    @tankgirlspetdragon9225 4 роки тому +656

    Cupid and Psyche...
    Still a better love story then Twilight.
    I'll see myself out.😂

    • @carsfan1995
      @carsfan1995 4 роки тому +22

      That is so ten years ago.

    • @ropale9730
      @ropale9730 4 роки тому +27

      @@carsfan1995 The dislike for that whole sequel is still there.

    • @mickgorro
      @mickgorro 4 роки тому +9

      *Psyche

    • @tankgirlspetdragon9225
      @tankgirlspetdragon9225 4 роки тому +10

      @@mickgorro oops thank you.

    • @dorkville7649
      @dorkville7649 4 роки тому +27

      Dude, that is wayy wayyyyy better than Twilight.

  • @anttibjorklund1869
    @anttibjorklund1869 4 роки тому +345

    I was expecting "The messed up origins of St Valentine"

    • @KenBarbX0
      @KenBarbX0 4 роки тому +13

      i was wondering the same thing! like what's the deets on him!

    • @aubreyjanuary9809
      @aubreyjanuary9809 4 роки тому +9

      Who is he anyway

    • @hayden1351
      @hayden1351 4 роки тому +4

      Right??! I wanted to talk about lupercalia dammit

    • @daisylazy5326
      @daisylazy5326 4 роки тому +11

      He’s a priest that got in prisoner for marrying Christian couples, at time it was illegal. At least that’s my catholic school teaching on it

    • @alexoop2230
      @alexoop2230 4 роки тому +2

      Aubrey January a saint who got his head cut off 😂

  • @juanpurdoy6553
    @juanpurdoy6553 4 роки тому +42

    Me: Hey, what are you reading?
    Jon: Oh, the Golden Ass, how about you?
    Me: A Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
    Jon (in a low voice): What a weirdo

  • @TheQuestionmarkstudi
    @TheQuestionmarkstudi 4 роки тому +42

    I liked it when you enunciated “for all intents and purposes”. It’s rare, so much appreciated:).

  • @Fucoc
    @Fucoc 4 роки тому +114

    The story of Amor and Psyche is the origin to Beauty and the Beast and several other similar European folk tales.

  • @biancabrooks280
    @biancabrooks280 4 роки тому +447

    Like goal, less than 3. That’s adorable.

    • @Shappire0926
      @Shappire0926 4 роки тому +20

      Lol, I paused and saw that, that is the way we used to text the heart symbol. So I agree, adorable and romantic ❤

    • @biancabrooks280
      @biancabrooks280 4 роки тому +11

      Roshane Rowe Yes. I know that the less than symbol and the number three make a heart. It’s quite common knowledge.
      I was making an observational joke.

    • @Bisexualdragon4042
      @Bisexualdragon4042 4 роки тому +11

      😂 Anyone else remember the days that it was 5,000 likes or 10,000

    • @sjekiralady1645
      @sjekiralady1645 4 роки тому +2

      My dumba** didn't relize it at first

    • @weshywishy6735
      @weshywishy6735 3 роки тому

  • @zoshii1
    @zoshii1 4 роки тому +15

    OMG the SHADE, I died when he used Ricegum's picture XD

  • @AminahMosley
    @AminahMosley 4 роки тому +22

    I thought of Cinderella immediately when the ants were introduced to the story...great storytelling as usual

  • @brandonrodriguez9335
    @brandonrodriguez9335 4 роки тому +119

    Posted while I'm still at work? Don't distract me!!!!!! I'll be watching when my boss isn't looking.

    • @crimsonprincess4901
      @crimsonprincess4901 4 роки тому +2

      Me everytime anything pops up on youtube ☝ 😥 😈 👍

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому +1

      @@crimsonprincess4901 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Street Fighter, Dragon Ball, Digimon, Pokemon, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic or Puppy In My Pocket Adventures In Pocketville

    • @crimsonprincess4901
      @crimsonprincess4901 3 роки тому

      @@tijanamilenkovic3425 depends haha are you actaully asking me or are you trying to say you felt the same for all of those videos? 😆

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@crimsonprincess4901 I am actually asking you

  • @grace5033
    @grace5033 4 роки тому +49

    These videos help me cope with the fact that I am once again a "Solo" cup on Valentine's Day. Gotta love it when you start doing the macarena with no music 😂😂😂

  • @thomasjackson2223
    @thomasjackson2223 4 роки тому +14

    I recommend reading "The Golden Ass." The Cupid/Psyche tale is only part of that whole story, and it's outrageously funny.

  • @milkovich9581
    @milkovich9581 3 роки тому +6

    I love it that he uses Percy Jackson fanart of the goddesses

  • @christianjohnson5379
    @christianjohnson5379 4 роки тому +55

    This video is even more great after reading Lore Olympus, which shows an adaption of the story of Eros and Psyche.

    • @heididavison816
      @heididavison816 4 роки тому +5

      Christian Johnson My favorite retelling of the Tale of Cupid and Psyche is “Til We Have Faces” by CS Lewis

    • @marcyhoang
      @marcyhoang 4 роки тому +1

      @@heididavison816 okay

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому +1

      @@heididavison816 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Street Fighter, Dragon Ball, Pokemon and Digimon

    • @heididavison816
      @heididavison816 3 роки тому +1

      @@marcyhoang You should check it out if you haven’t yet! Such a different take on the myth

    • @heididavison816
      @heididavison816 3 роки тому +1

      @@tijanamilenkovic3425 That’s pretty recent, not really what this channel is about 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @carolynclark491
    @carolynclark491 4 роки тому +39

    Eros/Cupid’s love story is very similar to my favorite fairy tale, East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

    • @lovetolovefairytales
      @lovetolovefairytales 4 роки тому +2

      Have you read East by Edith Pattou? You've got to if you love that fairytale.

    • @carolynclark491
      @carolynclark491 4 роки тому +2

      lovetolovefairytales yes it’s been awhile; time for a reread. The retellings Ice by Sarah Beth Durst & Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow By Jessica Day George are also good!

    • @lovetolovefairytales
      @lovetolovefairytales 4 роки тому

      @@carolynclark491 oh I love Sun and Moon Ice and Snow! Ice was cool too, no pun intended.

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@carolynclark491 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Chthulhu or It

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@lovetolovefairytales what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Puppy in my pocket Adventures in Pocketville or My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

  • @epsyblue7714
    @epsyblue7714 4 роки тому +6

    14:50 That has got to be one of the most ironic things for Zeus to have stated.

  • @OGseoulite
    @OGseoulite 4 роки тому +6

    I'm reading Lore Olympus and a few of the chapters features Eros's backstory with Psyche and potrays him very well, I love how his character was written and also how well the story stick close to the original myth while still making it feel original and relatable

  • @napsandbeauty256
    @napsandbeauty256 4 роки тому +45

    Happy Valentines Day everyone ❤️

  • @marissaking5536
    @marissaking5536 4 роки тому +116

    Did anyone peep that the story he told about eros told about hid love story was also some what in Lore Olympus🤔

    • @biancabrooks280
      @biancabrooks280 4 роки тому +22

      I mean, the author of Lore Olympus probably did her research, just like Jon does.

    • @biancabrooks280
      @biancabrooks280 4 роки тому +7

      Marissa King wait, was this a joke? If so *whoosh* I missed it. 😹😹😹

    • @popsis15
      @popsis15 4 роки тому +14

      i'm always comparing Lore Olympus and these videos, seeing what was done the same and what was done differently XD

    • @M.Mana12
      @M.Mana12 4 роки тому +8

      Ha! I didn't expect to see some fellow webtoon readers ! Hello!

    • @jazzywash1214
      @jazzywash1214 4 роки тому +7

      I LOVE Lore Olympus. Kore/Persephone is adorbs and Hades 😍🥰 him not evil, he misunderstood except truly by Persephone. They are so cute!!

  • @stevenryan2549
    @stevenryan2549 4 роки тому +13

    This story really needs to be woven into a movie...or at least an 8 part streaming series.

  • @hazellai6908
    @hazellai6908 4 роки тому +19

    no one's gonna talk about how funny and ridiculous blurred renaissance paintings look?

  • @TheRoniKeks
    @TheRoniKeks 4 роки тому +81

    That Tattoo on the arm...was it always there? xD

    • @cheyenneprincipato2370
      @cheyenneprincipato2370 4 роки тому +8

      Ronija_ I was wondering the same thing

    • @dafttool
      @dafttool 4 роки тому +19

      Ronija_ He came out of the womb like that.

    • @nikiscott4925
      @nikiscott4925 4 роки тому +13

      Was looking for this comment lol

    • @theblackbutterfly3113
      @theblackbutterfly3113 4 роки тому +3

      @@nikiscott4925 ME TOO!!!!! So glad other people noticed XD

    • @jameshancock7245
      @jameshancock7245 4 роки тому +6

      It’s definitely new look at the redness around it

  • @chrislodico
    @chrislodico 4 роки тому +15

    “One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', "Whadda ya want from me?”
    Lol I love the goodfellas painting.

  • @val0077
    @val0077 4 роки тому +20

    It's sad how in love I've always been with eros, I swear I would draw him all the time, try and research lore and read up on everything I found, my dad made fun of me too :(

  • @Wandergirl108
    @Wandergirl108 4 роки тому +15

    Anyway…I'm surprised and touched by the beauty of Eros's love story. Most Greek myths don't end well, but this was just lovely. I kept waiting for The Part Where It All Goes Wrong, and it never came - I thought the Sleep of Hades was going to be the end of it, I was so sure! Wow…what a lovely tale to soothe me in preparation for yet another Valentine's Day spent a continent away from my beloved… (No, he's not a soldier, it's just a long-distance thing.)

  • @colleenhahn7205
    @colleenhahn7205 4 роки тому +13

    When I was in high school, I was in the Latin club. Everyone had to assume a Roman name (usually a Roman god or goddess name). I took on the name of Daphne, Apollo's first love. Even though I've studied Roman mythology, I never came across how Eros played a part in it, but it does explain why Daphne spurned Apollo's advances.
    Once again, thank you, Jon Solo! (And yes, I do appreciate the timing of this latest endeavor of yours.)

  • @indigovae3579
    @indigovae3579 4 роки тому +12

    *sips water* ahhh...another year passes when cupid misses me with his golden arrow...
    he really needs to work on his aim

  • @celticpoet21
    @celticpoet21 4 роки тому +12

    Awesome Job! Cupid and psyche is actually one of my favorite myths. Alongside other commenters, could you make a video for "East of the sun, West of the moon"? A fantastic (norse) version of Beast and the Beast with a lot of similarities to Cupid and Psyche.

  • @gabby4291
    @gabby4291 2 роки тому +2

    My top three favourite Greek myth stories that involve a love story and possible of all Ancient Greek myths are Orpheus and Eurydice, Eros and Psyche, and Hades and Persephone. I am so glad this was covered because they are useful lessons, shows that once in awhile there is a happy ending, and a beautiful myth of love and challenges that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

  • @eurydicefiori865
    @eurydicefiori865 4 роки тому +26

    fun fact: Cupid's story can be found in a book by Julius Lester called "Cupid: A Tale of Love & Desire" 💘

  • @illillyillyo
    @illillyillyo 4 роки тому +11

    1:04 might be the best joke you’ve ever told. Thank you for that. I love it. It, not you. I KNOW YOU’RE TAKEN, CALM DOWN!

  • @piffba
    @piffba 4 роки тому +5

    Love how you put “According to Paris” to make sure we don’t have another Trojan War

  • @breez0670
    @breez0670 4 роки тому +10

    8:08 Jon got smoke with ricegum 😂😂😂😂

  • @riceracm
    @riceracm 4 роки тому +48

    3:34 Imagine your junk is so small it can be covered by the thickness of essentially a magazine...

    • @adon3908
      @adon3908 4 роки тому

      Yooo 😭😂😂

  • @RobinSpiller
    @RobinSpiller 4 роки тому +6

    8:08 lmfaooo I just made am unexplainable noise at this RiceGum's gonna drop a diss track in you lolll

  • @XL.Pumpkaboo
    @XL.Pumpkaboo 4 роки тому +9

    Gunther is getting BIG! I guess that just means there's more of him to love.

  • @salmaa222
    @salmaa222 4 роки тому +11

    “The most detestable human being on the planet”
    **puts picture of Ricegum on screen**
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jamesanthony8438
    @jamesanthony8438 4 роки тому +66

    Happy Singles Awareness Day! =/

    • @voodoomagic90
      @voodoomagic90 4 роки тому +2

      Happy singles day! 🤗☺️ ❤️

  • @alicedubois1348
    @alicedubois1348 4 роки тому +15

    Listening to this while I am making 20 Valentine Cards for my son's kindergarden class. Thanks! It was so much more fun to make them while listening to your video (and other mythology explained vids).

  • @RowBearToe
    @RowBearToe 4 роки тому +4

    16:13 you missed a great opportunity because I could practically hear Gunther saying "Bruh?"

  • @calebgoodman2076
    @calebgoodman2076 4 роки тому +13

    Could it be possible that Aphrodite’s son could be an avatar of the primordial Eros? Or named after him?

  • @pikiella2220
    @pikiella2220 4 роки тому +15

    Yesssssss!!! I was hoping you would post soon!! I need something to watch before my c-section!

  • @JABurtin
    @JABurtin 4 роки тому +3

    Psyche is every classic Disney Princess.
    - Sent to a Beast by her father, only to fall in love with with him.
    - Calls upon animals to help with an impossible sorting task.
    - Falls into the sleep of Hades after opening a box supposed to contain beauty, and must be rescued by her true love.
    Surprised that he only mentioned the Cinderella connection.

  • @missJazzitup99
    @missJazzitup99 3 роки тому +4

    Those mythological gods were so messed up. Not one of them was good.. Even Cupid was a jerk.

  • @gawaineross4656
    @gawaineross4656 3 роки тому +4

    You forgot Cupid's admonition to Psyche: Love and fear cannot exist together.

  • @AnaSantos-gc1uc
    @AnaSantos-gc1uc 4 роки тому +7

    Tbh I thought you'd say "Psyche accidentally spilled/poured the oil on his face causing him to be blind, thus the story of" love is blind"" bc I honestly thought it was that story lol.
    Also gotta tell you this but my nephew really enjoyed watching this (with me) bc it was entertaining and everything (his words lol)

    • @cat-bu5ky
      @cat-bu5ky 3 роки тому +1

      this is a late comment but eros is often portrayed with a blindfold which does mean love is blind.

  • @Caeljharden
    @Caeljharden 4 роки тому +3

    “3). He was kind of a shit head”
    Same.

  • @sebastianplunkett96
    @sebastianplunkett96 3 роки тому +2

    I love how Jon does ads.
    “Have you ever been trying to do stuff and don’t know how. Skill share

  • @anaagu2364
    @anaagu2364 Рік тому +2

    I got so excited cause I just knew you would tell the story of the 4 hard tasks she had to go through, my 7thgrade detention teacher told me the story and I fell in love with it I was just thinking about it 2 nights ago!

  • @user-bo7lx9li4u
    @user-bo7lx9li4u 4 роки тому +12

    Eros’s wife: LEMMIE DIE IN DIS WATER CUZ I LISTENED TO MAH WHINING SISTAS
    Water: nah, I ain’t finna he blamed for yo death sis, try again.

  • @ink_blot25
    @ink_blot25 3 роки тому +11

    Imagine being a mortal, then becoming a goddess - Psyche must have heard all about the weird stories and shenanigans of Zeus and the rest of the gods that she wouldn't have been aware of when she was mortal!
    Zeus: And that's how I dethroned my father by making him spit up my siblings.
    Psyche: ...
    Zeus: Then there was the time I birthed my son from my thigh
    Psyche: .__.
    Zeus: And there was the time where my own daughter came out of my forehead!
    Psyche: o__o
    Zeus: Well I sort of ate her mother. But it was her own fault for giving me that headache when she crafted her the armour from my insides!
    Psyche: HONEEEEEY!!!
    Eros: For Hades sake Zeus!
    Hades: Hey!

  • @sadiecrytz
    @sadiecrytz 4 роки тому +1

    this dynamic is also used in the loose rendition of a Beauty and the Beast tale-type East of the Sun and West of the Moon, which basically uses this myth as a basis for the story, but falls into the tale-type because by day, the prince is a white bear.

  • @themotivatedmaycry9120
    @themotivatedmaycry9120 Рік тому +1

    I’ve been playing the Hades game recently and it made me want to get back into greek mythology so I’ve just been binge watching all these videos, this is probably my favorite video of the ones I’ve seen, thank you for sparking my love for Greek Mythology again

  • @trudy101
    @trudy101 4 роки тому +4

    I really like this myth and Happy Valentine's Day, Gunther!

  • @John223
    @John223 4 роки тому +32

    I can't believe I'm still excited to be early when a video is posted

  • @amandapucinelli2842
    @amandapucinelli2842 4 роки тому +3

    That is my favorite myth.. it's so beautiful!

  • @syv9443
    @syv9443 4 роки тому +4

    I grew up hearing the beginning of this lore but never the end. I always thought she lost him forever. This is a good Valentine's day to learn the true ending

  • @boshowa0840
    @boshowa0840 3 роки тому +3

    I always wondered if there was a particular reason for him having bird wings.

  • @sdb9884
    @sdb9884 4 роки тому +10

    Ahh, your ad made me laugh! I never skip, because I know I’ll miss something amazing. I was not disappointed. 😝

  • @AdiiraKuro
    @AdiiraKuro 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for clarification. I always tought Amor was the greek god of love and Eros was a god of physical love in form of the act.

  • @Joeylovedovey
    @Joeylovedovey 2 роки тому +1

    LMAOOOOO not the River saying u not gonna get me in trouble with the Gods😭😭

  • @memyselfandi7782
    @memyselfandi7782 4 роки тому +97

    At least you're honest about capitalism.

  • @prettyboi650
    @prettyboi650 3 роки тому +4

    Yo that was funny the river did not want no smoke with Eros so the river threw her out 😂

  • @camas77721
    @camas77721 2 роки тому +1

    This one was so heartwarming. Especially zues being sweet and sending his eagle

  • @ghostly0005
    @ghostly0005 3 роки тому +2

    Who knew that Jon’s monotone voice gimmick is one of the best things about his videos?

  • @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper
    @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 4 роки тому +9

    1:20 I’m deaf so this advert is hilarious 😱

  • @sassysassy1575
    @sassysassy1575 4 роки тому +23

    Me listening to this with my raycon E25 earbuds:🙂🙂🙂

    • @RayNightshade12
      @RayNightshade12 4 роки тому +1

      Me too, until it reached low battery lmao

    • @KeikoKeepSmiling
      @KeikoKeepSmiling 4 роки тому +1

      Sassy Sassy - How is the sound quality?

    • @sassysassy1575
      @sassysassy1575 4 роки тому +2

      @@KeikoKeepSmiling its actually really good. I had the beats headphones before these and the base is exactly the same but u have to make sure to clean them when they get dirty otherwise the sound gets muffled

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@RayNightshade12 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Gravity Falls

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@sassysassy1575 what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of these
      Street Fighter
      Ranma ½
      Dragon Ball
      Naruto Shippuden
      Overlord
      Kanokon
      King Of Fighters
      Inuyasha
      Yu Yu Hakusho
      Shaman King
      Sailor Moon
      Tokyo Mew Mew
      Sarazanmai
      Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba
      Highschool D x D
      Rosario + Vampire
      Sword Art Online
      Attack on Titan
      Tokyo Ghoul
      Ge Ge Ge No Kitarou
      Beyblade
      Bakugan
      Digimon
      Pokemon
      Yu Gi Oh
      Yo Kai Watch

  • @raincat2692
    @raincat2692 4 роки тому +1

    I think my favorite part was that all of Psyche's labor were all supposed to be super hard and all but she goes to the underworld and it's like "oh yeah she got it no problem" like Hades is so fricking chill he made her fall asleep lol.

  • @YourFunkiness
    @YourFunkiness 4 роки тому +14

    I really love C.S. Lewis' rendition of this.

    • @lovetolovefairytales
      @lovetolovefairytales 4 роки тому +1

      Till we have faces?

    • @YourFunkiness
      @YourFunkiness 4 роки тому +1

      @@lovetolovefairytales That is correct.

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@YourFunkiness what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Chthulhu or It

    • @tijanamilenkovic3425
      @tijanamilenkovic3425 3 роки тому

      @@yuzzybus what do you think about The Messed Up Origins of Trevor Henderson or SCP foundation

  • @racquieblack1217
    @racquieblack1217 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks Jon and Happy Valentines Day! This explained was really good and interesting. Thanks for always putting in the hard work 😊

  • @nylasimpson9376
    @nylasimpson9376 4 роки тому +3

    finallyyyy i’ve been waiting for you to posttttt !!

  • @Lil_peepfan
    @Lil_peepfan 3 роки тому +2

    It was funny when he was like “do you jam to music but..you realize you can’t hear anything bc you don’t have headphones”

  • @khaliamanda596
    @khaliamanda596 4 роки тому +1

    You have to give Jon his props. He really does his research