miss marg

Before you ask, yes there are paintings of this. And yes, they’re amazing.

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The courtesan named was named Phryne and she was indeed a renowned beauty, and was indeed was put on trial for a capital crime. And yes, the sum of her defense consisted of her stripping in court (helped by her lover/defendant) and asking the jury (all males) if they were prepared to destroy this. 

But this is actually a very interesting case of Values Dissonance - the capital crime she was accused of was blasphemy. In Ancient Greek society, exceptional beauty was a sign of favor from the gods, and they took the idea that beauty indicated goodness with great seriousness. They even called their nobles Kaloi k'Agathoi, “the Beautiful and the Good.” 

So by showing off her great physical beauty, Phryne was being very clever indeed, her argument essentially being “How could I possibly commit blasphemy if the gods have given me this body?“ 

I’m tagging myself bc I really really wanted to make this and besides gotta get the tag sequence started right? rules: 10 songs you’re currently listening to and tag 10+ people.

1. Cool - Zack Villere (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

2. Tyrant - Kali Uchis (WHAT A BOP)

3. Some - Steve Lacey (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

4. Untitled - Rex Orange County (one of my favorite songs of all time I think? The whole album is one of my favorites)

5. Killer Queen - Queen

6. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz ( s/o to Geo and Tati. I’ve been meaning to get into Gorillaz for a while and i literally just started listening to this 2 seconds ago)

7. Just A Picture - Kyle ft. Kehlani (whenever i go grocery shopping this always the song that has me dancing in the aisles. bop™)

8. 911/ Who Dat Boy - Tyler the Creator (both of them are AMAZING in their own way and they dropped at the same time so why not both?)

9. Alrighty Aphrodite - Peach Pit (💖)

10. yeenreally - Oliver (All time favorite 💖 s/o to DJ)

i tag: @bubblycutee @something-for-all @@mjhart12 @wanna-one @superwholockflight815 @hairywindow @youjinslover @helenasseestras @streplovesme @dancemuffndance @dracaramel @dormant-not-dead