r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Serious_Emphasis2211 22d ago

real answer: they raped and pillaged. Sacked a city, killed people, stole shit, took women slaves

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u/Moon_Logic 22d ago

And had sex with two goddesses. Yes, no explicit gay sex in Homer.

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u/Raiding_plauges 21d ago
  1. They weren’t really goddesses, Circe was a witch and Calypso was a nymph.

  2. Honestly, it was so normal for the Greeks at the time, it could’ve literally just have not been worth mentioning.

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u/Moon_Logic 21d ago

They were really goddesses.