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Recently i’ve come across multiple people saying Ovid really influenced modern perception of greek myths and caused them to be perceived in a way that wasn’t very accurate to how the ancient greeks perceived them. How accurate is that?	19
I've heard that it's likely that some important figures in the eddas were not necessarily important in Norse religion as actually practiced, and vice-versa. What about the classical Mediterranean? Were there Greek or Egyptian gods with major cults who don't appear in surviving myths?	19
I am aware that alcohol, cannabis and opium were used recreationally in precontemporary times, but I am under the impression that hallucinogenics were used almost exclusively in an entheogenic, religious context. Do we have any evidence at all of recreational psychedelic use before the 20th century?	19
What were Japanese/Ainu relations like before Hokkaido became part of Japan?	19
My history loving father says that feminine men like me are responsible for the fall of civilizations like Greece and Rome, is that true?	19
Why did Greeks use horse (Philip, Hippias, Hippocrates, Xanthippus, Leucippus, Hippolytus etc)) so much in their names when compared to other Indo-European groups?	19
When an acquaintance asks the epigramist Martial for a copy of his works, he tells him to go get them from the bookshop. What were Roman bookshops like?	19
Explorers reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960 but no human had been to the bottom of the Atlantic until 2018. Why was there such a focus on Pacific vs. Atlantic deep sea exploration in the 20th century?	19
Is there any evidence of people seeing spaceships or aliens before air travel was popularised?	19
The New York Times in their 1860 endorsement of Abraham Lincoln, referred to his occupation as a "rail splitter". Is there a reason why they wouldn't have mentioned his having been a congressman and lawyer?	19

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