The Iliad, Illustrated (part one)

[onceltom]

Bullshit!

[daniellerbear]

He's adorable, why can't my teachers be like this?

[theend1245]

is that merlin

[sosa4693]

haha dumbledore

[harry646464]

Love the presentation here as i really enjoy your unique teaching style !!!

[Mrspekeek]

I love this guy! He's hilarious!

[picklegurrl]

Helped alot! THNX wit <3

[Geo877]

This video is wonderful. Thank you very much!

[jpgmontanaboy]

what kind of parties does he attend

[grassvalleystudios]

I had a bit of a hard time understanding the story cause of the genius humor tangents, but still, a great video nonetheless. 

[MrAndeweg]

That professor sounds like Mufasa.

[TheNextLevel11]

HOmer reincarnated?

[dtothelu]

Don't forget the gratuitous amounts of stripping on the battlefield.

[ChelseaBobcat]

50%?! people are fucking retarded these days. 

[dtothelu]

@ChelseaBobcat Well it is a CUNY school...

[sweetmay73]

THANK YOU

[thatgenguy]

Love his voice. This guy rocks.

[SMGrawks]

So Homer was trying to show the futility of war and NOT glamorizing it as heroic? I think that's great because when I was reading Rosemary Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy (I plan to read a text version later) I was really upset how these two great peoples were destroying themselves over honor.

[JonathanTopping]

PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE TROJAN WAR?! What is being taught in grade school?

[abdihassanawali]

@JonathanTopping

What happened on last night's episode of Jersey-shit-Shore

[SMGrawks]

@JonathanTopping How we all came from monkeys instead of ancient human history, ancient Black and Amerind empires (that were actually White), Slavery instead of Early American History, The Holocaust instead of WW2, how to "go green" instead of physics, and reading assignments include "Anne Frank's Diary", The color purple and Heather Has Two Mommies.

[JonathanTopping]

@SMGrawks Thats depressing, we should be learning about important stuff rather than stupid stuff.

[CrazyChunkles]

@guitarsforever You are totally right, even Menelaus isn't fighting for Helen to some extent, he too is trying to claim kleos, an important part of the heroic code which was followed to some extent by every main character of the epic

[ImAwesomeHaHaHa]

SPOILER ALERT

ACHILLES KILLS HECTOR

[Upchucka]

@ImAwesomeHaHaHa aww man you ruined it.

[HellmanMatt]

I am glad to see you spreading the knowledge of the fabled Trojan War. I'm 17 and I just read The Iliad and thoroughly enjoyed it. Just apprising you of this though, I believe you spelled machicolation erroneously.

[koutsoumbos]

My name is Ilias and ever where I go they tell me about the Iliad. I can watch this y tube video to see who the Iliad

[kerstmanneke82]

@koutsoumbos that, or you could read the book

[oluwatoni1]

oh that's so funny



[greek1237]

Get to Achilles lol.

[cowsgalore26]

THE ILLIAD!!

youtube.com/watch?v=LOc2IHgqAB­U

[cjleeways]

hella good beats in the beginning

[WutUtalking]

He looks like Homer.

[PwnageMewsic]

@WutUtalking haha he does.

[moo5009]

@WutUtalking Yeah, he also looks like Beowulf's author too. 

[deadmansguide]

@WutUtalking maybe he is, maybe homer is immortal XD jk

[guitarsforever]

Professor Harrison says that the main reason for the Trojan war is Helen (which is what most people believe). But when Menelaus went to his brother Agamemnon for help in attacking Troy for taking his wife, Agamemnon saw this as an opportunity to become a legend (to be spoken about). Apart from Menelaus, no one in this war is fighting for Helen. (At least in the beginning) Achilles is fighting for "kleos" (glory) so that he will be remembered as a great warrior.

[jmzimmerman1984]

It's John Ryeas Davis! He's slung down in the world.

[LadyBludgeon]

*LOL @ the realistic depiction of the most beautiful woman in the world*

Thank you so much for this. This is by so far the best and easiest to follow narrative of The Iliad by so far. Other videos don't use visual depictions or simpler terms as you do. Again thank you so much and peace be with you.

[raydlevel5]

I wish this Professor was my 9th or 10th grade High School english teacher.

[yser65]

Thanks, all. This was fun to do. (I'm the great great etc grandson.)

[presbarkeep]

this guy is King Arthur's great great great great great great grandson.

[sitedezynz]

@presbarkeep Actually he is the son of Actors Rex Harrison ( My Fair Lady ) and Lilli Palmer ( author, painter, actress ) and the brother of Noel Harrison ( Girl From UNCLE, writer of Academy Award winning song "The Windmills of Your Mind ). His mother too was quite a genius as is evident in her books and interviews.

[tompinoyger]

Danke

[alin9108]

Hey Professor Harrison!!!

[siriusb2]

ok, i have a doubt, i read the illiad, but it end on hectors rescue, where i can read about the horse or the fall of troy, achilles dead??? thnk you !

[fatspoon1029]

@siriusb2 The iliad is only a story about a section of the Trojan war, the horse or fall of Troy aren't in it

[xxxkingjoexxx]

i have 3 copies of the illiad, and in one of them it lists how many ships each of the greek rulers brought with them. but i stopped counting after over a thousand ships.

[mikish23]

Brilliant!! This has been priceless!!

[garzamma]

thanks so much

[acerb45666555]

2- embellishments are unavoidable over so many centuries. first Bards sang it for hundreds of years, then it was written down. and therefore, many people added or removed things as it suited them.

[acerb45666555]

my theory:>> As the Mycenaens attempt to take Troys defenses, a short sharp earthquake topples the towers and walls to a great extant. the Mycenaens wait a bit till all the rubble stops falling, then assault whats left and take the remains of Troy! Out of gratitude they erect a (solid) wooden horse in honor of Poseiden. ......the hollow horse version just doesnt make sense, it would have been to risky. the Trojans were not fools!

[Niasis1920]

Very good way of telling the story. But I hardly understand it..so as the drawing:)) But again, it's good:)

[ethanrocket123]

thanks carey, you helped me remember somethings for tomorrows final!

Ethan

[iCabSC]

thanks