OK. So Helen’s beauty sparks a war.
Athena is a strategic goddess guiding Odysseus.
Penelope embodies clever loyalty.
Circe turns men into pigs, which frankly is still the most realistic female character arc in literature.
Calypso traps the hero on an island for seven years.
Cassandra can literally see the future but nobody listens, making her the first woman in recorded history to experience a meeting.
The Sirens weaponize music.
Nausicaa saves Odysseus when he washes up naked and useless.
Andromache gives one of the most devastating anti-war speeches in the Iliad.
Hecuba is basically the emotional wreckage of empire in human form.
Aphrodite starts half the problems in Western civilization by being hot and petty.
Hera is running divine opposition research.
Thetis gets Zeus involved because Achilles is having a workplace dispute.
But apart from Helen, Athena, Penelope, Circe, Calypso, Cassandra, the Sirens, Nausicaa, Andromache, Hecuba, Aphrodite, Hera, and Thetis...
WHAT HAS HOMER EVER DONE TO GIVE FEMALE CHARACTERS ATTENTION?
Caryatids, Porch of the Erechtheion (golden hour). Culture: Greek. Place of origin: Athens (Acropolis). Date: c. 421–406 BC. Medium: Pentelic marble. Site: Erechtheion, Acropolis of Athens. Photographer: Elena Odareeva.
@KennyPowers1488 WTF are you even talking about? The Polytheistic Pagans are the only ones who actually care & give a shit about real history, facts, our real ancestors & the Gods & Goddesses of our people. Fuck that fake Abram dessert bullshit!
@Tom_Rowsell@romanhelmetguy All of those Άθεος religions of Αβραάμ are built on bigotry, hate & fake history. It's no wonder they were called atheists by all the cultures around them cause it literally means "abandoned by the Gods"!
@elonmusk Homer's 'Iliad' & 'Odyssey' are some of the most important pieces of literature in the entire history of Western civilization? & Nolan just takes a shit all over it, after he promised to stay true to the text. By doing this Nolan pisses all over the West!
@randallwcarlson We need to get back to the ancient Greek world & bring that into the future. I think we should start teaching the ancient Greek language (Attic) & their philosophies in schools. That is what will lead us into a new golden age.
@0ccultbot The Gods & Goddesses often disguise themselves from mortals to test them & see how they act & how humans treat them. This is an ancient thing so why are you talking about angels who didn't exist until the late Hellenistic period? Where is your actual Occult content?