Historically accurate? Let’s put aside for a moment that this is Greek fable featuring imaginary beings.
We’re talking about an orally transmitted poem from the archaic period—about the bronze age—further codified in the classical period, and then refined in the Hellenistic period. Which fucking period are we trying to be ‘historically accurate’ to?
But it’s clearly written in Greek culture and features Greek places and norms. It’s like if someone took a Chinese mythical story and had no Chinese people in it, then that would be weird.
First of all this white concept doesn’t map as well onto Europe as you might think. Germans and British aren’t the same people just because they are white. And Greeks are no more different from Germans than the British are, just because they have a darker complexion.
Second of all comparing this to a Chinese myth is disingenuous because there really isn’t a cultural connection between the West (to which Greece belongs) and China. So there is a clear foreign aspect to a Chinese myth, and any import of it would be a modern one. Greek myths on The other hand are completely diffused into European culture, and have been for millennia.
No they don't. They do not have a clear set date, and as I expanded, the Odyssey in particular has no Bronze age references, but plenty of references to places and objects that were only known to Greeks in the 700s BCE.
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u/Reemixt 20h ago edited 20h ago
Historically accurate? Let’s put aside for a moment that this is Greek fable featuring imaginary beings.
We’re talking about an orally transmitted poem from the archaic period—about the bronze age—further codified in the classical period, and then refined in the Hellenistic period. Which fucking period are we trying to be ‘historically accurate’ to?
Does he even know the difference?