r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 27d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/MrPagan1517 27d ago edited 27d ago

Yeah there is the ha gay sex bit but in reality they raped and pillaged basically everytime they came across an semblance of civilization.

Literally the first stop they make after leaving Troy in the Odyssey they slaughter the first town they come across and take the women as slaves. They spend time on the beach celebrating which gives the locals time to regroup and drive Odysseus and his men off and retake the loot they pillage but it doesn't really say anything about the women I would assume they were also rescued.

Also only Odysseus was gone for 20 years (the last of his crew died in like 13 years in). The first 10 years they were siegeing Troy and there would have been camp followers as well as slaves at the camp. They also stayed a whole year with Circie and her nymphs. Also Odysseus fucks alot deepening on the tradition you go with. He has children with Circie and Calypso so no he didn't go 20 years without sex.

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u/TehAsianator 27d ago

I find it funny how a big deal is made of Penelope refusing the suitors and staying loyal, but Odysseus spends 7 years of his 10 year "return journey" on an island paradise banging Calypso. I know she wasn't letting him leave, but still....

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u/jigokusabre 26d ago

As I recall, Callipso was compelling Odysseus.

She says something to Hermes like "I can control him at night, but every day he sits on the beach and looks out with tears in his eye."