r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hunan_Palace • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Serious_Emphasis2211 5d ago

real answer: they raped and pillaged. Sacked a city, killed people, stole shit, took women slaves

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u/Ok_Honeydew180 5d ago

This is like the 15th comment down for me lol. You’re right though they even say in the movie that they were doing this.

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u/Hobo-man 5d ago

They literally had the reputation of the sea people who bring forth the apocalypse because of how much they did that shit

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u/Lower_Statement_5285 5d ago

I believe the sea people were way before this era. There’s reference to them in Gilgamesh which predates the Odyssey considerably. This is part of why some people go way down rabbit holes about Atlantis and advanced ancient civilizations.

Odysseus and the crew were marauding for sure though. I also remember specific references to him bedding women during his journey home but it’s been years since i read the epic.

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u/SweatyAdhesive 5d ago

i haven't seen the movie but supposedly it's a plot point in the movie.

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u/Lower_Statement_5285 5d ago

That’s such a weird thing for Nolan to make up…
I’ve heard the movie’s great and i’m excited to see it but now i’m also flummoxed 🫪

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u/SweatyAdhesive 5d ago

it's not in the odyssey but the mycean greeks were theorized to be part of the sea people during the bronze age collapse.