#which is a HUGE can of worms along with every other human/divine assault in classical mythology but my main point here is that ppl have been
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"did helen of troy do anything wrong" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
#bolo liveblogs#this post goes out to my classical mythology professor#I asked her about why this is controversial bc in the translation of the iliad *I* read (the lombardo translation) she's transparently#miserable and hates her husband/captor paris. so hearing that helen's innocence was ambiguous sounded victim-blamey to me#but she explained it's more a thought experiment thing and that characterizations of helen have differed substantially over the centuries#like the hades/persephone myth#which is a HUGE can of worms along with every other human/divine assault in classical mythology but my main point here is that ppl have been#fighting about this for actual centuries and they certainly will continue to <3
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