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In Disney's 1997 Hercules, he calls Meg "More beautiful than Aphrodite." Would this be acceptable in Ancient Greece or heresy to compare a mortal to a godess? What was Ancient Greek courtship like?

by /u/dhowlett1692 in /r/AskHistorians

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