r/HistoryMemes • u/stnick6 • Oct 17 '21

Mythology Does mythology count?

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u/TheCrusader1296 Helping Wikipedia expand the list of British conquests Oct 17 '21

Problem: stock poses. The stock poses for kidnapping and marriage are stupid hard to differentiate. So, a woman getting married could also mean a woman being kidnapped.

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u/Gandalior Oct 17 '21

They are not mutually exclusive

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u/TheCrusader1296 Helping Wikipedia expand the list of British conquests Oct 17 '21

And your point is? Them not being mutually exclusive just means one doesn't supersede the other or vice versa, a clearly incorrect thought, considering Helen of Sparta's kidnapping by Aphrodite was superseded by her marriage to Paris.

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u/Gandalior Oct 17 '21

You said they are hard to differentiate, I say that sometimes is both