Hubris, Nemesis and Greek Mythology
What is Hubris? For the Ancient Greeks, Hubris was a particularly pernicious character trait - an excessive arrogance and pride that would always lead to nemesis - the fall. Icarus and Phaeton both succumbed to hubris, and the trial of Meidias after he punched Demosthenes in the theatre of Dionysus provides with a compelling story about how the Athenians thought about democracy. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources: MacDowell, Douglas M. " Hybris in Athens." Greece & Rome 23, no. 1 (1976): 14-31. http://www.jstor.org/stable/642912. Ober, J. 1994, What democracy meant to the Athenians, History Today Ltd, London. Mitchell, A., Individuality and Hubris in the Mythlogy, Am J Psychoanal (1984) 44: 399. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01252542 Havender, William. "On Human Hubris." Political Psychology 2, no. 1 (1980): 52-58. doi:10.2307/3790971. David Owen, Jonathan Davidson; Hubris syndrome: An acquired personality disorder? A study of US Presidents and UK Prime Ministers over the last 100 years, Brain, Volume 132, Issue 5, 1 May 2009, Pages 1396–1406, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awp008 Rossellini, I, Ego and Impulse have always been a threat to democracy, Literary Hub, https://lithub.com/ego-and-impulse-have-always-been-a-threat-to-democracy/ Spengler, Joseph J. "Social Science and the Collectivization of Hubris." Political Science Quarterly 87, no. 1 (1972): 1-21. doi:10.2307/2147775. Music: Trio for Piano Violin and Viola Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Procession of the King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Credits: Handshake Video by Cespitia - https://www.videvo.net/profile/cespitia/ Creative Commons 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://www.videvo.net/video/business-handshake/3613/
