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** Just to make it weirder: this was actually the standard conception story for the Pharaohs, it's just that normally, a boy was begotten. This meant that it was, in fact, quite possible that any woman married to a Pharaoh was hoping for this to happen: this, and not birth order, supposedly determined whom the heir was. |
** Just to make it weirder: this was actually the standard conception story for the Pharaohs, it's just that normally, a boy was begotten. This meant that it was, in fact, quite possible that any woman married to a Pharaoh was hoping for this to happen: this, and not birth order, supposedly determined whom the heir was. |
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* Another example of this is the moon goddess Selene, who placed the lovely youth Endymion into an eternal sleep so that he could be immortal and proceeded to give birth to fifty daughters by him. |
* Another example of this is the moon goddess Selene, who placed the lovely youth Endymion into an eternal sleep so that he could be immortal and proceeded to give birth to fifty daughters by him. |
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* According to some sources, Poseidon raped Medusa—who was [[Disproportionate Retribution|punished for it]] by Athena, in whose temple it had happened, by being transformed into a Gorgon. |
* According to some sources, Poseidon raped Medusa—who was [[Disproportionate Retribution|punished for it]] by Athena, in whose temple it had happened, by being transformed into a Gorgon. In fact, many stories suggest Poseidon was almost as bad as his brother, his numerous paramours being lucky that Amphitrite was not the jealous and vindictive wife Hera was. |
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* In some versions of the [[Cassandra Truth|myth of Cassandra]], the curse that no one would believe her prophecies came about when she refused Apollo's advances. Mind you, the gift of prophecy was something he gave her in an attempt to make her consent, so arguably Apollo was nicer about this than the norm. |
* In some versions of the [[Cassandra Truth|myth of Cassandra]], the curse that no one would believe her prophecies came about when she refused Apollo's advances. Mind you, the gift of prophecy was something he gave her in an attempt to make her consent, so arguably Apollo was nicer about this than the norm. |
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* Inverted in the myth explaining the name of the Areopagus: the first trial held there was when Poseidon prosecuted Ares for killing his son Halirrhothios. Depending on the myth, Ares' defence was either that Halirrhothios [[Revenge|had raped]] his daughter Alcippe, or that he was [[Attempted Rape|trying to do so]]. |
* Inverted in the myth explaining the name of the Areopagus: the first trial held there was when Poseidon prosecuted Ares for killing his son Halirrhothios. Depending on the myth, Ares' defence was either that Halirrhothios [[Revenge|had raped]] his daughter Alcippe, or that he was [[Attempted Rape|trying to do so]]. |
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