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Theseus, Ruiner of Women & All Around Awful Person

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Pythias

In ancient Greece, oracles were women enslaved by the priests of a particular temple. The king of this prehistoric Athens went to an oracle to ask about his future. He was told he should drink too much and bang his daughter Eithra. A geus takes this advice because these classes fuck and patriarchy,. but the plopped thickens. This means that Thesis, the child that's ultimately born of this super weird union, is both mortal and demigod.

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