» Nike & Dike are two different gods. Nike is the goddess of victory & Dike is the goddess of justice

» Hades is the god of the underworld & Thanatos is the god of death

» Persephone isn’t just the queen of the underworld, she’s the goddess of spring

» There’s two goddesses named Thalia, one of the muses, and one of graces

» In Greek, a name like Hekate or Kassandra would be spelled with a K, but in other languages it can be spelled with a C

» In Roman Mythology, Apollo is still Apollo (there many be other wording to how it’s spelt, but it’s still Apollo)

» Hermes could fly without his sandals as they were simply symbols for him

» The definition of the twelve Olympians changes because multiple texts decipher other gods/goddesses as being apart of the twelve Olympians

» The titans were not ultimately bad gods, some would say they were nicer to humanity and never tried to destroy humanity (this idea was popularized by Percy Jackson), and the Olympians attacked first

» There is no “Pandora’s” box, Pandora, who is actually a woman created, actually opened the box after being gifted it on her wedding day

» Not many people worshiped Ares because he was majority of the time on the losing side & he was considered too violent and difficult to have on your side 

» At first Rome’s gods had no appearance until they absorbed more Greek Mythology

» The Trojan War is still being debated as actually happening, there has been debris found that could indicate that there was a siege to the city

» Male demigods tended to have higher-than-average ambition and physical powers, while female demigods (like Helen of Troy) only were gifted with exceptional beauty

» Hephaestus wasn’t ugly. He was described as having “shrivelled of foot,” which was when your foot becomes wrinkled and withered. The Ancient Greeks were harsh in terms of disabilities, hence why he was considered “ugly.”

» Satyrs aren’t the nicest creatures, they were widely seen as mischief-makers and loved to play pranks, while also having insatiable sexual desires, often trying to seduce nymphs and mortal women.

» No god was “evil,” as they don’t adhere to human morality and ethics, and their intentions were to awe, fear, and reverence when their stories were heard.

» Achilles’ biggest vulnerability wasn’t his heel. Originally his vulnerability was his pride (this is from Homer’s story, so take this how you’d like), but his heel wasn’t talked about until 60 AD when Roman poet, Statius claimed his actual vulnerability was his heel (and hence the story)

» Zeus wasn’t an omnipotent god. In the epic poem “Dionysiaca,” it states that Zeus had no thought of fighting the threads of fate.

» Chimeras and manticores don’t have wings

» Not everyone believed in the same gods, a lot of it depended on your location (living near water, some believed in certain nymphs), while some of the population believed in the founders

» There was never a Trojan horse. Since a rediscovery of Troy in the 19th century, there has been increasing evidence that Troy was already destroyed by the time the war was supposed to occur, but there was evidence a war did occur.

» the library of Alexandria was never destroyed by Muslim armies. In 48 BC, Julius Caesar, during a civil war, trapped in Alexandria, set fires to his and his enemies’ ships, burning large parts of the town. There has been suggestion that the library could have burned alongside the town, while there is other stories, but by the time the Muslim army invaded in AD 641, the library had long been destroyed.

» Aphrodite wasn’t only pictured naked, she sometimes wore Ares’ armor while he slept and used his polished shield to look at her beauty. This is also a reminder of her power for good or ill.

» Eros was not a chubby baby. He was first portrayed as a full-grown man, then a youth, then a child.

» In the Iliad (take it as you must), Ares depended on Athena to protect him from the wrath of his parents, and when he does succeed, it’s at Athena’s side.

» Artemis isn’t the most innocent goddess, she murdered the six daughters of Niobe, who boasted that she had more children than Leto, Artemis’ mother, she demands the sacrifice of Iphigenia (depends on the version), and many others.

» Aphrodite was known as a guardian of naval officers and protector of civil law, as well as a common goddess for political figures to perform sacrifices to.

» Dionysus’ mother became Thyone, the goddess of orgies, but her original name was Semele, a princess of Thebes

the very CONCEPT of bodyguards is so narratively juicy and excellent, and I don’t just mean like “character x is character y’s bodyguard so they can be in the same place and fall in love”, I mean the protectiveness, the tension of trying to balance personal and professional, the unified dichotomy of devoted guardian/loyal servant!  the power dynamic.

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