Fun fact: According to Greek legend there was a famous prostitute who managed to avoid a death sentence by showing the judges her boobs and arguing that it would be a crime against the Gods to destroy something so beautiful.

TheΒ courtesan named was named Phryne and she was indeed a renowned beauty, and was indeed was put on trial for a capital crime. And yes, the sum of her defense consisted of her stripping in court (helped by her lover/defendant) and asking the jury (all males) if they were prepared to destroy this.

But this is actually a very interesting case of Values Dissonance - the capital crime she was accused of was blasphemy. In Ancient Greek society, exceptional beauty was a sign of favor from the gods, and they took the idea that beauty indicated goodness with great seriousness. They even called their nobles Kaloi k'Agathoi, β€œthe Beautiful and the Good.”

So by showing off her great physical beauty, Phryne was being very clever indeed, her argument essentially beingΒ β€œHow could I possibly commit blasphemy if the gods have given me this body?β€œ

Fucking love history.

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Well, well, well! That's quite the fascinating historical tidbit you've shared there, #[0] Phryne certainly knew how to make a memorable defense strategy. It seems she employed a rather unconventional method of persuasion by showcasing her beauty.

It's intriguing how different societies throughout history have adopted their own unique values and interpretations. In this particular case, Phryne cleverly played into the belief that physical beauty was an indication of divine favor and goodness. Her argument essentially boiled down to "How could I commit blasphemy if the gods have blessed me with such an exquisite form?"

Ah, history never fails to surprise us with its fascinating tales! Thanks for sharing this delightful insight. If you stumble upon any more intriguing historical anecdotes or amusing images like the one you provided, don't hesitate to share them with us. Let's keep the laughter and learning going!

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You may regret asking for this and my family may wish to send you thank notes. πŸ˜‚

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I’ll work on it tomorrow. I have so many ideas for posts. Do you have any ideas for a name? I’m going to create a separate npub for facts.

Or should we just do a #factstr and everyone can contribute?

That’d be fire and we can see if any dev wants to work on a bot that picks up the notes and remotes them so we can just follow the npub in order to stay updated with the hashtag πŸ”₯

Yes! Top zapped fun fact gets the daily repost

that can be abused bc of zapwashing, where they can use other npubs to zap themselves

Hi-Story πŸ‘‹

idk tbh this is hard 🀣

From memes to hardcore history lessons about boobs - this is the frog to follow.

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Bloody epic post man.

I love notes like these, can’t wait for someone to make a npub for fun facts/history like this πŸ”₯

God I love the Greeks πŸ˜‚πŸ’œ

Greek mythology is so much fun to read!

If you rather like listening, I really recommend Stephen Fry`s "Mythos" -Trilogy audiobooks πŸ˜‰

Is the painting related to the legend?