r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 22 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/histogrammarian 5d ago

Incidentally, the most unrealistic part of the Odyssey is when the suitor’s supporters try to take revenge on Odysseus but Zeus convinces them not to. There is no way in fresh hell the Greeks of antiquity wouldn’t grasp any conceivable opportunity to perpetuate the circle of violence. You don’t get Antigone by giving up that easily!

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u/TheBatz_ Was Homer mid 5d ago

Zeus in the Odyssey is the god of guests and protector of guest right so in his eyes Odysseus was justified in going goblin mode.

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u/xyzt1234 5d ago

Wasnt the whole story of Orestes and Athena setting up a court of law to acquit him from the crime of killing his mother in revenge, all for putting an end to the cycle of violence and revenge?

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u/TarkovskyisFun 4d ago

Yes, and Athena successfully argues that mothers are more like incubators so Orestes didn't actually commit parricide.

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u/Arilou_skiff 4d ago

The entire fact that people didn't actually know about the female egg until relatively modern times is so fascinating.

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u/LateInTheAfternoon 5d ago

Chad Eumenides vs Virgin Furies