#but i digress so often i see like um actually the ancient greeks didn't mind incest like Yes Yes they did so badly

[barbiegirldream]

dream is like theseus and actually every greek figure Including Literal Gods who are seen through a purely modern lens by people with no context or understanding of ancient greek society and therefore are vilified to no end

I was so thrown for a moment i thought this was dsmp syndicate discourse I don't know Why my brain went there I study Theseus. c!Tommy was Not Theseus he killed no monsters and did Not abdicate a role of monarch for democracy

Anyways I'd say Dream is really just an Athenian woman. People wanted him to stay locked up forever and get pissed at anything he says.

Not really like the men though they were definitely all killing people to varying degrees of approval by society. By nature of not being insane psychopaths modern day men will almost always map better onto ancient women.

#the thing about greek stories is people always try to culture back then it when most of the stories are warnings #or explanations for why things suck so much and have to be like this #Greek Gods are concepts of things and sometimes explicitly bad things #there is a reason Ares did not have much cult worship outside of Sparta #who famously won one bsttle after 30 years of effort and sucked forever every other time in their history #but i digress so often i see like um actually the ancient greeks didn't mind incest like Yes Yes they did so badly #it was the main curse on a family next to cannibalizing each other