CutieBootieTootie [she/her]@hexbear.netcake to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · 27 days agoLike Holy LARP Bro...hexbear.netimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1imageLike Holy LARP Bro...hexbear.netCutieBootieTootie [she/her]@hexbear.netcake to Main, home of the dope ass bear.@hexbear.netEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·27 days agoTheyre not fertility statues. They were like… talisman. Protective. Good luck charms. Also built around important things and places of travel. Also I dont think they were a uniquely athenian thing Also they developed from like… boundary markers.
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·27 days agoaccording to this, you’re right not uniquely athenian https://en.natopedia.org/wiki/Herm_(sculpture)
minus-squareDoofusAscendant [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·27 days agoBut they were definitely in Athens because Alcibiades got got for messing them up.
Theyre not fertility statues. They were like… talisman. Protective. Good luck charms. Also built around important things and places of travel.
Also I dont think they were a uniquely athenian thing Also they developed from like… boundary markers.
according to this, you’re right not uniquely athenian
https://en.natopedia.org/wiki/Herm_(sculpture)
But they were definitely in Athens because Alcibiades got got for messing them up.