The REAL History Behind The Odyssey Will BLOW Your Mind! It's NOT a Myth!

[00:00:00]It's not historic. Okay, I'm going to destroy it once and for all. Welcome to the Odyssey's deep historical analysis.

[00:00:11]You muppet. The methodological basis and thesis of this video is to argue that both the Odyssey [music] and the Iliad are based on real historical events. And by providing sources and documentary evidence to support this claim, we will demonstrate that the events sung by Homer have a strong historical foundation. While the events narrated in the Odyssey occur after the siege and war of Troy which are described in the Iliad both books are inseparably interconnected. If the story narrated in the Iliad is true and based on real events rather than fantasy or pure imagination, it would follow a reason that the premises of the Odyssey are based on genuine historical memories of the Misanian civilization and the great citystates of Western Anatolia. Thus completely debunking the idea that it's just a myth. It's fantasy. Aside for all the political noise, what is the truth?

[00:01:03]Are the characters, the events, the story, the locations, the battles and wars fictional or are they real? If someone were to ask you, is the Odyssey history or is it mythology? The correct answer would be yes. Mythological and historical are not mutually exclusive. Something can be mythological but still grounded in history. Now we have heard this answer everywhere and a lot of people said it.

[00:01:32]It is mythology but it's grounded in history. So of course the missanians existed, the cities existed. So you have a foundational layer of history on top of which Homer made up a lot of fantasy.

[00:01:42]But this is not this video. We're going to go a lot deeper because you see the reality of the fact is that when you spend time with the sources and brother we did. What you find out is that in fact Homer made up a lot less than you think. On this video, we'll explore how the city of Troy existed. We know where it is. We have the ruins. The siege happened. The wall is there in a way that is very similar to how Homer explained it if you know how to read it.

[00:02:12]But even more so, Agamemnon and Menaus are most likely based on real people.

[00:02:17]The betrayal of the Trojans towards the Misan is also historical, but there is more to it. We found the princess.

[00:02:27]She is real, too. If you're tired of all the tribalism and the political nonsense, and you just want to know what is the historical truth, keep watching because today I'm going to blow your mind.

[00:02:42]>> [music] >> Whenever we think of the Mediterranean basing and the type of powers that controlled it, whether it be by trade or by [music] expansionistic war, we often time think of the Romans and their republic and subsequent empire. That when it comes to this story, [music] well, this happened way before the Romans even entered the picture. So when studying and looking at colossal hegemonic powers of the Bronze Age, these would be the major players.

[00:03:11]Ancient Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and the [music] Hittites. The Hittites were an ancient European people who built a major Bronze Age Empire in Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, expanding up to a certain extent into the Middle East.

[00:03:24]They emerged at around 1,600 BC. There are many things that are fascinating about the Hittite Empire, but two things come to mind and are relevant to this discussion. one, their extreme level of specialization when it comes to military organization, in particular chariot warfare, and their extremely detailed and well organized archives. Now, these archives, in fact, specifically two tablets, tablet CTH191 and tablet CTH74, shed light onto how much of a historical tale Homer's Odyssey actually was. And due to the fact that these are external sources to the Masonian ones, we can use them to cross reference in order to get closer to the truth. Moreover, the connection is the fact that the historical inhabitants of Troy, which would be the city of Woosa, were vassels of the Hittites. And even though they were a culturally separated reality, they were technically Luvians. and they lived on the periphery of the Hittite Empire. The Hittite Empire had a very strong influence both culturally, economically, and militarily with the city of historical Troy.

[00:04:37]But how do we know that Troy was real?

[00:04:42]The city of Troy in numeric tale is the city of Woosa, an ancient thriving city in western Anatolia for which we know the location. The ruins of historical Troy excavated in Turkey between 1870 and 1890 reveal a tale written in stone that very much follows the Homeriic lines. And believe it or not, archaeologists have been able to locate even the hills sung by Homer. So far, we know that the city existed. We have identified it to be the actual city sung by the homeic tale. And we also know that there was a war and we can prove that this war was in fact between the Trojans and several Misan kingdoms. So far, Homer is telling us a historical truth. But what about the walls allegedly built by Poseidon and Apollo themselves? [music] Did the city of historical Troy have majestic battlements and unpregable walls? And [snorts] does the archaeological record indicate both a breaching of that wall and a subsequent destruction of the [music] city proper through fire? Well, the answer is yes to all three. Homer was on his heyame when it comes to historical accuracy. A deep analysis of the forensic data [music] and the archaeological ruins has revealed that locations within the excavated section of historical Troy, specifically Troy 6 and Troy 7A, are perfectly congruent with Homer's tale. Troy 6 was characterized by imposing huge city walls and jaw-dropping defensive battlements. From an archaeological point of view, the site of Omeic Troy, or rather the city that classical scholars have identified with Omeic Troy, is today universally recognized as the hill of Hisalik in Turkey, excavated between 1870 and 1890 by Enrich Schlean.

[00:06:20]It should be said that the city had gone through alternating phases of abandonment and repopulation and that at least until the 15th century its location was still widely known when according to the Byzantine historian, the Sultan of the Ottoman Turks, Mehmed II went specifically there to the city of Troy to celebrate his conquest of Constantinople 9 years after the fact.

[00:06:44]This was considered a just retribution inflicted on the Greek for having devastated this Asian city. The various excavation data that has emerged over the years offer at least two strata that could be associated with Troy. Troy 6 dated from 1,700 to 1,300 BC or possibly 1,250 BC and Troy 7A dated between 1,300 to 1,250 BC or possibly 1,170 BC. Triix is absolutely fascinating with its imposing bastions and its large settlement layout which could maintain a population able to compete with that of actual metropolis of the period and it would be compatible with the majestic description that Homer makes in the Iliad. While Troy 7A presents a very interesting widespread ash layer which is compatible with a fire. Moreover, related to a whole series of findings that would suggest and indicate [music] an act of war. as a further reinforcement of a historical identification of Wooa as the homeriic Troy. Not only we have evidence that Troy 7A was destroyed by a malicious military related fire, but Troy 6 was destroyed by an earthquake. But wait a minute, the archaeological record shows that there was a massive earthquake in this location which hit historical Troy.

[00:08:03]What does Homer say?

[00:08:09]As we said in the archaeological record, we have direct evidence of a massive earthquake, a natural disaster of insane proportions.

[00:08:20]Did Homer No.

[00:08:25]If we open book 20 of the Iliad, something you may have considered to be fantasy or just make believe, a madeup story, takes a completely different twist. But here is where the situation gets absolutely insane. In book 20 of the Iliad, we have a breathtaking description of the gods deciding to participate into the battles of mortals, abandoning their restraint. Zeus himself calling all the gods into Mount Olympus, tells them that due to the fact that the Aayans, the name used by Homer to describe the Greeks, had the advantage of Achilles, then the battles had turned unfair. Which is why he tells the gods the following. So they were assembled within Zeus's house. And the shaker of the earth, that is Poseidon, did not fail to hear the goddess, but came up among them from the sea, and sat in the midst of them, and asked Zeus of his council, "Why, Lord of the Shining Bolt, have you called the gods to assembly once more? Are you deliberating Aayans and Trojans?" In turn, Zeus, who gathers the clouds, spoke to him in answer, "Wherever you may go among the Aayans and Trojans, and give help to either side, as your own pleasure directs you."

[00:09:32]This is the moment when the gods split and take sides. Athena and the Festos, Poseidon, and others join the Greeks.

[00:09:38]Aris of the Shining Helm, Apollo, Aphroditi, and others join the Trojans.

[00:09:42]But here is the kicker. While Poseidon from deep under them shuddered all the illimitable earth, the sheer heads of the mountains, and all the feet of a with her many waters were shaken, and all her crests and the city of Troy, the ships of the Aayans. Hades, lord of the dead below, was in terror and sprang from his throne and screamed aloud for fear that above him he who circles the land Poseidon might break the earth open and the houses of the dead lie open to men and immortals. According to Homer, Poseidon caused an earthquake so powerful than even Hades, the lord of the underworld, was terrified. And it tells us that the city of Troy was shaken. See, when you read this the first time, you might think, well, it's fantasy. It's a nice story. Homer just made it up. Up until you see that it wasn't made up. It happened just like he described it. So, the true question is, how much more you might think is fantasy was actually collective historical memory.

[00:10:51]Mythology, they said. Mythology, they said while they were mocking you. We'll show them this video, I guess.

[00:10:59]To give you an extremely squeezed summary of the relationships between the Hittite Empire, the historical city of Troy, and the Mesanian kingdoms, we can say this. During the rise in military success of the Hittites, the Misanian kingdoms functioned as an anti-imperial force operating in the western Anatolian bord. In other words, the Messianans were at war with the Hittites, occupying cities, supporting rebels. while historical Troy was a vassel of the Hittites. But this was not always the case.

[00:11:36]Now, when it comes to the dating, the correct historical dating of the Trojan War, specifically the siege of Troy, historians and classicists debated, and [music] we do have two possibilities.

[00:11:46]Either 1334 BC proposed by Duris of Samos or 1,170 BC proposed by Soibius. The site recognized today that represents the hill sung by Homer is the hill of Isadic in Turkey. Furthermore, excavations that have been carried out there found some very interesting data when it comes to the archaeological evidence discovered.

[00:12:08]Archaeological goods, literary evidence, and a corpus of documents found in the archives of the city of Hatushia, the capital of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia. Now, these documents specifically deal with the relationships during the late Bronze Age between the Hittites and a mysterious western reality known as the Aiyawa, recognized by scholars as specifically the Misan world. Moreover, it is in these documents that we'll find the final nail in the coffin to corroborate the otherwise single archaeological findings found by archaeologists that help us pinpoint the correct position in time and space of historical Troy identified as the ancient city of Wooa. Regarding the documentary and epigraphic findings related to the Bronze Age strata, unfortunately the evidence we have is fragmentaryary in nature. Therefore, if we want to find writings that narrate the history of the city, seeking a connection with the homeic epic, we must look to the ancient near east. [music] In the archive of a hatushia, today found in Turkey, the capital of the Hittite Empire, which during the late bronze age was one of the most influential nations, a corpus of 28 texts has been discovered from which [music] one can extrapolate the difficult relationship between the Hittites and a western neighbor presented, as we said, with the name of Aiyah. Now the majority of today's historians are inclined to identify Aiyahwa with the Misinian world. Aayoi being the Aayans both from the naming conventions of some of its representatives and for the geographical location which according to the Hittites would have been open quotes beyond the sea west of the islands off the Anatolian coast close quotes. The first relations between the Hittites and the we'll now call them Misan dates back to 1,400 BC when references made of a series of Misan raids against the vassels of the Hittites along the coasts of the Anatolian Peninsula and in the island of Cyprus which were carried out by someone named Ataria. Now this so-called Atarsia or Atarcia would have arrived in Anatolia with an imposing army and possibly a 100 war chariots.

[00:14:11]Now for the name a parallel has been proposed with the Masonian form of the name of Atraus the founder of Misen and father of Agamenan and Menaus according to the myth. Furthermore according to specialists meaningtologists I can never pronounce that word right.

[00:14:27]This name in this language is injectable form and the translation would be of atraus. It's a possessive adjective.

[00:14:36]Interestingly enough, utilized in the exact same way as the Iliad uses the term to define both Agamemenum and Menaus of Atraus. If Atarcia's imposing army with its hundreds of war chariots could hardly have been deployed by a single Misan realm, it could be compatible with an alliance formed by different Misan kingdoms. And the connection immediately runs to the catalog that we find of ships manned by Misaans mentioned in the Iliad. [music] Now, for deeper context, simultaneous with Atarsia's expeditions in Anatolia, we can suppose that the Misan would also have cultivated excellent relationships with the so-called League of Asa, a confederation formed extemporaneously among 22 city states and small kingdoms of western Anatolia precisely to stem Hitittite imperial expansion. And here is the part that is the most interesting to me. From Hittite contemporary documentations, we know that a king of Aiyahwa, so Masonans, had given his daughter in marriage to a king of the Asua League. And moreover, during excavation at Hatushia in 1991, a sword was discovered consecrated by the Hittite king to celebrate his victory over Asua, the League. And this is evidently of Misan workmanship. From this moment on, the Masonian world would be a destabilizing element regarding the western Anatolian scenario, functioning as an anti-hittite force to try to find its own personal space in the Anatolian chessboard. Now, why am I mentioning these 22 cities that belonged [music] to Western Anatolia and this specific anti-Hittite league because two of these could be easily connected to cities that are mentioned in Homer's Iliad.

[00:16:18]According to the linguist Paul Kretchmer, the first to formulate this hypothesis, one of these citystates would be connected to the Ilios sung by Homer, which originally according to the metric analysis would have had a name that began with the letter GMA. And instead, the city state of Tarquisa will also find its counterpart in the region of the Tro. The geographical coordinates that can be derived from the Hittite document CTH191 show how the location of Woosa is largely overlapping with that of Troy excavated by Schlean. But even though, and this is critical here, initially Woosa had joined the Aua League in an anti-Hittite function, it will subsequently leave it and become a faithful vassel of the Hittite Empire.

[00:17:01]This is the beginning of the connection between Troy and the Hittite world. So much so that when in 1,300 BC a new league of Luvian populations will form to oppose the Hittites once again, in this case, Woosa will not take part and will remain uninvolved. The Messianans at this time will play a crucial role in these wars. The Masonan world throughout 1400 BC exerts a heavy political and cultural influence on coastal Anatolia.

[00:17:27]This is proven in the excavation of Hatusha where a ceramic fragment emerged showing the depiction of a warrior who is evidently Misinan. And this connected with a sword dedicated to the storm god leads once to consider that within the armies of the Luvian rebels we had either Misan mercenaries or that they had access to some of their equipment.

[00:17:46]During the 13th century BC, the relationships between the Hittite Empire and the Masonans worsen. We are told about a Masonan champion written in the Hittite records with the name Pyam Maradu which linguists have identified as a transliteration of the Greek name Priam. We are [clears throat] told that in the 13th century BC Pyam Maradu or Priam occupies the city of Woosa or Troy and this forced the Hittite king to send an army to reconquer it. Woosa is cited as the cause of great friction between the king of the Hittites and the king of the Masonans. As described in document CTH74, the Hittite king manages to reconquer the city of Troy which now was in Masonan hands. And as he does that, he reestablished the previous monarch and reinstalls them or reinstitute the Vaselage. This is curiously known as the treaty of Alexandu which was the name of the Trojan king. At least the aristocrats in Woosa could have even been of partial Masonan origin due to the name, but I won't dive into that too deeply. Now, isn't it isn't like let's let's take a moment a moment a moment to pause.

[00:18:56][sighs] Is in reality the truth, the facts, the history, the culture, the data 50 million times more interesting than this damn culture war.

[00:19:08]All of the events that I've just described coming from both the archaeological record and all of the corpus of documents that come from these excavation in Hatushia occurred over a span of 150 years and is extremely likely that this was the origin or the foundation of the Trojan War described in the Iliad. I in fact wish to state that the events concerning the relationships between the Misan, the Hittites, and the Luvians contributed to developing the framework within which Homer or whoever for him created the Iliad.

[00:19:42]Let's talk about Agamemnon's armor first. Now, we all agree, I think, that this armor is really not doing it. This is not This is really bad. But I think people know why this is bad, but they don't really fully appreciate how bad we're talking up until we actually show what Agamemnon's real armor was supposed to look like. And a lot of the discussion goes around the Dendra Panop, which is this one here. But believe it or not, I wouldn't have used this one either because in fact, it's a little too old for being a GMON. His actual armor contextual to the period would have been one or two generations in progression after this. But the only way to fully appreciate how much this armor sucks and how good it would have been if they used a real one is what's going to seal the deal for us here. The scene of Agamemnon at the gates was actually really good. Like it was great. That shot the doors open and you see Agamemnon walking with aura [music] as the Greek soldiers flood the city of Troy. That is an amazing shot. But imagine if they used the 42 banded poly chromatic gilded bronze, shiny copper, and darkened metal armor as described by Homer as it glitters reflecting the moonlight. It would have been a god among men. Instead, we got Batman. So, let me tell you about what his armor should have been and could have been.

[00:21:01]The Iliad itself describes Agamenon's armor as being composed of 42 bands, 10 blackened, 12 gilded, [music] and 20 made of copper. Imagine that for a moment. In fact, don't. Here is a representation of what that could have looked like. And then a second representation of what they could have looked like. The first one showing these segmented bands. Each of these sets of segmented parts, copper, black, and bronze, and gilded [music] bronze being functional. or the second representation which shows some of these to be [music] decorative in nature. Either looks better than freaking Batman, doesn't it?

[00:21:34]So scholars debated, are these structural components? Are they decorative embellishments? H at that point, take your pick. Now, as you know, when the trailer for Nolan's Odyssey was released, a lot of people proposed the panoply from Dendra, this armor here, as the most convincing model for homeriic warriors, which was a heavy segmented Masonium bronze kuras fitted with shoulder guards and high gorge to protect their neck. Yet, it's essential to note that this armor dates approximately 1,450 to 1,400 BC. Dendra armor then could only be associated with the early incursions from Atarcia in the peninsula, but not with the later ones would connect to the actual siege of Troy. So, in reality, there is a much better option and that would be a reconstructed armor for Agamemnon based on the homeic descriptions which we do have. So, the fact that Nolan is now trying to defend oh black bronze. Well, hold on a minute. Homer tells us what it looks like. Another thing that I promised I would address at least quickly is this. So, these are supposed to be the Trojans, brother. I I don't even know. Look at that. What is it?

[00:22:38]What is it? It looks like poly polysterol. It looks like Is it foam? Is it rubber? The plastic age we should call it ever by the bronze age. You know what? What material What material does Hollywood There we go. Polyurethane, Eva foam, fiberglass, and vacuumformed plastics. So, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the polyurethane mage.

[00:23:04]Never mind the bronze age. The polyurethane. I can't even Yeah, it does look 3D printed. This is terrible. Oh, goodness gracious. You probably didn't notice this, but the Trojan soldiers are wearing modern shoes. Let that sink in.

[00:23:18]Plus, on some reasons, we've got the spinal cord of the xenomorph from Alien.

[00:23:21]That's a xenophobe if I've ever seen one. [laughter] And it's insane that people are really coping. But look, these helmets just look just like it. So it was inspired by Bronze Age blah blah blah. This Oh my gosh. Is this if you can't see the difference? But regardless, it doesn't matter. These are Corinthians.

[00:23:39]Corinthian helmets were not invented in the mission period. Not the type of helmets that they were wearing in period. But I mean, what can you do? The cope is unreal. Christopher Nolan archive says the magnificent costumes of the Trojan soldiers on the set of the Odyssey. So the reality is that for some reasons Nolan fanboys they deny reality. No critical thinking.

[00:24:03]They will say they will state the opposite of the truth. And the truth is and I'm going to say it. Real historical armor is 50 times better than anything Hollywood has ever created in the armor department. Sue me.

[00:24:20]Now, I have to mention this. This is probably the stupidest line in the entire movie. Odysius says, open quotes, "Our age of bronze is collapsing."

[00:24:34][laughter] "Oh, our age of bronze is collapsing," says the Bronze Age man from the Bronze Age. I made a post. Oh, I made a post on X. I made a post. I read Odysius saying our age of bronze is collapsing was probably the stupidest line in the entire movie. It would be like a medieval man saying the middle ages are almost over. Middle of what? It's the present to them. 1.5 million views.

[00:25:01]Let's go. They didn't call it the Bronze Age. We invented that nomenclature. A Bronze Age man saying calling it the Bronze Age. You know, at this point, I was expecting him to say it would be like a World War I soldier saying, "Man, I'm so glad World War I is almost over."

[00:25:16]Medieval knight talking to his father and saying, "Okay, I'm off to the hundred years war."

[00:25:23]How do you know it's 100 [laughter] historically accurate? It's a fictional tale. Ignorance abounds on Zitter.

[00:25:34]historically inaccurate. It isn't based on an actual battle. It's based on a poem. You are complaining realism when the source material itself as historically accurate as Batman.

[00:25:46]Everything is fake and make believe in the Odyssey.

[00:25:51][laughter] It's not supposed to be historically accurate. The Odyssey isn't historically accurate because it's not historical.

[00:26:00]It's a work of fiction. I don't understand how people can't grasp this very simple idea. The Odyssey isn't historically accurate. Dude, there is a Cyclops in the story. They are fictional and mythological characters by the way and so on and so forth. Just like the mantra of an unchanging dogma, it continues to be spammed. But here's the question. What is the truth? One of the characteristics of the smug, condescending comments that want to try and belittle you by thinking that somehow a mythological test could also be historical at the same time, thus trying to psychologically manipulate you into trying to undermine any argument you may have is that they are at the end of the day self-p projection. All right, noble ones. I hope that this video was interesting. As I said in the beginning, regardless of what political ideas or sides of this crazy culture war you belong to, at the end of the day, as we demonstrated, history is the most interesting thing and facts should always have primacy over ideological positions. So the reality is that if anyone ever tells you again, it's just a myth, bro. It did not happen, bro. It did not happen, dude. These are just fictional characters. take consolation in the fact that the reality is they're really missing out on the fun stuff, but you you watched until the end. And to that I say, Earisto.

[00:27:32]So they were assembled within Zeus's house. And the shaker of the earth did not fail to hear the goddess, but came up among them from the sea and sat in the midst of them and asked Zeus of his council. Why, Lord of the Shining Bolt, have you called the gods to assembly once more? Are you deliberating Aayans and Trojans? In turn, Zeus, who gathers the clouds, spoke to him in answer, "You have seen, shaker of the earth, the council within me, and why I gathered you. I think of these men though they are dying. Even so I shall stay here upon the folds of Olympus sitting still watching to pleasure my heart. Meanwhile all of you others go down wherever you may go among the Aayans and Trojans and give help to either side as your own pleasure directs you. But the Trojans were taken every man in the knees with trembling and terror as they looked on the swiftfooted son of Pelus shining in all his armor. A man like the murderous war god. But after the Olympian merged in the men's company, strong hatred, defender of people burst out, and Athena bellowed, standing now beside a ditch dug at the wolves outside. And now again at the thundering seas edge gave out her great cry. While on the other side Aris in the likeness of a dark storm cloud bellowed now from the peak of the citadel urging the Trojans sharply on now running beside the sweet banks of Simois. from high above the father of the gods and men made thunder terribly while Poseidon from deep under them shuddered all the illimitable earth. The sheer heads of the mountains and all of the feet of Eda with her many waters were shaken and all of her crests and the city of Troy the ships of the Aagans. Hades, lord of the dead below, was in terror and sprung from his throne and screamed aloud for fear that above him he who circles the land Boseidon might break the earth open and the houses of the dead lie open to men and immortals.

[00:29:44]Ghastly and moldering so the very gods shudder before them. Such was the crash that sounded as the gods came driving together in wrath.

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