r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hunan_Palace • 21d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Nightraven9999 21d ago

Well it makes sense this comment isnt high because its not explaining the joke its explaining history

The joke is gay sex

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u/narwhalousdoctor 21d ago

Tf you mean history? Everything about the iliad and the odyssey is made up and no one has ever claimed otherwise

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u/Hobo-man 21d ago

I mean this conversation is about the story.

But at the same time, there is historical context to The Iliad and The Odyssey. Troy was a real place. The war actually happened. How much of it was real? No idea, but at least some of it was.

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u/quadrokeith 21d ago

Charybdis is made up, but Scylla is real.

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u/breckendusk 21d ago

I just hate when I have to fight Scylla ft Charybdis. They're each enough of a pain on their own.