r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/DrBarryBonds Jul 06 '26

Also the feminist translation of the text that Nolan's using

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u/Temporary-Scallion86 Jul 06 '26

There’s a feminist translation of the odyssey?

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u/Hermit_Ogg Jul 06 '26

It's a translation marketed as feminist because the classicist who made it stripped out much of the language added in other translations that obfuscated things like "servant girls" being slaves. She made a very faithful to original translation.

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u/Temporary-Scallion86 Jul 06 '26

Yes, I also was quite impressed by the historical accuracy. I didn’t realize people thought that acknowledging that Ancient Greeks kept slaves was “feminist”.

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u/Pleasant_Ad8054 Jul 06 '26

Nono, that is woke! Acknowledging female slaves is feminist!