Hisei_nc17 t1_je6wr5b wrote on March 29, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Reply to comment by Malikhi in eli5 why ancient historical buildings haven’t been kept up? Why are buildings like the Parthenon and the Colosseum in such disrepair? Greece and Rome/Italy have existed the entire time? by PickledSpace56

Wasn't she born because Zeus ate some lady he got pregnant, causing him a severe migraine and she just popped out from his head after Hephaestus lobotomized him to stop the migraine? Was there more to that story than the usual self fulfilling prophecy?

dfreshv t1_je7b54b wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Man, people say drugs have only gotten stronger over time, but the ancient Greeks were on some shit.

Pays_in_snakes t1_je7k8if wrote on March 29, 2023 at 11:54 PM

This is why Norse mythology is so wild, it's the cosmology of a people that spent every winter doing mushrooms in the dark

TheGrumpiestGnome t1_je8ppyh wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:56 AM

That explains a lot about it.

Gwendolyn7777 t1_je8ma71 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:15 AM

geezzz....them ancient Greeks could write some smokin fan fiction, huh?

Halvus_I t1_jeamb1n wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Popped out fully armed and armored.

https://www.wattpad.com/86490100-the-tale-of-athena%27s-birth