I’ve already gotten so much pushback on the meaning of “xanthos.”
I’m ecstatic to know that what’s coming out of the ground is more consistent with what I say than hysterical nordicist narratives many Greeks have also bought into.
This is historically illiterate.
Long before Emily Wilson, the Greeks themselves questioned whether Odysseus was heroic:
• Plato: πολύτροπος and false (Hippias Minor)
• Sophocles: fox, hunter, "instrument of every evil" (Ajax, Philoctetes)
• Euripides: architect of child-murder, voice of pitiless expediency (Trojan Women, Hecuba)
• Tzetzes (12th century): θρασύδειλος aka blustering coward
The Western canon didn't preserve one clean Odysseus. It preserved many: liar, manipulator, sophist, criminal inventor. Questioning heroes isn't degrading them. It's what the canon does.
@greekcitytimes You need to address white supremacy if you really want to talk about this in a way that goes to the heart of the issue of why Greeks are missing.
1/On account of the recent kerfuffle surrounding Helen of Sparta, and the inevitable discussions surrounding our origin and "ethnicity," I think it's time to piss off everyone: usurpers (we are all Greeks), Greek haters (you're all mixed), and Greek hysterical nationalists.
greece is not a real place to them. it is a fantasy land in which to base their own bias and ideals on and use as a foundation for their racial supremacy. they have to remove modern greeks so that they can become the ancient greeks.
Today marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As we honor the 1.5 million Armenians murdered by the Ottoman Empire across modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Armenia, we must refuse to let history repeat itself.
In 2020, the military forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey attacked the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2023, Azerbaijan expelled over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, continuing the genocidal campaign that had begun over 100 years prior.
On this day of remembrance, we reaffirm the right of the Armenian people — and all people — to freedom, safety, and self-determination.
@krystalball Yes and there seems no path back from it?
How do we return to normal debates over taxes instead of “this should be a white Christian nation, women should not have jobs and just pop babies out, and the LGBT community destructive to society”
Where do we start ?