WE BLAME RECENT EPSTEIN Episode, BUT Western (Abrahamic) HISTORICAL epics justifies such actions in past (Western Data Genesis Gemini AI) Rape culture in the Iliad -The Iliad is fundamentally rooted in a culture of sexual violence and the commodification of women, though the poem often uses euphemisms or focuses on the resulting male "dishonour" rather than the trauma of the victims.
Women as "Spear-Captives" and Property -In the heroic society of the Iliad, women from conquered cities were treated as "booty" (spoils of war).
· The Dispute over Briseis: The poem's central conflict—the "wrath of Achilles"—begins with a quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon over the captive woman Briseis. She is valued not as a person, but as a "prize of honour" (geras) that reflects a warrior's status.
· Commodification: Women were ranked alongside gold, tripod stands, and horses as prizes in athletic competitions, such as the funeral games for Patroclus.
Standard Military Practice -
Wartime and post-war rape were treated as standard military practices.
· Systemic Violence: In Book 2, Nestor encourages the Achaean soldiers not to return home until each has "slept with" a Trojan wife—a clear reference to the mass sexual violence expected after a city falls.
Enslavement: The Greek term andrapodizein describes the process of killing the men of a conquered city and enslaving the women and children, which invariably included sexual exploitation
· Systemic Violence: In Book 2, Nestor encourages the Achaean soldiers not to return home until each has "slept with" a Trojan wife—a clear reference to the mass sexual violence expected after a city falls.
Enslavement: The Greek term andrapodizein describes the process of killing the men of a conquered city and enslaving the women and children, which invariably included sexual exploitation
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