aphrodite was largely derived from the mesopotamian warrior goddesses astarte/ishtar/inanna which is why it’s so interesting how the greeks watered her down to the point that in the iliad she runs away after getting a cut on the wrist
'Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.' - - Homer, The Iliad. : 📷 Rodney Smith
as someone who read the iliad song of achilles butchered the characterization of both patroclus and achilles and the prose cannot compensate in terms of quality…
“Even their best and brightest [in Trashworld] are very stupid people. A plumber who has read The Iliad or City of God is better educated than most of the PhDs now living.” - Isker, Boniface Option, p.74
'Achilles wasn't real and the Iliad was made up by a bourgeoise author to distract the proletariat from their heckin' material conditions. But if he was real, he was DEFINITELY gay and had sex with his cousin Patroclus because... because Greeks are just gay, you silly chud!'
![“Even their best and brightest [in Trashworld] are very stupid people. A plumber who has read The Iliad or City of God is better educated than most of the PhDs now living.” - Isker, Boniface Option, p.74](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMNuIwdWMAA-oUZ.jpg "Neil Shenvi (@NeilShenvi) on Twitter photo 2024-04-28 01:15:36 “Even their best and brightest [in Trashworld] are very stupid people. A plumber who has read The Iliad or City of God is better educated than most of the PhDs now living.” - Isker, Boniface Option, p.74")
