i love Tumblr Mythology and its spread. someone on Reddit just tried to assert that the oldest definitive version of the myth of Medusa is Ovid.
i love how not a single word of this is correct
also bonus content
while talking about the divine comedy
[image description: two screenshots from reddit. the first is text that reads, “pretty sure this is rampant speculation and the oldest definitive version we have is Ovid. Yeah Ovid was a sexist bastard but so was Ancient Greece.” the second is a comment by Yeet_that_bottle that reads, “Ohh sorry i thought they were the same guy. Did virgil do anything important while he was still alive?” the comment has two upvotes. end image description.]
[image description: guy looking at butterfly meme. the guy is holding up his hand towards the butterfly with the text, “Is this Greece?” the butterfly is labeled “Rome.” end image description.]
