• @lath
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    1213 days ago

    How is Athens genderswapped?

    • @PugJesusOP
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      1013 days ago

      It’s a genderswap of the male-dominated states; Athens was named for Athena, but was a male-dominated state, and thus would normally be portrayed in modern personifications as a man.

      • @lath
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        413 days ago

        Ah, Pericles…

      • @PugJesusOP
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        813 days ago

        I was hoping to avoid explaining “We doin’ anime girls now” DX

  • @[email protected]
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    1213 days ago

    Tom boy supremacy seems legit for Sparta. “strong men are not born from weak women”.

    The belief that strong mothers would produce strong children was a key reason behind Spartan women’s athletic training