<![CDATA[Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis]]>Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis.
And let's not forget the 6-headed, 12-footed Scylla, and the half-bird, half-human sirens.
I look forward to all the hiSToRICle aCCuraSSy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/5265afae-586c-4bdb-90d7-ed7a51d25ad6/helen-of-troy-was-born-from-an-egg-as-a-result-of-her-father-turning-into-a-swan-or-goose-and-mating-with-her-mother-who-may-have-been-either-leda-or-nemesisRSS for NodeThu, 23 Jul 2026 19:21:05 GMTWed, 22 Jul 2026 10:41:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:07:00 GMT]]>@courtcan @davidtheeviloverlord @Remittancegirl @Richard_Littler

joking aside, ditto! First book I ever bought myself was The Great Book of Amber. I'm reading it with my fiancee

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TeflonTrout/statuses/116964250115166890https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TeflonTrout/statuses/116964250115166890Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:07:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:01:24 GMT]]>@DoomHammerNG We COULD send him to Mars, right now. We have the means. He obviously wouldn't survive it -- He might not even survive launch -- but we can definitely put him there, right now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964228122879041https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964228122879041Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:01:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:17 GMT]]>@Thorium He's also the main funder for the UK's Deform Party, for the same reason.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964223689966272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964223689966272Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:59:33 GMT]]>@FrancoisPrague Well, that will be historically accurate for OUR time.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964220833942781https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964220833942781Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:58:47 GMT]]>@tribactam

The actual origin of the idiom is ancient and literal, and even appears in the Bible. It refers to the fact that food considered unfit for humans was given to dogs instead. That was often food that spoiled, and that's how it became an idiom for spoilage, ruin, or degradation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964217785622610https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964217785622610Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:58:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:57:14 GMT]]>@wesdym

Yeah. And that Microblog-Service that has no name anymore, just a char. He said it will be far better after his takeover.

Ha ha ha

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://unseen-university.social/users/rincewind/statuses/116964211712204964https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://unseen-university.social/users/rincewind/statuses/116964211712204964Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:57:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:56:30 GMT]]>@edgeofeurope @Richard_Littler good acurASSy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/ZenHeathen/statuses/116964208815181994https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/ZenHeathen/statuses/116964208815181994Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:56:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:55:39 GMT]]>@morton Hilariously, there were NO white people in the original tale. Not by 'traditional' wipipo thinking, anyway. There are Greeks right now, this very day, who are outraged that a Black man is in the film. Apparently unaware that Greeks themselves were not considered 'white' by most Americans until only about a century ago, if that.

A lot of modern people are tragically stupid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964205491313004https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964205491313004Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:55:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:53:24 GMT]]>@Richard_Littler but the US and the world were created 2026 years ago, filled with white christians. How can a story take place before that...? (Seriously, how can madmen line Elon remain in power? Somebody shoud have put him in a nice secluded home where he couldn't do damage a long time ago)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/nilspickert/statuses/116964196618736903https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/nilspickert/statuses/116964196618736903Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:53:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:52:39 GMT]]>@llanciawn I dunno, the entertainment value might be much higher, stupid as it would have to be.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964193726783750https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964193726783750Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:52:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:51:56 GMT]]>@Stevenheywood In this case, yes. Elmo's fundamental impetus is deep, deep bigotry. Which, of course, relies on even deeper ignorance and self-delusion. He's very stupid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964190878432289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964190878432289Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:51:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:51:51 GMT]]>@Richard_Littler

Getting your news from Fox and truth social and Sinclair is a choice. People have options to make better choices. Democracy Now! Is widely available, no paywall.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/FranceskaMann/statuses/116964190349550369https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/FranceskaMann/statuses/116964190349550369Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:51:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:50:58 GMT]]>@pcdevil That's a bit vague. Without context or other details, I still wouldn't know if you're talking about him or the fat one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964187088064258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964187088064258Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:50:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:50:11 GMT]]>@pthane Mash-up is pretty much all we have. Even when these tales were first being translated into Western European languages more than a thousand years ago, mash-ups were about all that still existed then. Even the Ancient Greeks probably argued about it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964184009740978https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964184009740978Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:50:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:48:59 GMT]]>@Richard_Littler "Hello. I'm looking for Leda".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/Devonkiwi/statuses/116964179309340422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/Devonkiwi/statuses/116964179309340422Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:48:19 GMT]]>@Christo_459 I'm actually not sure WHAT he understands anymore. He's increasingly loopy and disconnected from reality.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964176681711304https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964176681711304Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:48:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:45:49 GMT]]>@Mediocreman Where, there was a real Trojan War. But that's about it. As with most Ancient Greek tales, it's drenched in mythology that's very far from any kind of objective reality.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964166847207636https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964166847207636Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:45:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:44:48 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @Remittancegirl @Richard_Littler Oooh, now I want an historically accurate Chronicles of Amber! 🤩

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/courtcan/statuses/116964162812485933https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/courtcan/statuses/116964162812485933Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:44:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:44:15 GMT]]>@JonnyT Now, THAT'S the germ of what could be a truly brilliant satire. A man goes to see Elmo's new film, then has to get back home, upon which he's beset by many challenges, goes strange places, and meets strange people. I'd call in the Coen brothers for this, but they already did Brother Where Art Thou?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964160678718051https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964160678718051Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:44:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:43:21 GMT]]>@DoomHammerNG @Richard_Littler Oh how I wish that had come to pass.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/courtcan/statuses/116964157125246101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/courtcan/statuses/116964157125246101Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:43:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:42:10 GMT]]>@petealexharris He believes his machines can do it. Which they might. But whatever they churn out is certain to be garbage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964152501750613https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964152501750613Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:42:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:41:35 GMT]]>@rincewind Don't forget, he also promised to have people on Mars by eight years ago.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964150179274569https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964150179274569Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:41:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:41:02 GMT]]>@tribactam I haven't seen Gibson's film, and don't plan to, but I've been told by Bible scholars that it's inaccurate with languages. As I recall, Romans would have spoken a kind of Latin among themselves, and Jews there a kind of Aramaic (not Hebrew), but the common language of that place and time would have been a dialect of Koine Greek.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964148011876392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/116964148011876392Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:41:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Helen of Troy was born from an egg as a result of her father turning into a swan (or goose) and mating with her mother, who may have been either Leda or Nemesis on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:40:18 GMT]]>@Richard_Littler “historically accurate” and “ai generated” in the same sentence 💔 mind you this man is a trillionaire and still refuses to hire actors, writers, and a set crew.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116822099144781994/statuses/116964145106228376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116822099144781994/statuses/116964145106228376Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:40:18 GMT