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?’
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, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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on 2024-03-06 11:14 am (UTC)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, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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