08-23-2018, 11:09 AM | #11 | |
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08-23-2018, 11:39 AM | #12 | |
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Re: Gods and Demigods - not really that smart
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08-23-2018, 12:24 PM | #13 | |
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08-23-2018, 12:46 PM | #14 |
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Re: Gods and Demigods - not really that smart
It's not just flanderization. Apparently the Persian invasions gave the Persians a bad image as the prototypical "barbar" people, and also as natural slaves who crawled before their kings. And the characteristic Persian weapon was the bow, which came to be seen as the weapon of barbarians and snipers afraid of a fair fight. So images of Herakles carrying that sissy weaponi weren't cool any more.
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08-23-2018, 04:59 PM | #15 |
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Gods and demigods can be superhumanly smart (IQ 20+), but they are defined by their passions. Aphrodite could have IQ 40, but it is her Lecherousness (6-) that defines her rather than her IQ, whether it is 10 or 40, so she will always seem vapid rather than wise. Regardless of their IQ though, gods and demigods should have at least one mental disadvantage at 6-, to represent their passions.
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08-23-2018, 05:52 PM | #16 | |
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08-23-2018, 06:36 PM | #17 | |
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Athena was unquestionably bright and is one of the ones that goes over better to a modern audience. She could do weird things on occasion.
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08-23-2018, 06:49 PM | #18 |
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Re: Gods and Demigods - not really that smart
Plotting the founding of Rome generations in advance is something.
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08-23-2018, 06:53 PM | #19 | |
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Of course Xenophon would have loved the idea. And one of the most famous writings about Socrates is "Drinking party." But a lot of the stories were written for dumb people, or at least people uninterested in being particularly smart at that moment. It really says more about the audience then the teller. And still more about the flexibility of the media.
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08-23-2018, 06:57 PM | #20 |
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Re: Gods and Demigods - not really that smart
Venus rather than Aphrodite, and in a literary work, and one consciously written as political propaganda, rather than in a myth. But okay, yes, that's a plausible example of being smart.
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