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What Does it Mean to Rebel? (Ancient) Resistance to Imperial Violence

2025/1/21
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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

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Liv: 我最初计划专注于塞墨勒和欧罗巴的故事,这两个女人的子宫拥有巨大的权力,都被众神之王用来夺取或维持对凡人和神自身的权力。但现在的世界局势促使我更深入地探讨这个话题。这些关于神和怪物的故事,女性往往代表所有其他人,所有不是自由希腊人的个体。希腊神话并非仅仅讲述单个虚构人物的故事,而是通过这些故事反映了当时所有人的生活,包括那些在之前时代生活的人们。欧罗巴的故事,以及塞墨勒的故事,不仅仅是关于宙斯“爱上”凡间女子,更是关于西方世界掠夺和殖民的历史。欧罗巴的故事不仅仅是个人和家庭悲剧,也反映了西方世界掠夺他人文化并将其伪装成自身独特文化的历史。它解释了希腊文化起源于腓尼基人,但也反映了西方征服的欲望。通过一个来自黎凡特的年轻女孩被带到欧洲居住的故事,来展现西方的优越感和征服欲望。古雅典的民主制度,其“人民”的定义非常狭隘,排除了奴隶和妇女。西方民主制度表面上是平等的,但实际上存在着大规模剥夺公民权利的现象,这与“人民当家作主”的理念相悖。许多西方民主制度掩盖了其暴力行径,并将其强加于非白人国家。修昔底德的《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》提供了对雅典民主制度影响的第一手资料。雅典对米洛斯的围攻,展现了雅典帝国主义的本质,他们以扩张帝国为目的,对不顺从的城邦进行侵略。雅典的侵略行为,与其宣称的民主制度相矛盾。雅典对米洛斯的围攻,是雅典帝国主义的体现,他们为了扩张帝国而侵略米洛斯岛。雅典对米洛斯的征服,最终导致了米洛斯人的种族灭绝。当帝国权力受到威胁时,他们会不惜一切代价来镇压反抗,即使这意味着要杀害许多无辜的人。

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Revisiting the story of Europa of Tyre alongside the true story of the siege of Milos. Submit to the quarterly Q&A at mythsbaby.com/questions) and get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby) CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Hesiod's Catalogue of Women, translated by HG Evelyn-White; Nonnus' Dionysiaca translated by WHD Rouse; Reading from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Richard Crawley).

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