PugJesusDamn bro, c'mon, you are married to a literal goddess
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1946381/damn-bro-c-mon-you-are-married-to-a-literal-goddess
Explanation: In Greek mythology, the gods have a concerning tendency to carry on affairs with (or rape - ancient mythology is gruesome) mortal women. Despite almost all of said gods being already married to deities.
Your wife is literally goddess-tier, what are you doing guy
NaibofTabrNo matter how hot a person is, someone somewhere is sick of their shit.
ToastedRavioliLonely Rosepilled and Blueprintmaxxed
Not exactly. There was a custom in some parts of Ancient Greece where young male apprentices (teenagers) had sexual relationships with their (adult, married) teachers during the time they were apprenticing.
Their relation to sexuality is difficult to compare to our modern one. As I understand it, once they reached “full” adulthood, men were expected to settle down, form a family and all that. I’m not aware of polygamy being a thing.
Obviously, the (male, wealthy) elites that write to us may not be entirely forthcoming about the goings-on within the households. Given that slaves were at the absolute mercy of their owning household’s master, I’m inclined to think that the depictions of their gods as lustful and unfaithful are a projection of their own vices and habits.
What I do know is that Sparta in particular is reported to occasionally have Spartiates “lend” their wives to other Spartiates (but I have no idea how often it would have happened). We’re not going to talk about the women’s consent here… If the Spartans’ practice of sharing their wives was noteworthy, that implies women were otherwise expected to be chaste and faithful.
But men? Like I said, what they did to their slaves wasn’t anybody else’s business.
One important nuance is that Greek deities tended to be “human, except more”. More powerful, but also more prone to negative traits. Their gods tended to be dicks, but their goddesses also tended to be cunts.
Like, in what’s probably the most famous mythical epic, you have the deification of envy sparking a fight over who’s the most beautiful, which ends with the three most powerful of them agreeing on a judge, then all three trying to bribe that judge. Nevermind that Aphrodite fulfills her promise through adultery that sparks a war, which even the gods end up participating in over various shades of wounded pride.
I’m also inclined to think that Aphrodite wasn’t the only one cheating on her husband left, right and sometimes right in front of him. It sure doesn’t seem like the other gods took issue with her inciting adultery, specifically, rather than the general “how dare you win this contest by being a better cheater”.
So with those jealous, petty and probably also unfaithful goddesses for wives, I’m not sure “god-tier” is a convincing argument.
Doesn’t make the rape (if not explicit, then due to the extreme imbalance of power – you’re not gonna say “no” to a guy that can and quite possibly will ruin your entire harvest) any less despicable, of course.