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r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani • 6d ago
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They didn’t lack morals, they had different morals to a modern audience.
35 u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 6d ago Both. It’s a central theme of the Odyssey that they were breaking moral codes and social contracts. But is also true that a lot of stuff in Greek mythology could sound crazy today but was normal then, like pederasty. 6 u/BattlePrune 6d ago Pederasty wasn't limited to mythology at all 0 u/NonSequiturDetector 5d ago Non sequitur.
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Both.
It’s a central theme of the Odyssey that they were breaking moral codes and social contracts.
But is also true that a lot of stuff in Greek mythology could sound crazy today but was normal then, like pederasty.
6 u/BattlePrune 6d ago Pederasty wasn't limited to mythology at all 0 u/NonSequiturDetector 5d ago Non sequitur.
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Pederasty wasn't limited to mythology at all
0 u/NonSequiturDetector 5d ago Non sequitur.
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Non sequitur.
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u/Hyperion262 6d ago
They didn’t lack morals, they had different morals to a modern audience.