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[-] Khrux@ttrpg.network 15 points 7 months ago

I don't agree with the social commentary the Greeks attached to Aphrodite, Hephaestus and Ares but I do think it's interesting and goes against this headcannon.

Aphrodite was forcednto be in married to Hephaestus, but does not show him and love, instead she's in a long term affair with Ares / is cuckolding Hephaestus.

Looking at Aphrodite, not as 'a woman's love' but love and passion itself, what this relationship is telling us is that we pretend that love is for our crafts, or our creative passions, but really our true love is for conquest and victory. We can't deny out competitive nature, no matter how much we pretend our nature is to create.

Again I don't agree with that belief but it's a great insight into ancient Greek culture and morality.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

I mean the gods reflected human failures of morality and were used to explain weather phenomenon.

Zeus was a spiteful raping bastard. Because that's what all powerful kings were. Ares was violent and arrogant. Because that's how soldiers were. Poseidon was cruel and unforgiving. Because that's how the ocean behaved.

So the idea that aphrodite being promiscuous also fits because if you're a hot, sexy, beautiful woman, what's to stop you from having affairs? Especially an affair with the highest ranking soldier there is.

[-] Khrux@ttrpg.network 11 points 7 months ago

I totally agree with what you say about the gods reflectiing us, however I just meant to mention that Aphrodite didn't just have plenty of affairs, she was in love with Ares. Also despite being beautiful, she did everything in her power to avoid Hephaestus and had no children by him.

It's that above all, her favourite lover was war (a high ranking general) and she showed distaste to her husband, a master craftsman.

If it was just about Aphrodite being promiscuous because she was beautiful, she'd have also slept with Hephaestus, what we learn from her distaste for him is that the storytellers who popularised these myths believed that being a great general garnered love while being a great craftsman did not. But also Aphrodite and Hephaestus being married shows the pretense of love between passion and craft, that is really false in the eyes of the storyteller as it's a loveless marriage.

I believe I got this interpretation from Mythos by Steven Fry but honestly I may have picked it up from some random corner of the internet with no credibility.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

And see I see her aversion to Hephaestus as being the typical aversion of beautiful people to ugly people.

Regardless of modern ideologies on the topic it's a pretty known thing that a supermodel isn't going to be having sex with a troglodyte. You're not gonna find the most beautiful woman in the known universe in a sexual relationship with a disfigured ugly blacksmith.

Which I mean kinda supports your point of war being more important than crafting. But that would also depend on which Greek city your referring to. Obviously the Spartans would put soldiers above all else, but do you think Athenians would do the same?

[-] maculata@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Do autistic people appreciate beauty? Serious question.

Edit: Honestly folks there was no disrespect intended in my question, so thanks for the honest replies.

I’m not NT myself but have my own whackiness and thus don’t see some stuff others do easily.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 24 points 7 months ago

Absolutely. Might be different than what neurotypical people find beautiful, but I have a bee in my hand and beauty in my eye.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes neurotypical people all find the same things beautiful, they have a famous saying about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, which means just that.

[-] Mora@pawb.social 5 points 7 months ago
[-] flicker@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Lots of extra eyes means lots of extra beauty.

[-] Mora@pawb.social 4 points 7 months ago

As far as I remember the beholders also had the ability to turn people rock hard after charming them.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago

... famous saying about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, ...

... but I have a bee in my hand and beauty in my eye.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago
[-] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

Beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder.

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 16 points 7 months ago

Holy shit yes. So much.

They may also find beauty is much different things that NT folks, too.

[-] exocrinous@startrek.website 16 points 7 months ago

Autistic person here. I like brutalism, science fiction, and the Zerg from starcraft. I think all three of those things are beautiful. I think flowers and lawns are ugly and smelly.

[-] maculata@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Well lawns are a waste of energy and other resources so you are correct there.

[-] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 7 months ago

Also autistic person here - in terms of scents I can't stand strong smells like lavender, and roses. But I do like the smell of cherry blossoms and cinnamon.

Texture also has an interesting effect - there are some textures that gives me fingernails on chalkboard level aversion. But other I enjoy a lot.

Looks. I like boobs, I like butts, I like ladies who take care of themselves without being too skinny or overweight. - proportions matter. I like the look of the rear end of my car, and the fact that it has racing stripes. I like fender flares, but again, proportions matter. In terms of tech, I like copious, unicorn vomit amounts of RGB (I do lighting for my church - one of two things that keeps me at that church, the other being the people there feel like family and are lovely people)

Food. I like most foods, but I have an aversion to watermelon, celery, zucchini and cucumber for the texture as much as taste. I also don't like raw tomatoes if they aren't sauced up in some way (like in a sandwich it needs a helping of sweet chilli) and mushy peas make me want to throw up.

[-] Liz@midwest.social -1 points 7 months ago

Brutalism

Everyone who likes brutalism should be sectioned-off and forced to live in a town with 100% brutalist architecture. If it doesn't cure them of their aesthetic insanity, at least we'll have finally used segregation for the benefit of everyone.

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

If you prick us, do we not bleed?

[-] poszod@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

There's no research on this topic AFAIK, so all you'll get is the circle jerk around neurodivergent people, like the post itself.

[-] StephniBefni@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Very very much so

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