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AI slop is littering your feed and spreading misinformation, so WIRED’s here to set the record straight. Join Professor of Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen as we fact check the internet, Ancient Greece edition. WIRED recommends: #AncientGreece #Athens #AlexanderTheGreat #Socrates #Plato #Aristotle #Pericles #Homer #Hippocrates Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Download the…

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AI slop is littering your feed and spreading misinformation, so WIRED’s here to set the record straight. Join Professor of Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen as we fact check the internet, Ancient Greece edition.

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#AncientGreece #Athens #AlexanderTheGreat #Socrates #Plato #Aristotle #Pericles #Homer #Hippocrates

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  1. @zlatkoordevski5754

    November 13, 2026 at 2:33 pm

    What a useless career, everybody knows there was no such thing as ancient greece

  2. @mauriciobuitrago7853

    November 13, 2026 at 2:49 pm

    “He was just spectacularly annoying” – never would I have ever imagined hearing this about Socrates but, in hindsight, makes perfect sense. Also, hahahahahaha “spectacularly annoying.” Definitely stealing that one!

  3. @wormwoodhoney

    November 13, 2026 at 2:50 pm

    Good stuff. Blurring parts of human anatomy in artwork is pure idiocy, though.

    • @gabriel.creates

      November 13, 2026 at 5:01 pm

      It is, but unfortunately so is YouTube’s system. Would probably get auto-flagged

    • @Sasilenoble

      November 13, 2026 at 5:20 pm

      would get age restricted

    • @i.m.evilhomer5084

      November 13, 2026 at 5:27 pm

      Blame youtube.

    • @Speed-Daemon-123

      November 13, 2026 at 7:34 pm

      It’s really out of hand on television. The show “Murder in a Small Town” started blurring the midriffs of fully clothed women, and another show I saw blurred a gargoyle!

  4. @Nerdalitybites

    November 13, 2026 at 2:54 pm

    We’re telling AI what it’s doing wrong! It will learn.. RUN AWAY! 😂

  5. @KinBeforeKings

    November 13, 2026 at 3:04 pm

    7:45 Is there a published floor plan you’d recommend for seeing how the seven couches fit?

  6. @marcwittkowski5146

    November 13, 2026 at 3:08 pm

    00:55 there are dudes in t-shirts carrying backpacks in the background. Great job, AI. Off to a great start.

    • @Imanoth

      November 13, 2026 at 5:24 pm

      Time travelers… Duh!! 😛

  7. @HoodedpresenceGaming

    November 13, 2026 at 3:09 pm

    The check marks should be green not red

  8. @benzaiten933

    November 13, 2026 at 3:17 pm

    what unnecessary censorship.

  9. @danniantagonist

    November 13, 2026 at 3:28 pm

    22:06 is this not the Agora, with the Temple of Hephaestus overlooking it? One of my favourite Athenian sites and the temple is stunning today!

  10. @NoisqueVoaProduction

    November 13, 2026 at 3:37 pm

    7:22
    No mention of the greek fire?
    It is probably a techonology which is a bit mythological, but at least a mention…

    • @celston51

      November 13, 2026 at 5:58 pm

      This wasn’t used during the Persian wars. Most combat between trireme and bireme vessels involved ramming and boarding the enemy ships. Keeping incendiary arrows on your own ship was a big ‘no no’ considering how quickly fire could spread.

  11. @georgedorn_fnord

    November 13, 2026 at 3:53 pm

    One reason we don’t know if the Trojan War actually happened: the first “gentleman scientist” to dig up the site after it was found had no archaeological knowledge. He and his team dug straight down through the ruins very rapidly (mostly looking for treasure) and trashed any useful scientific value. He did actually find the city of Troy (it was debated whether that even existed) but dug straight through the layer that would have been the era of the war, thinking that the bottom-most layer would be the original Troy. He was wrong, that was a much, much older Troy, and now we have no good historical record.

    That was Heinrich Schliemann; there’s an episode of Behind The Bastards about this.

    • @anqel_dolle.ৎ

      November 13, 2026 at 4:00 pm

      ikr, he was so clueless…

    • @thenovicenovelist

      November 13, 2026 at 5:56 pm

      Ted-Ed also has a video about this.

  12. @MbisonBalrog

    November 13, 2026 at 4:03 pm

    Was participation in the Olympics restricted to certain class? Like you have to be a patrician or equivalent? If not did local tournaments exist to decide who gets to go to the Olympics?

  13. @8BitSamurai

    November 13, 2026 at 4:10 pm

    26:08

    “Please welcome… Aquaman”

  14. @daantaks1404

    November 13, 2026 at 4:19 pm

    14:01 Is that a pagan priestess wearing a crucifix centuries bce?

  15. @GutestUser-2

    November 13, 2026 at 4:32 pm

    THAT’S WHY THE INTERNET NOW A DAYS ARE FULL OF CRAP…

    LOT’S OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING SMART AND WANT TO MONETIZE ONLY…

  16. @Luxington1

    November 13, 2026 at 4:37 pm

    Most irritating is the nonsense script “Women, though essential to the family, religion, and the continuity of the city,” is so fxcking daft

  17. @nbarnes6225

    November 13, 2026 at 5:04 pm

    21:40 It’s a legend. Not a myth.

  18. @hoofhearted4

    November 13, 2026 at 5:28 pm

    I like how its more shocking to see a thigh in Ancient Greece than a breast haha.

  19. @mydoggylives

    November 13, 2026 at 5:36 pm

    7:29…. Ummmm… I’m pretty sure there was a thing called “Greek fire” that they used rather successfully that would burn on water. 🤔

    • @celston51

      November 13, 2026 at 5:55 pm

      That’s a Byzantine period creation and not classical Greece. We have no sources that attest to “Greek fire” used before the 6th century AD.

  20. @TheSimon253

    November 13, 2026 at 5:57 pm

    18:00 AI really put Nordic runes on the tablet…

  21. @azarashi_lessthan3

    November 13, 2026 at 6:24 pm

    learning that socrates was the ancient greek equivalent of the modern day ‘um actually ☝🤓’ is the funniest bit of knowledge i’ve learned all week

  22. @TwizzlerBeks

    November 13, 2026 at 6:47 pm

    14:12 is she wearing a cross necklace?! Or another shape?

  23. @tomfooleryhandle

    November 13, 2026 at 6:54 pm

    If you’re censoring ancient art you’re doing it wrong.

  24. @chuckd68

    November 13, 2026 at 8:06 pm

    AI spreading more stupidity every day.

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