a little more thiccer
A little more thiccer
Couldn't a deity just scan your brain and then construct your personal Galatea from that? Or, being clairvoyant, give you something you didn't know you wanted?
One of the early Greek myths involves Zeus being tricked by his own priests. They're not omniscient.
The Gods are omniscient but they're also flawed, usually believing they're too smart to be tricked.
but they're also flawed, usually believing they're too smart to be tricked.
doesn't this confirm they're not actually omniscient?
The Greek Gods are absolutely not omniscient, nor all powerful. In fact, Greek Gods could regularly be tricked and one-up'd by mortals and several myths involve them getting pissy and throwing tantrums when this happens.
One example of the Greek God's utter lack of knowledge can be found in the birth of Athena. Zeus, who became chief God by having his father Cronus tricked into swallowing a stone instead of Zeus, goes to an Oracle (proof of non-omniscience #1) to ask if there are any threats to his own rule. The Oracle says that just as Cronus overthrew Oranos and Zeus overthrew Cronus, so too would Zeus be overthrown by his own offspring. Pissed off, Zeus goes to a pregnant floozy of his and eats her. "Whew", thinks Zeus, "I beat prophecy, how awesome am I!" It would turn out Zeus is not awesome at all, as he soon gets a horrific headache - from which is birthed the goddess of martial knowledge, Athena. She would not overthrow him directly, but instead be a greater god than he was by patroning the city of Athens (guess who wrote this story).
And there are multiple more examples throughout Greek myth. Don't try to one up Christianity by claiming Greek Gods were "like the Judeo-Christian God, only in greater number" because that's not how Greek theology worked. Greek theology accepted that Gods were flawed but powerful, and you should give sacrifices to them to keep them appeased precisely because they were flawed, fickle, and ultimately huge assholes. Like giving lunch money to the neighborhood bully.
Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite... THE GODDESS OF LOVE!
My favorite story is that chick that was a great seamstress and one of the Gods challenged her cause she was boasting. Then she beats the Goddess who was like "okay bitch" and turned her into a giant spider. And that's why we have spiders.
I had a history teacher that thought she more like the Goddess of Lust or Passion.
tfw no Medusa gf
I think that's enough curves for you young man
That line's still stuck in my head to this day. Probably also the first time I saw (or maybe anyone even did) the "shy nice girl" Gorgon remix too.
I should rewatch it someday. Same with the other weird, TV-show spin off, prequel, interquel series they did (Aladdin, Tarzan, Buzz Lightyear, etc.)
My personal favorite is the original myth of Selene the Moon Goddess and Endymion. Endymion is a young Shepard that often fell asleep in the fields, and one evening Selene saw him. She fell in love with his young beauty and often watched him from high above, but realized one day he would wither and die. So, what does she do? She puts him to sleep, forever. Keeping him dreaming, but eternally young forever, so she could watch him forever every night. But that's not all. She also fucks him and literally has fifty kids with the guy.
The Greek Gods were fucking mental.
Well you've got two interpretations of Aphrodite that appeared as time went on. Aphrodite Ouranos slowly became the aspect of familiar and romantic love that had less about physical intimacy and more of the genuine love one feels in ones heart.
Then you had Aphrodite Pandemos, the wild, crazy, lustful love all sorts of people feel.
The Spartans revered her as a war diety.
Well, she was a war deity first; as she was both the Mesopotamian Ishtar and Phoenician Astarte before the Greeks took her into their pantheon.
Hell yeah. Love is a battlefield after all.
Is this show on Disney plus?
Yeah, it's been there since launch.
I HAD IT WITH ALL THESE FAT FUCKS
A LITTLE THICCER
A LITTLE BIT MORE
Who dat
Electra
amerifats when encountering any religion that isn't christianity
What was her story again?
The was against conforming to society (or Greece's) ways, Herc likes her and tries to get her but she dislikes musclebound heroes like him and he tries to change his ways. He doesn't know however that she is capable of summoning the furies which he attacks, she gets angry for him not listening to her to tell them that they are hers and they break up
Cassandra slow-dancing with the monster at prom and admitting she's never felt like this before
ONE OF US ONE OF US
Based
For me, its Meg
I liked Hercules/Xena Aphrodite more
Speaking of Hercules and Xena who remembers the OTHER 90s animated Hercules movie?
I always find it funny that they refer to him as the 'Real' Hercules as a fuck you to Disney I guess
She fucked her dad.
Ares was the nicest god.
that faces
that left hand
The fact that you can just summon Aphrodite at any time is wild. She must have guys jerking off the milisecond she appears
I remember parts of it
Meant for
Girl in the middle looks cute
Yeah thats Artemis. She also appears on the show.
Weird way to spell Pluto.