
Greek myths: everything you wanted to know
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Greek Myths Have Changed Over Time
The most obvious example is helen, whom we think of as helen of troy. But there's a version of her story which dates back at least as far as homer. She goes to egypt and lives out the entirety of the trojan war in egypt. In no ancient source whatever is she described as having a box. Ever, ever. And within 20 or 30 years of him doing it, every image of pandora shows her with a box. That's what i'm sticking with. I mean it's basically fake news.
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