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Korberos t1_je647er wrote

Reply to comment by mouse_8b in eli5 why ancient historical buildings haven’t been kept up? Why are buildings like the Parthenon and the Colosseum in such disrepair? Greece and Rome/Italy have existed the entire time? by PickledSpace56

> a strange emotion to know that it likely would still be glorious if not for people fighting

Given that it's dedicated to Athena, god of warfare, and built specifically due to a victory over Persian invaders... it wouldn't even exist if not for people fighting.

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PrinceDusk t1_je6bhoc wrote

>Given that it's dedicated to Athena, god of warfare

and given all the more glory for being blown up during a fight

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Malikhi t1_je6np6g wrote

Thank you for crediting Athena as a war god. So many people only think of her the god of wisdom not realizing that her birth was literally due to the need for a wartime strategist. She could also throw down. I won't site anything for that one because it's just me liking to picture her putting Ares into a chokehold 😂

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Hisei_nc17 t1_je6wr5b wrote

Wasn't she born because Zeus ate some lady he got pregnant, causing him a severe migraine and she just popped out from his head after Hephaestus lobotomized him to stop the migraine? Was there more to that story than the usual self fulfilling prophecy?

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dfreshv t1_je7b54b wrote

Man, people say drugs have only gotten stronger over time, but the ancient Greeks were on some shit.

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Pays_in_snakes t1_je7k8if wrote

This is why Norse mythology is so wild, it's the cosmology of a people that spent every winter doing mushrooms in the dark

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Gwendolyn7777 t1_je8ma71 wrote

geezzz....them ancient Greeks could write some smokin fan fiction, huh?

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pseudopad t1_je71o46 wrote

Sounds like it getting blown up is pretty on brand for Athena then

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mouse_8b t1_je6zbaa wrote

Haha. I hadn't thought about it from that angle. It does make me feel a bit better about it.

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grandlizardo t1_je79lba wrote

Let’s add this to the grievances about the Armenian genocide…

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RenterGotNoNBN t1_je7grtq wrote

That's not the reason it was built - sure it commemorates the victory - but I heard a theory that it was used as a kind of show of wealth to underpin their economy - like a modern central bank.

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Zandrick t1_je8c9ys wrote

I don’t understand why you think those things are mutually exclusive

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Bill_Clinton-69 t1_je8kpim wrote

Some people just like to say 'No' to people. Even when they agree! It baffles me, but I think that's what's happening here.

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