@AdmiralHip Yes! And think this point gets lost in favor of some kind of invented soft-focus warm & fuzzy history
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yeah I mean I love reading about a different take on pagan religion, but the next time someone tells me that the Greeks...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ...or the Romans had a female-friendly batch of gods, myths, and religion then I WILL scream.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip I want to know who did Roman pr for their rep as a nation of gender equality.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore there was this fuckin essay on how persephone was some bastion of feminism in Ancient Greece. And I was like...no.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore with that being said, I gotta say I find it interesting that HADES, the dark god of the underworld, has violated...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ...less people than Zeus. And Persephone's story involves being kidnapped but no seduction or impregnantion against her will.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore but it's still a story of a woman being forced away from her home and family.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore although somehow I think that she was already queen of the underworld and the Greeks needed a reason for her being there.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip but I don't know how you qualify a kidnapped woman who had to be rescued by her mother as a nation of feminine strength.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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