anghraine: an illustration of the greek goddess athena with dark hair (athena)
Anghraine ([personal profile] anghraine) wrote2024-03-04 01:06 pm

Tumblr crosspost (21 October 2020)

I’m curious if it’s a translation thing, but there’s a point at which Ovid describes Minerva as ‘blond’ and my entire mental image was just ‘wait, what?’
lokifan: Minerva McGonagall, text "headmistress" (Minerva: headmistress)

[personal profile] lokifan 2024-03-06 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean, why would Ovid have the cultural associations I do with like... clever warlike women being brunettes, because blonds are pretty and frivolous, which I suspect is probably at the root of why our Minervas are brunette? But still, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!