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@czypauly07

24 күн бұрын

Hurraaah!

@JohnDoe-ne1ni

24 күн бұрын

These people have no shame and just want clicks so they do this. They don't admit reality and are just conspiracy theorists

@Karadjanov

24 күн бұрын

4:23 Is that factual? I mean the Mediterranean is between Europe, Africa and Asia. The Levant and Anatolia (Asian part) are probably around 15% ( Guessing ) and the European part is at least 50% (Guessing) considering the large peninsulas protruding deep into the Mediterranean (Italy and the Balkans) while the African coastline is relatively straight and is probably around 35% (Guessing)

@FireflowerDancer

24 күн бұрын

"A provocation to the alt right," Well put, Metatron.

@HPLovesCraftsCat

24 күн бұрын

this video is proof modern academia is a joke and nothing more than a worthless title.

He's not a professor, he's an Indoctrinator.

@whatever930

24 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@Ragnar452

24 күн бұрын

No wonder only incompetent people graduate.

@brien656

24 күн бұрын

He should lose that Titel of Professer and take the Titel of BS Artist.

@bharrison7119

24 күн бұрын

think how many people come out of school every year thinking like this donut

@lessermook7608

24 күн бұрын

A teacher enlightens, an educator mentors. an agent indoctrinates

"Professor of Classics in modern world" Let me translate. It basically tells us that he is not classics professor, he is professoro of modernity looking at classics. His job is to apply modern standards on people who died thousands of years ago and have no say in court of modern morality.

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

It's a title that says a hell of a lot about that university. But it can get stupider. Cambridge university decided not to use anglo-saxon anymore. Why? I assume because nationalistic englishmen like the term, so it has to go.

@campy3888

24 күн бұрын

His field is more to the theatre side of classics and we all know how theatre kids are

@jdulmaine

24 күн бұрын

@@celsus7979 Tolkien must be rolling in his grave. So much for Beowulf. I do realize that Tolkien taught at Oxford. But still...

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

A lot of things have gotten better, but like in a greek teagedy we just have to self destruct

@liz9284

24 күн бұрын

A Professor of Presentism.

As a Greek I thank you, we must defend our History against this woke degeneracy.

@Maxtcc

22 күн бұрын

All of us, at all times, must defend our entire world from " this woke degeneracy".

@user-xz3pb3dt2u

21 күн бұрын

Thank god i am a South Slav and my history is completely unknown to these degenerates🥶

@PaulWinkle

20 күн бұрын

Which side is using the word woke more often?

@D4NK1

20 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@wjsproductions1784

20 күн бұрын

Y’all talking “woke” like it’s a thing that exists

This is an extremly good example of to why using arguments of authority is so dangerous. People supporting arguments like that will tell you that everything he says is correct, because he is a so called "expert". Btw: "Professor of classics in modern world" is literally identity politics turned in human form. He does not teach about history but about how history can be rewritten to fit into "modern" society

@hikelfin5941

13 күн бұрын

Sorry mate, you're brain-dead.

@whisped8145

11 күн бұрын

"modern" is just code for "Socialist", that's why there is no "modern audience" that actually watches the movies made for it. The same goes for "western standards" - the people of the west don't have those standards or sensitivities they speak of. They're just those of the Socialist censors who want to brainwash us all, mold us into their Überm.. I mean "New Man"

@MCharlesPainting

9 күн бұрын

Yeah, that confused me at first. There are three ways to view this: (1) Understanding classics as they pertain to life across time, even in the modern world (this would be more like Carl Jung, Tolkien, and Jordan Peterson) (2) Understanding classics through the framework of a postmodernist lens, as it pertains to what we think modern people require and how we must 'understand' history for our own purposes today (this guy, evidently) (3) Modern classics (i.e. classics today). Well, he clearly doesn't mean this. To the degree he does, he means to steal the classics and reshape them into 'living classics' today for his own ideology. This is actually what dictatorships do, by the way. They take history, reshape it, cause it to be 'living' through governmental enforcement, and throw it upon the people, like they're living gods of their great 'new' culture. Mao did it, Hitler did it, Stalin did it, they all do it. P.S. Wow, I didn't know it was going to do that. I got more into the video, and it seems that it's a mixture. He's literally talking about modern depictions of classical mythos (Romans and Greeks)? Percy Jackson was okay, though had its story issues. But, to view such a thing through the lens of 'racism' and so on is insane. You shouldn't do this with any of these films. Any film that clearly does have an agenda around racism and sexism, etc. in these sorts of films is a simple reflection of the fact that it was made after 2015 and the filmmaker is corrupt beyond measure, and that it likely came from DC or Marvel or Disney proper. That's all it proves.

“I’m a professor” “Now let’s talk about how Atlantis was actually wakanda”

@wolfgangkranek376

23 күн бұрын

😂

@gekko092

23 күн бұрын

The people who listen to him are even more pathetic than he is, cause he knows exactly what he's doing. He's laughing inside.

@werrkowalski2985

23 күн бұрын

Plato wrote that Atlantis fell because the Atlanteans corrupted their "noble blood". I wonder what would he have to say about it.

@gehlesen559

23 күн бұрын

@@werrkowalski2985 that Plato was a biggot, a misodoulist, and a semi-brown supremacist.

@ario2264

23 күн бұрын

@@gekko092 No he thinks he's being virtuous by lying about history.

If white guilt was a person.

@kostasbiker9302

24 күн бұрын

Nah, I bet he's one of ((())) them

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

Imagine feeling guilty over something your ancestors did long before you were born, and not feeling guilty over being a dishonorable and deceitful person in your actual present life. Lol. Wokeism in a nutshell

@MattMorgasmo

23 күн бұрын

I don't think he's white.

@matthiasbruhn2410

23 күн бұрын

As a German, I have to say that after years of compulsory education about the horrors of the holocaust, I consider myself more or less an "expert" in inherited "guilt". I think the biggest mistake and disservice we can make towards the victims of discrimination, slavery, genocide or war crimes in times past is to change and distort our history. How can we ensure that this never happens again if no one remembers the real facts? It is not only Dishonorable and disrespectful, it is dangerous!

@TheNinjaCoby

23 күн бұрын

@@noxplay4906 I would like to see these white guilt people explain how African Americans who very likely have white dna in them, are not responsible for what their white slave owning ancestors did. Because that's their logic, if you're related in any way you must be guilty for past wrong doings.

"Today we're gonna break...." "MY BRAIN" I laughted a lot in this part 🤣🤣🤣 🤣

This professor has zero knowledge of warfare pre WW1. Prior,many wars were fought primarily in open grounds that provided fielding massive armies. Chariots were used in various roles. Archery playforms, moving foot soldiers in and out of battles, generals overwatching the flow of the battle, to remove keep tired soldiers and replace with a fresh soldier.

@thewarlockgr6076

14 күн бұрын

In a way they were the trucks of antiquity. A tool for moving personel faster than on foot. They worked as a symbol of powere and authority fro the ruler or the most wealty of the population (kinda like how we use expensive cars nowadays as a showoff).

@psier11

13 күн бұрын

Very difficult to understand war in Chariot, Legion even in Yeoman age if you see Hollywood movies. By the way those are names of (old) std simulations of warfare in said times.

So, that man is not a historian, or an anthropologist, or an archaeologist, or a sociologist or even a linguist... He's a glorified English teacher.

@inelhuayocan_aci

24 күн бұрын

Bingo! I've never liked English majors.

@angelh5762

23 күн бұрын

He's a lingual gymnast 🙄

@careyfreeman5056

23 күн бұрын

He's a sociologist.

@sorenpx

23 күн бұрын

@@inelhuayocan_aci That's a peculiar statement. What do you have against enthusiasts of the English language and its literature?

@elleanna5869

23 күн бұрын

@@careyfreeman5056 where did he got his degree from ? Just curious

I bet this guy would say "a 100% accurate portrayal" if he saw the black Achilles from the Netflix Troy show 😅

@DreamerTrain

24 күн бұрын

and why doesn't he? nobody is stopping him could be that this is a BS scenario you just made in your head

@thePavuk

24 күн бұрын

Achilles was black independet double trans movement chalenged women. You can't prove it's not true.

@lephinor2458

24 күн бұрын

And troy was won through protesting.

@Ragnar452

24 күн бұрын

​@@lephinor2458by blocking roads to stop pollution 😂😂

@ButchererofRussia

24 күн бұрын

​​@@DreamerTrain Bro, I am just talking in a comedic way. No need to get agressive

The mention of the cyclops reminded me of something I heard years ago. I had a teacher tell me that some people believe that the idea of the cyclops came from looking at a elephant skull with no flesh on it. An elephant skull has a huge hole in the middle for a nasal cavity that could appear to be an eye socket to the uninitiated.

How can an incompetent guy like this one be put in charge of a chair in a university??

@fearlesspotato3429

20 күн бұрын

The industrial revolution and it's consecuences I guess...

@kevinb1277

20 күн бұрын

Because the purpose of the institution isn't competence it's the destruction of the West.

@YevOnegin

18 күн бұрын

Competence gets you fired in USA

@thethreadedtarot777

15 күн бұрын

You just answered to your own question

@vladtheinhaler8940

15 күн бұрын

​@@YevOneginvery true.

The contemporary academic obsession with race, sex and gender knows no bounds.

@edoardoprevelato6577

23 күн бұрын

There are a lot of points to be made, considering racial and ethnic differences have shaped the history of our world. The prominency of sexuality and gender issues is newer, but those two have played key roles in history too (eg the Sacred Band of Thebes). What is important is intellectual honesty.

@thitherword

23 күн бұрын

@@edoardoprevelato6577 Indeed. These issues are important. I was thinking specifically about the regressive ideology peddled as part of the Critical Social Justice movement.

@hermonymusofsparta

23 күн бұрын

​@@edoardoprevelato6577 the sacred band of Thebes wasn't sexual. Hate to break it to you. That's Western academic bologna

@Zionswasd

22 күн бұрын

​@@hermonymusofsparta mmm, bologna...

@Wintermute909

22 күн бұрын

The poor guy unknowingly made a very unwise decision in the late 2000s to study classical mythology, which also happens to involve people with a light shade on the skin-color swatch. How was he to know that a decade later his only hope of getting that 'big documentary' money was to forcefully inject POC "we was kangz" mythology & wamyn "powerful, independent girl boss who don't need no man" into history? Oops, I mean "her-story" (damn misogynistic phonetics!) Things like academic accuracy and objective truth pale in comparison to such lofty and selfless goals like.....tenure, getting twitter-famous and getting Vanity Fair money!

We're slowly building up to "Romulus was black."

@CrispyCircuits

24 күн бұрын

Romulus not black. He was raised by a she-wolf and thus was completely covered in hair, walked on 4 legs and like to lick everyone. He had "identity" problems.

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

Not a joke, I've already watched an africa-centric video that claimed the first Romans were black..

@Nugnugnug

24 күн бұрын

@@celsus7979 yeah, so were the first Vikings, the first Native Americans, the first east asians, the first Filipinos, the first Britons, the first Pitcairn Islanders and the first Vatican Citizens. But not the first Liberians, they were actually from Finland.

@masterbuilder0018

24 күн бұрын

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Romulus didn't exist outside of myth.

@vinnyganzano1930

24 күн бұрын

​@@masterbuilder0018Booooooo!!!

"Africa." "Sir, this is a McDonalds." "Africa."

@rsr789

11 күн бұрын

It's McDowell's.

As someone with two degrees in history, this "professor" is not a professor. nothing more than an agendist. there are too many of these in the world of education sadly.

I'm picturing the "it was aliens" guy except "it was Africa."

@finfrog3237

23 күн бұрын

hehehe

@drewtheunspoken3988

23 күн бұрын

Underrated comment.

@infinitesimotel

21 күн бұрын

That's the punchline to the current era: everything was pioneered by blax

@EBHS230DE

20 күн бұрын

Too funny hahaha

@stefvanroey8191

19 күн бұрын

I snorted, well done 😂

What an unprofessional disgrace he is.

@wren7195

23 күн бұрын

*blinks* he, he just said we can argue and debate about facts, but MYTHS are where people were trying to say something important. *rubs head painfully* I bet he hates Christianity too though

@Uppernorwood976

22 күн бұрын

On the contrary, he’s very professional. He knows it’s exactly what buzzwords and phrases to say to keep the academic and media money flowing his way.

@user-xz3pb3dt2u

21 күн бұрын

​@@wren7195Him saying BCE is a good indicator

@FeeDBacKMKII

21 күн бұрын

The worst part he is German

@wren7195

20 күн бұрын

@@FeeDBacKMKII Nothing wrong with being German. N**i yes, but German no.

As a supporter of the modern unifying ways of thinking I can honestly say that...I'm getting a little sick of being told to think about things a certain way regardless of whether I have an opinion, especially while "professors" like that are trying to convince us that every culture throughout history agreed with this way of thinking too regardless of the written sources and blatent evidence that they've chosen to ignore 😒 When people do this I start feeling more manipulated than trusted to see why the modern vision of equality is for the best, it's got to the point where we're all just afraid to express an opinion that isn't theirs 😞

@kevinb1277

20 күн бұрын

The issue that most seem incapable of grappling with is the modern unifying way of thinking that you talk about is only taught to white men. It's used as an ideological demoralizing weapon against that group by everyone else who is still encouraged, and outright celebrated, for thinking and acting out group identity. There is no interest in equality. There is an interest in tearing down White men and celebrating/advancing everyone else. The sooner people realize that the easier it will be to understand what they're actually doing and why

The sad thing is that this "professor" is not the only one out there like this. These ideas are dominating mainstream academia. Imagine paying for an education, and one of these idiots is who you are learning from.

@psier11

13 күн бұрын

Ever in the 20th century at least. For example peopling of America was declared at about 12k yrs ago, completely ignoring the many evidences of very older times. And surely, the "Atlantis" thing has some to do with it.

Are they just handing out Diplomas and PHDs like its nothing nowadays? The fact that guy got called for MULTIPLE videos and NO ONE but Metatron, years later called him out is pure insanity.

@titanomachy2217

23 күн бұрын

Not for nothing, they cost a pretty penny. But yes, you don't have to be studious or possess any kind of intellectual integrity, nor do you even have to be smart, you just have to regurgitate woke talking points word for word ad nauseum. Pay the tuition fees, toe the party line, and you're golden.

@fearlesspotato3429

20 күн бұрын

Well to answer your question. Basically yes, some studies indicate that about 80% of all the students in American universities come from the wealthiest 1% of the population and most of them get diplomas on very dubious careers like history or sociology or philosophy and then become CEOs of large corporations for no particular reasons (except the fact their families own them?) So yeah. Universities are indeed just giving titles to basically anyone since they are payed for it.

@HappyBoardGames-ki4pt

17 күн бұрын

In US a professor is someone who teaches at a university

The scary part is this "professor" is only one guy. What about the rest of the school?

@ernimuja6991

24 күн бұрын

All of the education system.

@rhetorical1488

23 күн бұрын

someone hired the woke indoctrinator. the fish rots from the head.

@collencal4662

23 күн бұрын

Is that the OG Hitman logo?

@John-rn1nm

23 күн бұрын

@@collencal4662 Yuppers

@kongvinter33

22 күн бұрын

they are outside protesting for Hamas.

Just a thought; perhaps we should judge ALL post secondary educators using this format. It should be a yearly event. Let them spout the newest ideology for all us parents to see and hear. If parents know this is what we're paying for up front. We could quell this.

Imagine being in that guy's course. What a clown!

@psier11

13 күн бұрын

perhaps a new line of work if Elensky should disappear

The most confusing thing to me is how certain groups of modern people try to justify their actions and lifestyles by projecting their thoughts on ancient people or cultures... while simultaneously saying that people who lived 100+ years ago are archaic barbarians who knew nothing and had zero compassion.

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

Sheer pride and arrogance my dude. Don't worry, life pays back such stupidity, they'll learn, I just hope it's before they mess things up even more

@secretname2670

22 күн бұрын

​@@noxplay4906 do worry and do speak out against the evil. If nobody worries about anything, we will become just like the wokeshit activists, if not in body then in mind.

@Kyryyn_Lyyh

5 күн бұрын

Elagabalus is perhaps the most striking example. Can’t imagine using that cretin as justification for my own identity.

Blatantly obvious this guy loves himself and teaches "mythology" because he can say and teach whatever he wants under the banner of "mythology". He's a waste of time and wasting the life of his students.

We need to remember that in the United States, a professor is just a teacher in a university or college. That's it. While in the rest of the world, a professor is a title of science and research, and signifies a great deal of scientific contribution within his or her field, far beyond a PhD. It's just an old trick by the US schools to make it sound like their price is worth it.

@psier11

13 күн бұрын

Thanks. I am feeling better but still it is a problem.

Homer: Culture and myth is told through stories with moral themes Film makers: Fictionslising ancient stories is entertaining NY History Professor: History comes from movies and we need to learn PC culture from them.

He is a professor of "Classics in the Modern World". I looked this up. His job is to force classics (mythology, literature etc) to fit "The Message" Also, give the existence of the Sahara, it doesn't really make sense to talk about African culture because of the discontinuity. It makes much more sense (especially historically) to talk about Mediterranean culture, connected by shipping and trade, and sub-Saharan culture.

@Tenebarum

24 күн бұрын

ie, he's being paid to spread this nonsense.

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

I recently watched a video that had an expert claiming that 'sub-saharan' really shouldn't be used as it had no distintive value as "there were black people in north africa too"

@DonVigaDeFierro

24 күн бұрын

​@@celsus7979 That's super stupid. I wonder if they will ever learn that geographical names are used for much more than separating groups of people...

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

Separating groups of people was what she saw as a problem, in the following way. 'Black people build the pyramids, but sub saharan black people don't get credit for that because white supremacist thinking created the term sub saharan so that those black people wouldn't get the credit' It still boggles my mind

@josephfisher426

24 күн бұрын

@@Tenebarum Also seems like he is being paid to discredit NYU, because that is the much more immediate effect of this.

Africa actually only has about 20% of the Mediterranean coastline. Greece and Italy alone have roughly 45% of it, and there's also the portion around Turkey and the Levant that are part of Asia. He can't even to basic geography correctly.

@ABC1701A

22 күн бұрын

Thanks, I was about to check on this because somehow his geography seemed a little off to me. Glad to know I was right.

@str.77

22 күн бұрын

And Black Africa has exactly 0% of the Mediterranean.

@xcell_r4thr87

22 күн бұрын

​@@str.77Yeah most of the African ethnicities that had direct access to the Mediterranean were the Egyptians and the Berbers (and later arabs after the expansion of Islam)

@str.77

22 күн бұрын

@@xcell_r4thr87 As opposed to the Cushites the "prof" seems enamoured with.

@Rorgosh

21 күн бұрын

And probably cultural influence roughly corresponds with the proportion of coastlines, so ancient greeks mostly exchanged ideas with themselves, italians, levantites and anatolians, and much less with the north african people. Also many of the forementioned ppl were closer to them, so much more frequent interaction could be made with them, than with the north africans…. However this “professor” is just follows the ancient trend, where europeans never invented, developed something by themselves, they just learned it from other, more advenced civilizations….

Africans were brought chariots from outside. Also, I love how he keeps saying Africa instead of Egypt or a certain culture...it's because he is hoping the viewer won't ask and will assume Sub-Saharan

@HappyBoardGames-ki4pt

17 күн бұрын

He generalizes whole of africa but doesn't say european myths or asian myths but for Egypt it will be African myths

So sad this is what young adults in college, wanting to learn history will have to endure ""Professors"" like this.

He is not a Professor, he is a Propagandist.... oh, sorry, they are synonyms now. Carry on. ;)

@cal2127

24 күн бұрын

thats just most of modern academia now

@tsemayekekema2918

24 күн бұрын

​@@cal2127that's just academia that's interested in the MODERN world. Classical scholars who are only interested in the CLASSICAL ERA don't do propaganda

@pawekranzberg6259

24 күн бұрын

... for modern audiences 😅

@scrappydoo7887

24 күн бұрын

​@@tsemayekekema2918no. The academics that are supposed to discuss the classical era SHOULD only be talking about their subject but they don't. They blend modern identity politics with what they claim to know

@Eyes_On_America

24 күн бұрын

Professor of classics in the modern world sounds like ai generated bull$$🤣

They are trying to build a mythology for african americans. That is why everything must be africacentric.

@mwvidz324

24 күн бұрын

That is why it always have to be "africa" as a whole, since they have no idea where they come from. When talking about Egypt or Carthage, it must be emphasized to be "Africa". The fact that north african kingdoms, and people are much closer to rest of the mediterranians than to sub saharan africa, will become a taboo. If it isn't already. Cleopatra must be a black african, not greek. To say otherwise is racist and stealing their culture yet again.

@DonVigaDeFierro

24 күн бұрын

They fetishize a place that is not real. "Africa" has as much meaning for a culture as "Asia" or "Europe." Talking about a single African culture is outright erasing hundreds of different, real cultures and people for the sake of their ignorance. There is no "African culture." I'd say the same applies to "America," but these people hate calling themselves "Americans" and I doubt they think they have anything in common with us Mexicans or Argentinians. They live in a different and dumbed down reality.

@thegodofsoapkekcario1970

24 күн бұрын

Overtime, I realize that these people do not care for Africans at all, they know nothing of the Congolese, Khoisan, Benin, Yoruba, Ethiopian, etc. they all just generalize all of them and their myths and folklore.

@terryhiggins5077

24 күн бұрын

​@@thegodofsoapkekcario1970Bingo. It never was about Africa. Africa is nothing more than just a vehicle for them to have an air of legitimacy to the uninformed. Facts and recorded history be danged.

@mwvidz324

24 күн бұрын

@@thegodofsoapkekcario1970 Yeah, great point.

Imagine being a professor and being unable to correctly pronounce "minotaur"

5:56 Because this is how it's written in the Iliad. It was written down by a dude, whose generation grow up after the Bronze Age Collapse and who never saw how chariots were used in actual combat, because they were pretty much abandoned the concept. This is why tales of chariots being used in warfare remained, but hundreds of years later people reciting the Troyan Wars had absolutely no idea how these things were used in combat.

Damn, the History Channel people would LOVE this guy. He totally fits their academic experience requirement 😂

@AdarBlu

24 күн бұрын

"I'm not saying they were homosexual...but they were homosexual."

@mesicek7

24 күн бұрын

He''d fit perfectly on Ancient Aliens.

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

Imagine him debating weird hair guy: "It was Aliens. No they were Africans! Aliens!!! Africans!!!!"

@srice8959

24 күн бұрын

@@celsus7979 You’re both wrong it was really Gay Africans who taught the Aliens how to live

@Juel92

23 күн бұрын

Nah he has some basis for things he says at least. Maybe like half? HC is just pulling stuff of their ass like 99.99% of the time.

he says white supremacy again doesnt he?

@drip369

24 күн бұрын

Of course. Black&white liberals are absolutely obsessed with skin color...like a raycest

@lighthousefilms5530

24 күн бұрын

He has to please the leaders of his cult

@woodwyrm

23 күн бұрын

probably

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

If you don't say all human culture comes from Africa you're a Eurocentrist/white supremacist

@eduardogardin879

23 күн бұрын

And “Gay Army”

From a human design functional standpoint, Chariots do indeed look like they are designed for warriors to get into and out of quickly. If that was not the case, then there would be a back door and a little seat for the drivers to sit on, much like a more modern cart.

Thank you for these videos, brother. You're doing important work

If that's a professor he can keep his pice of toilet paper, er, diploma.

@rhetorical1488

23 күн бұрын

BS. : bull sh. MS: more sh. PHD. piled higher and deeper.

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

Diploma in spreading BS

@magyarbondi

22 күн бұрын

He bought it on Ebay.

"I have lots of feelings..." this sums up his whole approach to his "studies".

This dude seems to want to erase Greek culture and replace it with African. Literally everything he speaks about he basically gives the Greeks no credit and always explains why African did it better

@damionkeeling3103

9 күн бұрын

The Greeks were influenced by the Egyptians early on, archaic Greek statues even used the same stances, but obviously the religions are not related, they didn't adopt Egyptian writing and didn't build pyramids. This guy is just making stuff up on the fly and using his academic credentials to mislead people.

"i dont care what they say cleopatra was black" "actually my college professor at NYU said that as well" 💀💀💀

@gehlesen559

23 күн бұрын

As a Greek dude from Macedon, I can attest that everyone here is indeed African-black.

@aliciamonroe615

23 күн бұрын

@@gehlesen559 That's called immigration. Here in US we're 5 minutes from being latino.

@tronjavolta

23 күн бұрын

@@gehlesen559 so you think that makes cleopatra black too? interesting.

@gehlesen559

23 күн бұрын

@@tronjavolta of course she's black. I swear on my honour as Macedonian Zulu.

@gehlesen559

23 күн бұрын

@@tronjavolta dear friend , that was a joke. Macedonians have unusually light skin tone and rather light colours. They are about as black as Celts.

The real myth is thinking this woke professor teaching our children is a good thing and actually worth paying for.

@bladerunner3314

23 күн бұрын

I hope you apply the same thinking when it comes to church

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

​@@bladerunner3314 Religion has existed for thousands of years as a way to foster hope, social trust and cohesion, in a time where our ancestors had to deal with war and violence and disease on a daily basis. The unprecedented levels of peace and prosperity we're comfortable with are a modern phenomenon. Postmodernism has only taken hold over society over a few decades and everyone is already lonely and depressed lol. I'm Gen Z so I know too much about this. Sorry, I just hate when people demonize religion without realizing, why our ancestors used it so heavily

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

@@bladerunner3314 The truth is that religion and it's history has much more wisdom to offer than the woke ideologies that lead to nihilism and a lack of faith in anything higher. Not even faith in God, they don't even encourage faith in goodness and truth. Everything is relative, and nothing matters. That's their ethos

@colonelturmeric558

23 күн бұрын

Noxplay i wish i could like this more than once

@bladerunner3314

23 күн бұрын

@@noxplay4906 Cry me a river. Back then as today religion is the justification to be a dispicable person. Religion NEVER was anything more than that and the reason for regression. You know too much? Odd, to me it seems you know less than nothing.

I am a “Professor of Classics in the Modern World” AKA: I destroy the agency of ancient peoples and replace it with my modern political biases

Always informative. Keep it up.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but after watching a lot of your videos I’ve come to the realisation that I seek a perverse enjoyment in watching how disturbed, troubled and infuriated you get by these inaccurate “historians” especially your facial reactions. And love how you articulately and factually explain why they are false and always coming from a place of respect and without biases. Love the videos and while I sincerely know you hate the stress it brings you, please know the silver lining is the smiles you bring to our faces.:) Lots of respect and love from the UK.

@stalhandske9649

23 күн бұрын

You're not alone, mate. Half of us get this sick glee out of Raff's neverending frustrations.

Athens was the "perfect" city (the idealized version according to Plato), while Atlantis was the "superior" city that sank because it's arrogance

@xXSCDTXx

23 күн бұрын

Which is incredibly ironic because Plato was nothing if not arrogant.

@LilyTheCat151

23 күн бұрын

I think he's using him because it helps him out with his narrative.

@dark_fire_ice

23 күн бұрын

@@xXSCDTXx it wasn't the actual Athens, but his perfect version that was a mix of Athenian democracy and the Spartan lifestyle

@xXSCDTXx

23 күн бұрын

@@dark_fire_ice I’m aware, I’m just pointing out that Plato is arrogant. It’s a shame that the world has been under his dogma for so long.

@dangerdan2592

23 күн бұрын

​@@xXSCDTXxWhat is he arrogant about? Genuinely curious because I have no idea.

Thanks, Metatron. Your videos keep me sane.

I don't recall ever reading or hearing that Heracles' bow was magical. Just that he dipped the arrows in the poisonous blood of the Hydra after he killed it to make them more deadly.

Imagine being in that guy's victimization recruitment course, what a 🤡

Now this guy is just insulting! He's chalking up things like ADHD to a "identity" just so he can connect it to LGBT. As someone with ADHD who was inspired by those books this is aggravating! 😖

@talithakoum3922

23 күн бұрын

In fairness, Riordan invited the woke identity crowd into his fandom by making every other character an alphabet person about halfway through the second series of novels. These days, it looks like the fandom is made up of neon-haired Tik Tok goblins and slimy teachers/professors like this NYU guy. The normie tweens and teens who used to be Riordan's fans are long gone.

@williamanthony915

23 күн бұрын

@@talithakoum3922 I read a review on Good Reads which praised a book for representing asexual non-binary characters. Then I realized the person who wrote the review was Rick Riordan. He's gone full woke.

@rphilipsgeekery4589

21 күн бұрын

​@@williamanthony915unfortunately a lot of the mainstream writers have done the same , one minute great novels the next around 2016 woke drivel

@talithakoum3922

21 күн бұрын

@@williamanthony915 Riordan's Goodreads reviews are a masterclass in woke self-hating white guy behavior. 😂

@talithakoum3922

21 күн бұрын

@@rphilipsgeekery4589 So true!

Discovered your channel recently and enjoying it very much. You are a well spoken man. I like your kind of view. And like you I have Sicilian roots. Keep up the good work.

The ancient Romans in referring to the Britons still using chariots made the comment that chariots had the mobility of cavalry and the staying power of infantry - because the riders got out, fought on foot as regular infantry then jumped back on their chariots. The later battle of Mons Graupius refers to the Caledonians doing the same so this is precisely how chariots were used in battle, as battle taxis. The earliest chariots of course are known from central asia - Russia, Kazakhstan. Egypt got them much later and there was no penetration of the technology deeper into Africa unlike in Europe where they appear pretty much everywhere except the far north and they appear over much of Asia too.

An interesting thought crossed my mind, I think more people today think the earth is flat than they did back in history

@Segalmed

24 күн бұрын

a) There are far more people around now to begin with. b) unlike in the past we now have an organized movement that makes belief in that a litmus test and is eager to "spread the gospel" on it.

@solinvictus1234

24 күн бұрын

That happen "thanks" to people like dist "Professor" read indoctrinator.

@Drako9823

23 күн бұрын

This account is a bot that stole another comment.

@S4ltyTar0

23 күн бұрын

I would think that 90% of people across all of history never even thought about it.

@Off-HandedBarrel

23 күн бұрын

​@@Drako9823 Seems like most of the Tube these days.

I mean, Troia was literally located in Anatolia. Then the "professor" states chariots shouldn't be in the movie because they come from Anatolia?

@copperlemon1

23 күн бұрын

These types seem to rely heavily on a very deficient understanding of geography.

@titanomachy2217

23 күн бұрын

@copperlemon1 Yeah, and ridiculously warped ideas about ethnography. This guy probably thinks the people that lived in Anatolia in the Classical Age were all Arab and that the people that lived in Northern Africa were black and that Jesus being depicted as pale-skinned is just those racist Europeans whitewashing Jesus because of course nobody with pale skin ever lived in the Levant. Seleucid Empire? What's that? Limes Arabicus? What's that? The guy doesn't know jack.

@wezzuh2482

23 күн бұрын

Yeah and I think he mistakenly does so to drill the idea of "the middle east" in there, completely ignoring the fact that Anatolia would not be settled by Turks for another couple of millennia, it was mostly Hittite during the Bronze age, and the Hittites were an Indo-European people.

@znail4675

23 күн бұрын

The problem is that he is a litteratur professor, but comments about geography or history despite not really knowing if what he say is true or not.

@str.77

22 күн бұрын

@@znail4675 Even back in school, the (insert native language) people were the most ill-informed about history.

I can’t express how much I admire and respect your ability to remain as calm and collected as you , all the while never resorting to insults, low blows or any other jabs or even questioning the validity of his scholarship in this topic. You, my friend are what we all need to try to be when it comes to disagreeing with or debunking another’s agenda driven “interpretations” of ancient history. Well done, as always and keep up the fantastic content. I’ve learned and more accurately, unlearned so much from watching your videos explaining with clear and unbiased evidence the facts surrounding a subject. Thank you, and I look forward as always to seeing more.

Yup! He's definitely trying to get an invite to one of P Diddy's parties!

My granma told me Atlantis exists in the pegasus galaxy, and is contectd to other worlds with gates. So it must me true

@jorahtheexplorer3262

23 күн бұрын

Well, granny is either misinformed or lying. It’s in SanFran Bay with a cloaking shield around it now.

@PeregrinTintenfish

23 күн бұрын

Atlantis is in the Atlantic, it is in the name.

What I find really funny is that those people at the same time say that we should abandon old ways of thinking as outdated and bad but also always bringing up some (imaginary) stories about how ancient cultures supposedly were so open-minded (in the modern sense somehow...) and great. And they dont see how these two ideas contradict one another. What one needs to become professor now? For what I see logical thinking, actual knowledge or even common sense are not required.

@garyballard179

23 күн бұрын

Well, that's his thing - to rewrite the old history, and replace it with modernism.

@ChimpFromSpace

23 күн бұрын

These people are nothing if not hypocrites.

@P.Whitestrake

23 күн бұрын

Contradiction is their forté.

@titanomachy2217

23 күн бұрын

Only two things are required to become a professor in the contemporary West: 1. Money for multiple years of tuition fees 2. The ability to regurgitate woke talking points Bonus points for every intersectional demographic attribute of the Progressive Stack that applies to you. This guy is white and male, and presumably cis, but hey, maybe he's gay. If you are a white man, you'll just have to signal your loyalty to the ruling class that much more intensely, and there will be less leeway for you to voice unauthorized thoughts. Still, if you betray your race hard enough, even a white man can succeed in academia today.

@AntediluvianRomance

23 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure to become a professor one needs to get a higher education in at least something and a gift of confident speaking. Then all's left is to find a modern university and convince people you've got something students will pay to hear. Basically be a salesman.

Good stuff! Thanks for being true to history and calling this “professor” out. Love the channel 🫡

His grandma taught him everything he knows about history probably.

I do not understand how he can be a university teacher. My elementary school teacher knew unironically far more about history than that bloke. Last video I actualy stopped it and shouted "the shield is Aspis or Hoplon, you moron, not Hoplite!" And that nonsense is actually taught at New York U..... ok I understand now.

@elleanna5869

23 күн бұрын

The bar to be a teacher or "professor" in the US is the lowest in the so called 1st world

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

You become a professor by going along with the woke bureaucracy. If you're on the right side they won't care, they just want loyal followers

@gehlesen559

23 күн бұрын

It's not Hoplon though. Thyreos, Aspis, Dipylon, Figure8, Boeotian, Pelte or tower shield. .

@lukacvitkovic8550

22 күн бұрын

I'm a elementary school teacher as well, my kids know more than this moron.

The thing is, as a commenter in one his videos on Vanity fair pointed out, he's an awesome professor for drama students. He has also translated Greek comedy, by Aristofanes. But he is a professor of drama. Everything he says about ancient history is just his biases and conjectures. He's not a history professor. Just a drama professor. Big difference. Which, ironically, he himself seems to be unaware of.

@blueishgreen76

22 күн бұрын

It's not really "his" biases and conjectures. He seems to parrot a lot of outdated revisionist* historical ideas from the 70's (I use "revisionist" as a description of the type of histography not a judgement). The problem is that, while further study has largely discredited or vastly improved upon those ideas, they have persisted in the softer areas of the humanities.

@stephencronin1080

22 күн бұрын

Is it a good translation? There's been some shoddy "modern" translations in the past decades

@hariszark7396

21 күн бұрын

I'm sorry to inform you but most of the translations of ancient Greek are garbage. The fact that some words have changed their original meaning to something else makes it difficult for many "professors" to translate correctly an ancient Greek text. This thing is happening with a lot of modern Greek "scholars" too you know. Add to all that many Greek words that have no word equivalent to English and you get a rotten salad of a translation with a lot of mistakes.

@PaulWinkle

20 күн бұрын

Meta wasnt able to say much against him in this one

@kathyflorcruz552

20 күн бұрын

Well, one entirely cancels the other out because of the incredible damage his disgusting biased lies cause in real time.

We need to get you enrolled in one of his classes this fall. The in class discussion would be awesome.

We're gone break... Mine brain ! 🤣 Pure gold! It's been almost a year I started following you, from discovering armor influences in Dark Souls to those recent silly takes from "professors" that only have the title. Thank you for trying and keep humanity all together, I might be too naïve or Idealistic to think that at some point the fools will listen and come back to reason. cheers !

Somebody: (mentions literally any historical subject.) Professor Woke: _"Let me tell you how that relates to Sub-Saharan Africa."_ (Proceeds to conflate it with the entire continent of Africa)"

Wait....this "professor" is looking at entertainment for history? Sounds to me like he needs to give some refunds...and maybe seek one from wherever he went to school.

@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen

16 күн бұрын

sooner than later

Oh, wait, you've been uploading? KZread hasn't notified me shit past month but hey, I get to binge watch now.

These people almost invariably try to recount antiquity based on modern values. This is nothing more than a reconstruction of the narrative, deconstructing the perspective of the narrator of the myth or folktale and becoming the next narrator themselves.

Johnny Somali was the first samurai and emperor of Japan. Now hes conquering Israel. 😂

Troy isn't in Greece... it IS in Anatolia!! Aaarrrgg!

@OcarinaSapphr-

23 күн бұрын

I mean, they literally have to sail there - how stupid that no one calls him out...?!

@user-xz3pb3dt2u

21 күн бұрын

If he doesn't know that Greeks lived outside of what we call Greece i doubt he knows anything else about the topic

@Oh-God-Of-All-Creation

21 күн бұрын

You are commiting the same mistake as he did. Reading ancient world with modern lenses. Greek like civilizations we spread all over to as far as Sicily and Anatolia even Italia and Gaza.

@Asheanae

21 күн бұрын

@Oh-God-Of-All-Creation I'm correcting him within his paradigms. He said that you wouldn't see chariots at Troy, that they were used in Anatolia. He's wrong on many counts, but the most obvious being that Troy WAS in Anatolia.

Keep up the great work of showing up these so called professors.

Good job. I enjoyed your video.

He said “ chariots came from Africa “ . Meanwhile, subsaharan Africa didn’t have the chariots until 19th century.

@patrickstonetree1

21 күн бұрын

This is a weasel statement, Africa includes Egypt which certainly has chariots before the 19th century. Caveating sub Saharan simply takes advantage of the average person's ignorance.

@pissie9419

21 күн бұрын

Autistic statement tbh, sub Saharan Africa had carts and other things before then

@ngkngk875

21 күн бұрын

⁠@@patrickstonetree1assuming the average person that would frequent this channel doesn’t know the difference between Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa is a profoundly snobbish thing to say.

@st3019

21 күн бұрын

@@patrickstonetree1 Well, don’t worry bc I am aware about the fact that Egypt is geographically in Africa. We both know that ancient Mesopotamia and ancient China are both geographically in Asia. However those were two completely separate parts and had absolutely nothing in common. The same goes for Africa my friend. Africa is not a separated planet and North Africa was ALWAYS racially and culturally related with Mediterranean people and cultures. Black Africans were never part of that world. And yet today we hear hoaxers in blk communities spewing nonsense like “ we civilized Europeans they were living in caves “ or “ we built ancient Egypt “ BS . Meanwhile you never hear Chinese claiming ancient Mesopotamia or ancient Persia. Black Africans in west and central Africa ( and south ) had no idea that ancient Egypt even existed until 20th century when western scholars introduced it to them during colonial era. Ironically, it was europeans who introduced ancient Egypt to black Africans and today we hear black folks ( especially in USA ) saying “ we civilized cave dwellers “ ! Do you understand the nonsense you’re talking about? GEOGRAPHY DOES NOT EQUALS RACE NOR CULTURE!

@st3019

21 күн бұрын

@@ngkngk875 Using the phrase “ civilization came from Africa “ is often today used as a fib by race hoaxers in blk to appropriate history of ancient Egypt and all south Mediterranean civilizations located in North Africa. North Africa was ALWAYS racially and culturally related with Mediterranean people,civilizations and cultures . GEOGRAPHY DOES NOT EQUALS RACE NOR CULTURE.

Maybe this professor needs to resign.

@whatever930

24 күн бұрын

Not maybe, definitely

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

He works at NYU, he's a perfect fit man

@Jim-Mc

23 күн бұрын

He'll probably get a pay increase he's doing exactly what his institution wants.

"I wonder if he's projecting his own lessons there?" Bwahaha! Brilliant observation! 🙂

Your videos bring me so much comfort in this age of insanity.

Professor has never seen Fandom forums discussing lore accuracy. “Myths” treated equally as facts, debated and quantified.

I feel like his obsession with Africa and the fact that he teaches in New York City in the USA are connected. My guess is that either by genuinely believing in this "Africa is the root of Greco-Roman mythology/ history" idea, or by choosing to espouse it, he is able to attain a higher paying position in the liberal stronghold of the US than he would be able to in Europe

Keep it coming!!!

Has anyone checked his wikipedia page (why does he have one you might ask)? I mean, he's basically an actor. And his professoral range is theater, not history.

@secretname2670

22 күн бұрын

Chat is this true? Edit: yep it is true, he studied ancient mythological theatre customs and texts related to culture, which boils down to deconstructing greek plays, right after he got a degree in fine arts (good god I dodged a bullet by not qualifying for Fine Arts Academy, if that's how they teach artists these days)

I don't believe I've commented on your channel yet. I came across it a matter of months ago and it has become one of my favorite channels. Honest and unbiased informed perspectives are such a breath of fresh air in this current politically charged climate.

@metatronyt

23 күн бұрын

Thank you sir!

@tenitri5023

23 күн бұрын

Absolutely. Quick question since I have your attention....I was wondering if there were some history books you could recommend that might be favorites of yours or have helped shape your understanding of the past? I'd think a video on the subject would interest a lot of your viewers. Just an idea!

@celsus7979

23 күн бұрын

If you're interested, you can read Polybius for free online. He befriended elite Romans who were the heirs of the leaders of the war with Hannibal. He writes about the recent history of the greek states and about the Roman war with Carthage with the aim of understanding how the Romans managed to conquer them and Greece. This book is the main source of our knowledge about Hannibal's army. It's also a fascinating insight in to political philosophy back then. The hard bit (at least for me) was his detailed history of the conflicts between Greek city states. So many names and conflicts to memorize! Still highly recommended!

@tenitri5023

23 күн бұрын

@@celsus7979thank you! Looking into it now

I enjoy your videos. Please keep up the dialog. Could you post videos regarding your thoughts on the comparison on the Roman Republic/Empire and the more modern day American Republic, vis-a-vis, are we heading in that direction as well (republic to authoritarian).

Very hard to stomach when people say B.C.E. etc., considering who created the Julian calendar and it’s vileness of why it was changed now

Chariots were a huge investment. Horses were not cheap. Did he say Troy did not exist?

@massimobernardo-

24 күн бұрын

Uber had killed the market.

7:50 It's pretty crazy that Julius Caesar himself kept a diary that even survives to this day. The most curious thing is that Caesar mentions there two guys you probably know called Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo 😉

@FlorianD30

24 күн бұрын

"THIRTEEN!"

@bobrobinson1576

23 күн бұрын

That's where the TV people got the names from.

@stalhandske9649

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, the original Vorenus and Pullo were both centurions though. It's funny that because Caesar wrote his diary with political intentions and used simple language on purpose, to reach as wide readership as possible, the result is that through Medieval and Early Modern times _de bello gallico_ was a very popular entry level learning material for Latin. There's hardly a book you could more reliably start discussing about, should you happen to time travel to a random Western European locale in that time frame.

@bobrobinson1576

23 күн бұрын

Sorry Florian but the real ones were in the ninth!

I'm a viewer of Ur videos, which I found by chance, but enjoy them very much. As I child I loved and still love mythology t this day. I remember watching Jason and Argonauts ('66) as a child cross legged in front of TV fascinated by it. Somehow I find modern reboots have lost the flavour of the originals while visual stunning. Also remember hearing the skeleton fight scene was the hardest part of the film of its day. Anyway I digress love the videos please continue Ur work for as ignobles ones spread the knowledge.

Can you imagine that these kinds of people are "teaching" children all over the world and pushing their agenda and bias to college kids, teenagers and young children.. And SEVERAL times its been proven that when the kids push back against it they are either punished, shamed or silenced..

As a history teacher I had my female students choose where they would want to live Athens or Sparta. For those who don’t know the correct answer is Sparta.

@celsus7979

23 күн бұрын

A modern feminists dream. The men never around!

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

@@celsus7979 They probably went to war so much to avoid their wives lol

@noxplay4906

23 күн бұрын

Nah, Athens had democracy and Sparta was too toxically masculine though. Or at least that's probably what the ones who picked Athens would say lol

@v0rtexbeater

23 күн бұрын

​@@noxplay4906don't tell them what Athenian Democracy was like though

@felixmustermann790

22 күн бұрын

@@noxplay4906 the english became such good sailors because of english woman and english cuisine

You have an arcade box in your office?!?! I've never been more jealous in my life! I spent many an hour when I was a kid playing the star wars arcade game at my local fun park. It was such a bonding experience because my brother would play it and my mom would play it too so it was the whole families favorite game. Good times, I miss arcades.

@Hwelhos

24 күн бұрын

Arcade boxes are amazing

@DonVigaDeFierro

24 күн бұрын

Making your own arcade box is a very nice project. The expensive part is really the screen and the cabinet (and maybe getting a good controller), the computer bits are super cheap.

@Juel92

23 күн бұрын

Is that the one were you have a lightsaber fight with Vader? I've seen one SW arcade in my life as a kid and I never got to play it lol.

@MikeMarlowe-ym3zy

23 күн бұрын

Arcades still exist but they don’t have real games anymore. They’re like chucke cheese style or gambling, no in between, no fighting games whatsoever except stupid card games where you have to pay a ton of money to unlock characters

I'm glad that their editor chose my single favorite moment from that movie to open that section. Agamemnon's ridiculous war-cry still makes me smile.

I heard Xena's name and I thought, "You better not talk trash about Xena!". She's a staple from my childhood.

TL;DR: Meineck is a Professor of Presentism. This is why a lot of people have lost respect for institutions of higher learning- instead of teaching history they are rewriting it to support their philosophies.

Has anyone yet pointed out that the sexual connotations he claimed existed in the myth of perseus explicitly assumes Medusa is a desirable symbol to the Ancient Greeks and Romans even though (as far as I recall) she is explicitly described ugly, and it is indeed her ugliness that kills those who gaze upon her?

@talithakoum3922

23 күн бұрын

This is a great point. Medusa was ALWAYS portrayed as hideous, until Ovid decided to give her a tragic backstory as a beautiful priestess, sworn to celibacy, who was either assaulted or seduced by Neptune, after which Minerva gave her snake hair and petrifying eyes because it was easier to punish the victim than the perpetrator. Most people still thought of her as an ugly horror. A lot of woke professors and mythology fans like Ovid because many of his stories can easily be twisted for feminist and alphabet soup agendas. Many of them never seem to investigate the myths beyond Ovid's retellings.

@gehlesen559

23 күн бұрын

Medusa was supposed to be an extremely beautiful priestess, who got r-ed in the temple of Athena, was then cursed by Athena &transformed into the ugly monster.

@rhetorical1488

23 күн бұрын

@@talithakoum3922 to the Greeks she was a gorgon. Greeks understood tragedy and wrote on it so extensively that even their pantheon was not immune from it. However tragic a back story it was understood that the creature (in this case medusa) if cursed by the gods became a representation of evil and a cautionary tale. To use a modern take "she's hot i can change her" is a revisionists wet dream😅

@talithakoum3922

23 күн бұрын

@@rhetorical1488 Brilliantly said. The revisionists love this character - go into any Barnes and Noble and you'll see a dozen novels casting her as a misunderstood heroine. No one appears to buy these books, but the publishers care more about "the message" (Critical Drinker voice) than actually selling books these days. Thanks to your insightful comment, I know part of why that is. It's not just that they see her as a victim of the "patriarchy" - they also see her as an attractive villain who could theoretically be redeemed by love. Medusa, of all people, is not a character to whom one can apply that trope. We live in very stupid times.

@apriljoy1094

21 күн бұрын

Identity is about forming an idea of a group ie is the core of myth making so obviously a study of myths is a study of identity. Obviously a study of ancient mythology in modern film is about what in the mythology we choose to transmit. I think the creator either doesn’t understand this or is being disingenuous and pandering to his audience

Could the "magic" of metal weapons be from the fact that the metals seemingly come from nowhere when certain rocks were put in hot fire and could be seen to liquid at one point, then a solid?

@psier11

13 күн бұрын

Metallurgy everywhere began as an iniziatic secret and the professor, as an evident mason, knows it very well.

I like how you watch this on your phone. Nobody does that and I like it more than the computer version of reaction videos.

Can’t wait to hear about what a great representation of Medieval Asian history Avatar the Last Airbender is!

@celsus7979

24 күн бұрын

I wonder how many times he would mention africa and how the mythology of kush inspired the japanese