• Krik
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      751 day ago

      That woman on the bull is Europa (Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē), daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor, lived about 2000 BCE. The bull is the shapeshifted Zeus that is kidnapping Europa. They had sex and sired Minos, king of Crete. Minos is the one who feed the Minotaur by sending children into its labyrinth.

      Yeah Greek mythology is weird.

      • @Uruanna@lemmy.world
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        181 day ago

        The bull that fathered the Minotaur was not Zeus, it was a gift by Poseidon who expected king Minos to sacrifice the bull to Poseidon. The king kept the gift and sacrificed another bull, Poseidon got pissed and had the king’s wife screw the bull, giving birth to the Minotaur.

      • @Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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        121 day ago

        You know, I watched that show Netflix canceled, with Jeff Goldblum, and so I’m like, hey, that’s right! Sure, could’ve paid attention in school, but better Nate than lever.

          • @tetris11@feddit.uk
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            41 day ago

            For anyone who can’t wait for the ending:
            It was his sled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long, boobless hours

          • @Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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            31 day ago

            Thanks, for some reason I was thinking Cronos, I dunno.

            And yeah, I remember reading that joke what feels like 20 years ago at this point, someone put it in the ebaums forums, took like 20 separate posts because of char limits, and I couldn’t stop telling the joke to people after that, it’s just too perfect.

          • @pyre@lemmy.world
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            1224 hours ago

            it’s in the terms of service agreement; you agree that they can use telemetry to determine what you like and whenever they detect that you like a show they will cancel it immediately.

          • @dreugeworst@lemmy.ml
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            321 hours ago

            lol a minute ago I wasn’t even aware of this show and now I’m annoyed it’s been cancelled. sounds like jist the thing for me

      • @qarbone@lemmy.world
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        31 day ago

        Wait, I thought the minotaur was the son of the king of Minos’ wife? Did gods do double-damage on his bloodline?

        • Krik
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          111 day ago

          I bet they did more than that.

          The whole god/demigod/etc. ancestry is totally fucked up. Zeus copulated with every woman he could find, even his sisters!

        • @Uruanna@lemmy.world
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          21 day ago

          You are correct, the bull that sired the Minotaur was not Zeus, and Europe was not the mother. That’s a different bull-queen pair.

      • @Asafum@feddit.nl
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        111 day ago

        Thanks! I just googled it and it mentioned “Europa and the bull” representing unity and peace.

        We could definitely use some of that, but unfortunately we just get a bunch of what the bull leaves behind instead… :/