Finished The Odyssey during my mid day break, before I ambled around the farm. The Ancient Greeks were definitely murder hobos, and I don't say that in a light hearted way. Warriors are always giving each other beautifully crafted gifts, but none of them has any maker skills.
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3/ also, in general "double standards" are not as terrible as feminist scolds make them out to be, but ... I'm thinking that it was a BIT of a double standard that Ulysses killed the suitors for PROPOSING to a widow. ...while he was off cheating on his wife by BANGING A WITCH.
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4/ Yes. They sucked. But Odysseus' explanations for why he wants to kill them swirl around a bit. Sometimes "eating him out of house and home", sometimes "banging the maids", sometimes "proposing to my [ presumed ] widow". https://twitter.com/KelseyAGeorge/status/1326293272562606080 …
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5/ I'm having a plot of people tag in and explain to me that Culture Was Different in the bronze age, and Let Me Splain About The Greeks To You. Guys. I know. I majored in Roman history. I'm not unfamiliar with the ancient world. I'm riffing here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-tCU-sULA …
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Dan Carlin refers to people like Caesar, Alexander, Genghis Khan and Hitler as "historical arsonists".
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