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

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Achilles Patrickless and Brisias' Relationship Is Polyamorous?

I find it pretty problematic and just ick to romanticize Brisias in all of that because she is absolutely not only a prisoner of war but like she is abducted from her people. So I really have a lot of trouble with any kind of romanticizing around her and around her and her captives whoever they may be. That said I think polyamorous relationship broadly in in Greek mythology is not is not unrealistic whatsoever in in fact arguably quite realistic. You just probably want to find a threesome what have you like that is not so explicitly non-consensual. It was very fun so listen to that because I definitely did exactly what you want. But yeah no I go for Theseus

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