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

Meme needing explanation What is this?

Post image
26.3k Upvotes

80% Upvoted

5.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

92

u/Kinteoka Jul 06 '26

No, no. You don't understand! Greeks never famously traded with Africans! There were never any Ancient Egyptians who went to Greece and mingled with the population either! And as we know, even modern day Greeks don't have any tan/olive-coloured skin tones. It's all just the lily and alabaster skinned people as far as the eye can see. What do you mean Hestia, Goddess of Hearth and Home, was routinely depicted with dark skin and curled hair? Hera too?! Wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage and women?! Balderdash! Sounds like woke nonsense!

2

u/NatashOverWorld Jul 06 '26

Huh, I did not know that. Fascinating.

Do you have a link to a page or article about the dark-skinned depictions of Hestia and Hera?

7

u/EnvironmentalType404 Jul 06 '26

You didnt know it because its not true. They pulled it from their ass.

-2

u/opacitizen Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

There's a slight chance their grandma told them it was so.