#RealArchaeology Who were the greatest athletes of the ancient Greek Olympics? We explore the mythical GOATS: the greatest Olympians of ancient times in this video. Thanks to Joni Martini as always for fantastic video editing, and for providing her voice as Kyniska of Sparta.
All translations from ancient sources from S.G. Miller. 2004. Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources. Third and Expanded Edition.
Music: All songs by Kevin MacLeod with a CC BY 3.0 License
Consort for Brass: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Consort_for_Brass/
Divertissement: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Divertissement/
Fanfare for Space: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1300026
Funeral March for Brass: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Funeral_March_for_Brass/
Running Fanfare: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Running_Fanfare/
Keywords: Olympics, Archaeology, Ancient History, Ancient Greece, Olympia, Leonidas of Rhodes, Kyniska, Milo of Croton, Kroton, Pausanias, Athletics, Ancient Sports, Wrestling, Sprinting, Running, Marathon, Chariot-Racing, Equestrian Games, Attic Red-Figure, Ancient Greek Sculptures, Temple of Zeus, Temple of Hera, Stadion, Hoplitodromos, Diaulos, Pankration, Theagenes, Thasos, Mijain Lopez
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“Childless Horse Lady” 😂 I always enjoy the punchy humor and wit. Keep it going!
Dibble is the goat at deboonking
Yo my boi flint coming with the facts and very entertaining keep it up G
This is so cool! Thanks, Flint!
Just to settle the elephant in the rrom, I dont evn think you genuinely think Hancock is a pseudo arhcaeologist anyway!! He's into like ancient technology, he says (and he HAS to be right, surely you can admit at least this!?) that the ancient egyotians had proper technology to make the pyramids and the carvings etc, they MUST have had, so that means METALS!! YOU are the one who goes on about corn and things, so basically Clovis First theory of red indians?? And its THEM who wore psued mocassins and psued jackets and trousers with tassles on them isnt it!!! You know what Im talking about. If you think of psued you automatically think iof red indians clothes, not ancient egyptians with metal tools so its YOU whos the psuedo archaeologist and yoyu know it!!! So do all your followers, they are all just too much in on the conspiract to admit that Hancock is right….. and really in a way, its you childishly insisting on callling Graham the psuedo archaeologist (when its BLATANTLY you!! haha! BUSTED!!) that is your downfall!!
Hey Mr Dribble!! Just letting you know Im here to check out your page for the first time after I saw your 'performace' on the Joe Rogan show where you 'debated' Graham Hancock. Ive got to say, I dont think it would be fair if I didnt come and congratulate you for how hard your tried!! Obviously you were WAY out of your depth as you seem to be relying on really outdated 'evidence', (your understanding of the historical record is patchy at best! lol. You have missed out on at least one full incarnation of humanity where we reached a technoligical level past our own today, only to be blasted back to the stineage by an asteroid… ..there is 100% IRREFUTABLE evidence for this happening at LEAST once, b ut it could have happened even more times (I have accessed memories of me riding a dinosaur under deep hynosis before whuch is pretty solid evidence we were around even back then – the woman who hypnotised me NEVER gets it wrong), for a pseudo archaeoligist you did pretty well. Espcially brave to take on Graham Hancock, he's like the Einstein of Archaeology. Chariots of the Gods is THE best history book I have EVER READ and basuically rewrote the history of our species. I am looking at booking a week with the hypnotist and a coupl of ghost writers to access my absolute memories of domesticating a tyrannosaurus rex, and am going to complete, or at least firther the field next year. I am jus tsaving up the £25k she needs for that level of work. All you pseudo arhcaeologists are FINOSHED then Dribble, you wont be so smug then when the whole world if FORCED to accept we had wifi, microwave ovens, space travel, robots, all at the time we were co existing with dinosaurs. FACT.
Dibble 2024
Great vid as usual Flint!
I did not know they allowed women to a limited degree! Interesting
I was fully not expecting a Liz Truss lettuce joke on an archaeology video in 2024 but like honestly, awesome. Nah but like this video is so interesting I love the way you explain things
I look forward to future historians trying to understand the cultural significance of the lettuce😂
OK, so Kyniska was a childless horse lady, BUT did she love her couch?
Creepy huh!
Childless horse lady 😂🤣🤣
Thanks Flint! Great video! Hope you can do one on Minoan/bronze age Crete one day.
In my book Kleitomachos and Theagenes were the greatest, the only two people to win in all three combat sports (boxing, wrestling and pankration/mma). I can't think of anything like that today, the closest would be open weight world champions in an elite wrestling or striking art who then go on to be world champions in mma. But not all three. Maybe if Pawel Nastula, Francis Ngannou, Fedor, or someone similar practiced all three from childhood. But it's likely impossible, since there is so much more competition, and getting to the top is more difficult.
Excellent. I am now terrified of manual stump ripping in wolf infested locales. (I am not a citizen but I did chuckle at the Vance dig.)
U the real goat Flint!
timely discussion, well played. Compelling content – I used to love the greek mythology stories when really I should have been reading about the ancient history of regular people.
Love the humor jabs 😂
Hey what role did the slave play in the olympics? Let me guess they got the thankless jobs of set up, tear down, and moving the heavy shit. The slaves were probably at constant risk of rape as well. I can’t help but notice you don’t mention the slaves, though to be fair they may have also been proletarians, either way you ignore the laborers who do the work. The laborers are the all time GOAT nothing happens without the laborers.
Hey the hair on those statues looks pretty African, imagine that it’s like Dr. John Henrik Clarke said.
The olympics are nothing but a thinly veiled marketing campaign. It’s an event for the tried and true sellouts.
Land back free Palestine, workers stand with the oppressed peoples of the world, unite!
Dope video. Ancient UFC and F1. Very cool
Fuck the olympics it’s nothing but a bourgeois dock measuring contest.
Land back free Palestine, workers stand with the oppressed peoples of the world, unite!
I was hoping for some Chariots of Fire music in this video
😂 This is hilarious. I nearly missed it because I'm not a sports person. Never knew sport can be so much fun 😂🎉
Great video!
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love the flow of the intro, great job!
I love dibbles take on the world . I always make sure im just the right amount of high enough to take it serious while ctfu.😂
Jesse Owens didn’t stick it to Hitl3r. Hitl3r spent time with Jesse unlike FDR who did the opposite.
In UK it would now be 2 year of Charles. Advantage of having a royal house.
I wonder if the Roman stereotype of Greeks as effeminate has anything to do with the fact they exercised naked
sadly , olympics are an nwo agenda shitfest now