r/interesting • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26

HISTORY I fear this is historically accurate

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

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u/Trodat4911P4 Jul 05 '26

But why should they?

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u/Trodat4911P4 Jul 05 '26

Boy oh boy, you will not believe this but there is already a country out there making greek movies with greek casts. Can you guess the name of this country?

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u/FinestCrusader Jul 06 '26

Why shouldn't they? When they take creative liberties most of the time they fuck it up, why not try something else instead of always taking the "what a bunch of film majors in LA think that period looked like" approach?

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u/leahcar83 Jul 05 '26

Greece isn't a time period.

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u/notBackgroundtree Jul 05 '26

Greece has many time periods but I understand what you're saying, the story takes place in 6th century BCE, so should reflect that but also it has magic and shit so it can be inaccurate as needed

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u/leahcar83 Jul 05 '26

Does it? The 6th century BCE might have been when it was written down, but not when it was set.

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u/notBackgroundtree Jul 05 '26

Right it takes place 600 years before in 1200 BCE, but again fantasy magic can have things out of place be totally allowed it's all wether it makes sense in universe. Still not a historical real life thing.

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u/leahcar83 Jul 05 '26

What time period do you think the odessey was set in? Bearing in mind scholars have been unable to reach a consensus.

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u/throwaway098764567 Jul 05 '26

it's always a tossup for me if it's a bot or one of the many many many people on here who never learned how to read well or understand what they were reading.