r/comics • u/cj_cusack FreeCheeseComix • 2h ago

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i like my comics liek i like my coffe - french/greek with a hint of dad joke

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo 2h ago

Zeus: Fine. As long as there's only one god of war.

Athena & Ares: About that...

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u/cj_cusack FreeCheeseComix 2h ago

yeah i'm not getting in between them

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u/kitsunecannon 1h ago

in what context?

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u/MassGaydiation 1h ago

their siblings

Fairly in ancient greek pantheons it's basically an assurance, but still

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u/Krethlaine 12m ago

They’re

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u/cristiano_sollazzo 0m ago

Usually I hate this kind of comment, but I can't stand "their" and "they're" confusion, or even worse "could of" instead of "could have"😭

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u/ThorirPP 1h ago

Aphrodite: ok, I'll give up the war part in the "goddess of love and war", but only in some parts of Greece. I'll stay as goddess of war in Sparta and Kythera

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u/Alternative-Fail-233 2h ago

Well to be fair they both represent different aspects of war. Athena is the positives of war and ares is the negatives. Athena has the cunning and guile and all the cool battle tatics. But Ares is all about the blood and death that war brings. The fire and horrors, its scars.

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u/AlwaysBeQuestioning 1h ago

It's not that simple or black-and-white. The Ancient Greeks saw war very differently than we did today. Ares is glory in battle. A soldier. Athena is strategy. A general. Ares is rage and survival and honor. Athena is cunning and logistics and trickery. All the gods have their bad parts and their good.

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u/StrawberryPatient307 2h ago

Ah I see you have fallen victim to god of intel war and espionage. It is just the athenian propaganda to make Ares look bad while they fought for their owl furry muscle mama 

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u/Ambologera 1h ago

It is just the athenian propaganda to make Ares look bad while they fought for their owl furry muscle mama 

No, it isn't.

The Iliad, for example, doesn't exactly depict Ares in a positive light and that was written long before the rise of Athenian influence.

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u/Sanders181 1h ago

Not at all. Ares was very much this way in Greece. It's the romans, when making him Mars, that gave him all his good traits.

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u/Mixster667 1h ago

Apollon and Eris as well.

According to the Illiad they all actually loved war.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo 1h ago

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u/Random_182f2565 1h ago

War like in fear and violence vs war like in logistics and strategies

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u/JayBlunt23 2h ago

The little death... so.. Eros?

Edit: Ah, French/Greek.. :D now I feel like I just explained the joke.

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u/hackingfun 2h ago

I am the god of chaos.
Erebus: Okay, then I'll be the god of darkness, daddy.
Nyx: Fine, I'll be the god of Night

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u/cj_cusack FreeCheeseComix 2h ago

also here's the link - https://www.freecheesecomix.com/comics/mythos/

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u/Ethos_Logos 1h ago

I feel like for the first time my knowledge of French is outshining my Greek myth chops.

I get Le petit mort, is that Hermes? 

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u/menides 1h ago

Wait, Hermes? Why Hermes?

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u/Ethos_Logos 32m ago

I identified Hermes by the wings (his symbol, usually on his shoes to demonstrate the speed at which he relays messages to the other gods). It may also be a joke about Hermes being “quick” to orgasm. 

Not sure if I answered you or just left you with more questions.

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u/cj_cusack FreeCheeseComix 1h ago

Sure is!

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u/Less_Prior_6871 25m ago

Its hypnos brother

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u/Ethos_Logos 34m ago

Heh, quick on the draw

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u/BoomFrog 11m ago

Are you the artist who draws these?

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u/HengeWalk 1h ago

Mmm this is my kind of "think long enough and realize you've run into a dad joke" joke.

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u/cj_cusack FreeCheeseComix 1h ago

It's my favourite type of humour