Ibalegend t1_jea4z9p wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:06 PM

Reply to comment by Cant_think_of_shz in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia

theres a lot of versioms of the myth, there is no one "true" version. most people learn slightly different verions just by chance

Cant_think_of_shz t1_jea5jn6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:10 PM

I kind of enjoy that property of myths. They can share a similar plot, but small differences can change the story drastically.

Ibalegend t1_jebnjoz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:56 PM

yeah my favorite detail that changes with the hades and persephone myth is the context for it, it can be drastically different between versions and its interesting to see

Illustrious-Scar-526 t1_jea86tk wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:28 PM

Well one of them is bound to be true. It's gotta be, because we have seasons.

TheStickofTruthiness t1_jea8syv wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:33 PM

It’s the reason for the season

Dawnawaken92 t1_jeaf3ge wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Roman and Greek versions of the mythos perhaps

Ibalegend t1_jeaiyq3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:39 PM

no, as in there were multiple versions in Ancient Greece because it was a living religion that changed by region and time

Dawnawaken92 t1_jef1b49 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:19 PM

I wasn't saying yes or no. And you basically just affirmed my statement. I was saying there are multiple versions across the entire hellenistic period. And not one version is the true or original that we can absolutely say for a fact is the first.