Weird choice for Athena

[Regergek]

Why is an ancient greek portrayed as being black?

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

Athena was a goddess to my knowledge, not a Grecian.

[Regergek]

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Athena was a goddess to my knowledge, not a Grecian.

A greek goddess. She was thought up by ancient greeks and I'd imagine they wouldn't think of their god as looking like someone from another continent.

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Athena was a goddess to my knowledge, not a Grecian.

A greek goddess. She was thought up by ancient greeks and I'd imagine they wouldn't think of their god as looking like someone from another continent.

She was a goddess in greek mythology, but holds dominion over the world, not just a single country. Not to mention her own visage would be completely separate from what ppl interpret. Mary, mother of Jesus, is depictef as white, hispanic, or japanese depending where you go in the world, but she obviously was none of those.

[Radene]

"Bronze" was a big deal back in the Hellenic times. But, really, we all know the OP is just someone with too much time on their hands and too little to do, so they try to start something.

Let's disappoint the troll.

[Regergek]

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

A greek goddess. She was thought up by ancient greeks and I'd imagine they wouldn't think of their god as looking like someone from another continent.

Not to mention her own visage would be completely separate from what ppl interpret. Mary, mother of Jesus, is depictef as white, hispanic, or japanese depending where you go in the world, but she obviously was none of those.

Well yeah, if she was real she would look like the people from where christian mythology originated from. Just like Athena would look like people from where her story originated from. That's my whole point bro.

[Radene]

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Not to mention her own visage would be completely separate from what ppl interpret. Mary, mother of Jesus, is depictef as white, hispanic, or japanese depending where you go in the world, but she obviously was none of those.

Well yeah, if she was real she would look like the people from where christian mythology originated from. Just like Athena would look like people from where her story originated from. That's my whole point bro.

So, how did ancient Greeks look... bro?

[marshin]

Who cares lmaooo

[Glen Coco]

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Not to mention her own visage would be completely separate from what ppl interpret. Mary, mother of Jesus, is depictef as white, hispanic, or japanese depending where you go in the world, but she obviously was none of those.

Well yeah, if she was real she would look like the people from where christian mythology originated from. Just like Athena would look like people from where her story originated from. That's my whole point bro.

But that comparison doesn't work because Mary is a person and Athena is a god. Even the myths themselves have different versions depending on the historical source. There's no canonical skin colour for any of the Greek gods, their portrayal is always open to interpretation.

I also don't see you complaining about the skin colour of Thanatos or the Furies. Hmm, I wonder why that is?

[.//slayer]

If you're being serious and would like to learn more about the Greek pantheon, here's an amazing write-up that will shed light on this very issue:

https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-black-people-in-Greek-mythology

It's very much worth a read for anyone who's even slightly interested in the Ancient Greek mythos and will likely answer your question about the variations in portrayal of Greek gods.

[AHordeofBunnies]

Making the Greek Gods multicolored is in keeping with the general artstyle of the game. However, I can't help but think that the decision might have been partly to make it more "inclusive." Seems like that shouldn't be necessary given the setting of the game.

If this were the other way around (black, copper, or brown skinned people made white) people would be very upset about the change.

[Radene]

Publicado originalmente por AHordeofBunnies:

Making the Greek Gods multicolored is in keeping with the general artstyle of the game. However, I can't help but think that the decision might have been partly to make it more "inclusive." Seems like that shouldn't be necessary given the setting of the game.

If this were the other way around (black, copper, or brown skinned people made white) people would be very upset about the change.

Look, it's the Greek pantheon. Means everyone is sleeping with everyone, family or not, and they can look like whatever the hell they want. Zeus wants to look like a deer to bang Europa? That happened.

With this mythology, it's always "everything goes".

[Regergek]

Publicado originalmente por AHordeofBunnies:

Making the Greek Gods multicolored is in keeping with the general artstyle of the game. However, I can't help but think that the decision might have been partly to make it more "inclusive." Seems like that shouldn't be necessary given the setting of the game.

If this were the other way around (black, copper, or brown skinned people made white) people would be very upset about the change.

Imagine a game about aztec or african gods and there were gods that were made to look like greeks. The world would burn down!

[Radene]

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

Publicado originalmente por AHordeofBunnies:

Making the Greek Gods multicolored is in keeping with the general artstyle of the game. However, I can't help but think that the decision might have been partly to make it more "inclusive." Seems like that shouldn't be necessary given the setting of the game.

If this were the other way around (black, copper, or brown skinned people made white) people would be very upset about the change.

Imagine a game about aztec or african gods and there were gods that were made to look like greeks. The world would burn down!

Nah, we'd just sacrifice boring people to Quetzalcoatl.

Also people who can't answer simple questions... bro.

[Zwiebelchen]

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Not to mention her own visage would be completely separate from what ppl interpret. Mary, mother of Jesus, is depictef as white, hispanic, or japanese depending where you go in the world, but she obviously was none of those.

Well yeah, if she was real she would look like the people from where christian mythology originated from. Just like Athena would look like people from where her story originated from. That's my whole point bro.

... if she WAS real, she would still be a goddess, and be created and born by Gods and Titans. And she can look whatever she wants to look like. PLEASE, don't make a fool of yourself, trying to bring biology into supernatural geneaology.

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

Publicado originalmente por Regergek:

Publicado originalmente por Morton Koopa Jr.:

Not to mention her own visage would be completely separate from what ppl interpret. Mary, mother of Jesus, is depictef as white, hispanic, or japanese depending where you go in the world, but she obviously was none of those.

Well yeah, if she was real she would look like the people from where christian mythology originated from. Just like Athena would look like people from where her story originated from. That's my whole point bro.

No, that doesn't make sense. If Mary mother of Jesus were real, she wouldn't be a hodgepodge of white, hispanic, and japanese. But if according to you, we use the worshippers to define how she looks like, she'd be this crazy racial combination.

Also, if you wanna talk about ORIGINAL worship, Mary was technically human. Again, athena was not. Athena was born from zeus' head.