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0:07 · sea monsters and lake monsters have
0:10 · captivated the human imagination for
0:12 · Millennia everyone watching this has
0:15 · probably heard the famous Loch Ness
0:16 · monster said to live in a lake in
0:19 · Scotland and everyone has probably heard
0:21 · of the Leviathan a sea serpent which
0:24 · appears in the Bible and which has
0:25 · connections to an older Canaanite
0:27 · monster loton
0:30 · the waters surrounding Constantinople in
0:32 · the middle of the 6th century were home
0:34 · to such a monster one that we actually
0:36 · know existed its name was porfirios
0:40 · Theodora Empress of the Roman Empire at
0:43 · this time and wife of the emperor of
0:44 · Justinian did not care for
0:46 · Constantinople much preferring the
0:48 · nearby town of Huron where a small
0:50 · Palace was located
0:53 · there however was treacherous because it
0:56 · meant sailing along the bus for a
0:58 · straight into tracking the attention of
1:00 · porfirios
1:01 · so what was this Beast
1:04 · well the vast majority of our
1:06 · information comes from the writings of
1:07 · prokopius both his history of the wars
1:10 · and the secret history who informs us
1:13 · that this was a whale which for whatever
1:15 · reason swam into the Mediterranean from
1:18 · the Atlantic and then made its home in
1:20 · the Black Sea and the Bosphorus for
1:22 · about 50 years it's estimated to have
1:25 · been approximately 45 feet long and 15
1:28 · feet wide or about 14 meters long and
1:31 · 4.5 meters wide and it is not entirely
1:34 · certain where the name of the whale came
1:36 · from
1:37 · there is one idea which suggests that it
1:40 · was named after a famous charioteer who
1:42 · was active in the Hippodrome at this
1:43 · time but the majority of historians
1:45 · support a different line of thought
1:46 · which argues that the name comes from
1:48 · the color of the whale as well as the
1:50 · apparent headache that the Beast caused
1:52 · for the emperor Justinian because it
1:54 · attacked ships indiscriminately both
1:57 · military and civilian indeed we might
2:00 · best understand porphyrios as meaning
2:02 · something like purple boy which if
2:04 · nothing else shows that humans have been
2:06 · giving nicknames to animals for a very
2:08 · long time even violent ones and
2:11 · apparently much like the modern day
2:13 · activity of whale watching locals
2:16 · occasionally attempted to go and see it
2:18 · except in these particular instances
2:20 · there was every chance that the whale
2:22 · attacked the ship
2:24 · there are two ideas for exactly what
2:26 · kind of animal porphyrus was in this
2:29 · video I have been saying that it was a
2:31 · whale because identifying porfirios as a
2:34 · sperm whale due to the apparent size and
2:36 · temperament of the creature makes the
2:38 · most sense as well as the color of its
2:40 · skin it would be possible to misidentify
2:42 · Shades of Gray as Sage of purple
2:44 · especially in the water but you should
2:47 · be aware that there was another argument
2:48 · which says that porphyrios was actually
2:50 · an orca of unusual size after 50 years
2:54 · of terrorizing Roman ships in the waters
2:56 · of Constantinople however porphyrus was
2:59 · finally beached when it decided to chase
3:01 · Dolphins a bit too close to shore
3:02 · struggling to free itself only trap the
3:05 · whale deeper in the sand in the mud of
3:06 · the coastline and when it was discovered
3:09 · locals came with knives Cleavers rope
3:11 · and axes to kill the Beast that had
3:13 · wreaked havoc for so long finding that
3:16 · their blades did little damage and only
3:18 · enraged the whale the people returned
3:20 · with horses and wagons and pulled
3:21 · porphyr rails deeper Inland and cut the
3:24 · released into pieces some of them
3:26 · apparently devoured the whale flesh
3:28 · immediately While others saved the
3:30 · pieces for later
3:31 · and with that so ended the reign of
3:34 · terror of porfirios Tyrant of the
3:37 · Bosphorus
3:38 · and the shipping lanes were now safe
3:40 · once more

Transcript
0:07	·	sea monsters and lake monsters have
0:10	·	captivated the human imagination for
0:12	·	Millennia everyone watching this has
0:15	·	probably heard the famous Loch Ness
0:16	·	monster said to live in a lake in
0:19	·	Scotland and everyone has probably heard
0:21	·	of the Leviathan a sea serpent which
0:24	·	appears in the Bible and which has
0:25	·	connections to an older Canaanite
0:27	·	monster loton
0:30	·	the waters surrounding Constantinople in
0:32	·	the middle of the 6th century were home
0:34	·	to such a monster one that we actually
0:36	·	know existed its name was porfirios
0:40	·	Theodora Empress of the Roman Empire at
0:43	·	this time and wife of the emperor of
0:44	·	Justinian did not care for
0:46	·	Constantinople much preferring the
0:48	·	nearby town of Huron where a small
0:50	·	Palace was located
0:53	·	there however was treacherous because it
0:56	·	meant sailing along the bus for a
0:58	·	straight into tracking the attention of
1:00	·	porfirios
1:01	·	so what was this Beast
1:04	·	well the vast majority of our
1:06	·	information comes from the writings of
1:07	·	prokopius both his history of the wars
1:10	·	and the secret history who informs us
1:13	·	that this was a whale which for whatever
1:15	·	reason swam into the Mediterranean from
1:18	·	the Atlantic and then made its home in
1:20	·	the Black Sea and the Bosphorus for
1:22	·	about 50 years it's estimated to have
1:25	·	been approximately 45 feet long and 15
1:28	·	feet wide or about 14 meters long and
1:31	·	4.5 meters wide and it is not entirely
1:34	·	certain where the name of the whale came
1:36	·	from
1:37	·	there is one idea which suggests that it
1:40	·	was named after a famous charioteer who
1:42	·	was active in the Hippodrome at this
1:43	·	time but the majority of historians
1:45	·	support a different line of thought
1:46	·	which argues that the name comes from
1:48	·	the color of the whale as well as the
1:50	·	apparent headache that the Beast caused
1:52	·	for the emperor Justinian because it
1:54	·	attacked ships indiscriminately both
1:57	·	military and civilian indeed we might
2:00	·	best understand porphyrios as meaning
2:02	·	something like purple boy which if
2:04	·	nothing else shows that humans have been
2:06	·	giving nicknames to animals for a very
2:08	·	long time even violent ones and
2:11	·	apparently much like the modern day
2:13	·	activity of whale watching locals
2:16	·	occasionally attempted to go and see it
2:18	·	except in these particular instances
2:20	·	there was every chance that the whale
2:22	·	attacked the ship
2:24	·	there are two ideas for exactly what
2:26	·	kind of animal porphyrus was in this
2:29	·	video I have been saying that it was a
2:31	·	whale because identifying porfirios as a
2:34	·	sperm whale due to the apparent size and
2:36	·	temperament of the creature makes the
2:38	·	most sense as well as the color of its
2:40	·	skin it would be possible to misidentify
2:42	·	Shades of Gray as Sage of purple
2:44	·	especially in the water but you should
2:47	·	be aware that there was another argument
2:48	·	which says that porphyrios was actually
2:50	·	an orca of unusual size after 50 years
2:54	·	of terrorizing Roman ships in the waters
2:56	·	of Constantinople however porphyrus was
2:59	·	finally beached when it decided to chase
3:01	·	Dolphins a bit too close to shore
3:02	·	struggling to free itself only trap the
3:05	·	whale deeper in the sand in the mud of
3:06	·	the coastline and when it was discovered
3:09	·	locals came with knives Cleavers rope
3:11	·	and axes to kill the Beast that had
3:13	·	wreaked havoc for so long finding that
3:16	·	their blades did little damage and only
3:18	·	enraged the whale the people returned
3:20	·	with horses and wagons and pulled
3:21	·	porphyr rails deeper Inland and cut the
3:24	·	released into pieces some of them
3:26	·	apparently devoured the whale flesh
3:28	·	immediately While others saved the
3:30	·	pieces for later
3:31	·	and with that so ended the reign of
3:34	·	terror of porfirios Tyrant of the
3:37	·	Bosphorus
3:38	·	and the shipping lanes were now safe
3:40	·	once more