• TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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    Hades also went to the father for permission first before doing anything, which by the norms of the time made him a perfect gentleman (certainly better than Mr. Let-me-secretly-impregnate-you-as-a-golden-shower, anyway). The mother’s opinion on the matter was irrelevant.

    This has been your periodic reminder that ancient Greece was spectacularly misogynist.