One Hundred Words (29)
August 16, 2008, 9:00 am; posted by Steve
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Medieval standards, it seems, were lower in every department. Hygiene was hit-or-miss, you ate whatever you could, and there weren’t nearly as many comfortable places to sit.
But perhaps nowhere is the chasm separating us from antiquity wider than female beauty. Toss a wig and a silly hat on me and I could pass for Helen of Troy! A really tall, flat-chested version, but still…
Fathered by cygnine Zeus, she was repeatedly kidnapped for her unsurpassed beauty, attracted every red-blooded Greek, and caused a deadly war through infidelity. She even blinded a poet who insulted her!
And she looked like THIS?
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LOL Nomination.
“Cygnine Zeus” is a great potential band name.
This does explain why greek men find you so irresistible.