The myth of Zeus' test - Iseult Gillespie

While this story is cute, how would the villagers know that they were Gods? It's not their fault they didn't want two shady stangers in their house

Zues was the first kindness influencer

After watching this video, I got a chance to see this in a painting. It was amazing how I was able to remember it so quickly! But still.... I can't help think the gods of Olympus didn't know the term Stranger Danger...

AW THIS WAS SO HEARTWARMING

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Why did this story go from "You should be kind to strangers with seemingly nothing, they might be the divine in disguise." to " How the Britishers colonized the world"?

So the same guy cheating on his wife like it's Tuesday and condoning kidnapping kills off an entire village for not letting two very suspicious men into their household?







my hero

ez riddle lowkey

Thank you for telling me this amazing story

In the end, they just prroved the villagers right, they were dangerous and murderous...

A lot of mythological stories I hear because I either had kid-friendly versions to read or because I watch Overly Sarcastic Productions. This was the first one I originally heard about in one of my Bible college classes, because there’s a point in Acts where Paul and Banarbas are assumed to be Zeus and Hermes, and my prof wanted to explain exactly why this was such a big deal for the people trying to worship the two. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard this myth earlier, its message is pretty wholesome!

The theme of Friendship is significant. Through the pleasures and pains in their lifetime together, they learned to share [give & receive], they're caring, demonstrated equality, and their relationship of friendship created trustworthiness in their bond. Love, oftentimes, Lives on ~ In the beginning and in The End.

Oh sure. If it's the mortals who refuse to help, they deserve divine punishment. But if it's the gods, it's a-okay.

Me who didn't read the title and was waiting for Zeus to ask if they have green eyes

If I was a girl I would surely pass, and Hera would be angry

I have long loved this myth. One of the great lies of "... and they lived happily ever after..." is that one of them always is going to die first and leave the other alone for a time. Here, they get to live a long life and peacefully pass on together. THAT is a happy ending.

The old testament draws much of its inspiration from other cultures including the Sumer, the Babylonians, Egyptians, and the Greeks. This story almost certainly was the inspiration for Soddom and Gamorrah.

That sounds like a horror story. Imagine if everyone you know was killed

this is such a wholesome story, apart from the fact that a village of people had drowned. yea very wholesome indeed

I did not expect to cry with this video yet here I am

Next time i see someone breaking into my house I'll show them where the jewellery is

I think part of passing Zeus's test is to be able to spell its possessive properly.

Noted. Next time two suspicious strangers are knocking on my door, I'd open it for them and serve them like gods.

I thought it was another riddle 😅

so nice

I don't know, knowing Zeuses other stories there's a solid chance that if a hot girl opened the door he would have taken her, either willingly or by force, and the moral of the story would have been different,

You really shouldn't look to Greek gods for moral guidance

The Greek Gods were brutal ... not getting punished has already been seen as a reward. Greek Gods were neither infallible, nor omniscient, nor immortal (they did not age, but they could be killed). That's why the couple also didn't dare to ask for too much, since that could have been seen as greed and pissed off the Gods again. Asking to care for the temple was a clever move, how could they neglect such a plea? And asking to die together was then the cherry on top the Gods just couldn't refuse either.

As the universe still in diapers understood that man can not disobey the ten commandments no matter who they are until they understand this they receive judgment until they no longer sin. God's way of molding everyone into perfection. Prometheus can't die he took all the hits whilst everyone was sewing seed. It could have only been Prometheus because nothing effects him. The god that dies every night. God sees the infinite we see the finite.

Tbh, based on MOST stories of Zeus i assumed it was " Pulse - Check, Hole - Check, ok let's do this"

And that's why you shouldn't use godly powers to drink more than you can handle.

Such a beautiful story ❤❤❤

The duck reappeared in the flood giving continuity, I liked that.

At least for once, the story isn't about zeus that can't hold his little johnny to stay in his pants

Just imagine that one greek dude who came across a weird looking tree and going "Hmmm, yeah that def was an old couple that was nice to Zeus."

Knew the story already, and honestly I'm not sure.

I mean, there were rules which obligated you to show hospitality.
So maybe I would invite them.
But maybe I would also just lead them to the next inn, where they could rest.

Or the third option, I would wake up my family, then talk a lot with the strangers to find out der intentions and if I'm sure they have no bad intentions THEN I would look to a place where they could sleep.

Bruh either zapped you or smashed you 😅

"Gods" took everything away from them and still asked if they need something else. No my Gods that's enough. 🤪🤣

would zeus pass my test

The concept of hospitality was massively important in the ancient world. Yes, some people were bandits - but bandits aren't usually the ones travelling far and wide and into villages. Brigands populated the roads and big cities - because that way they escaped repercussions.

Travellers bring news. Commerce. And they depend on the kindness of strangers when moving about is matter of weeks or months rather than our half a day intercontinental flights. They are needed for society to function, and they depend on society to function. So to handle this mutualism the cultures place a heavy emphasis on the rules of hospitality, for both sides.

Got it, so the lesson is; if you're kind, your friends will be killed, your house will effectively be stolen and repurposed and you'll have to be the caretaker for what was your old house, and then youll be turned into a tree.

Sisyphus was not punished by Zeus. It was Hades who condemned him to roll that boulder up a steep hill endlessly (I forgot what Sisyphus did tho).

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I was feeling a little bit strange: greek mythology without death? Probably Zeus is going to seduc.... oh wait... there's a flood. Ok, that's more like it

. . . How was this a test?

It's just so ridiculous to hear those English names. Doesn't sound like the original at all.

The answer is: Zeus! Your son has returned! I BRING THE DESTRUCTION OF OLYMPUS!

spread legs

“Did I pass?”

This is a horror story. Gods come to a town as creepy weirdos and, obviously, nobody’s good mess around with them. They go to a poor couple and eat their last supplies. Then they destroy their social circle and steal their house and make it into a temple, which the couple has to take care of otherwise they’re homeless. Their last wish is a horrifying slow death by having vines grow out of your insides. Wtf is happening bruh?

Well, the Greek gods are basically just D. heads