Comments on: 8 Overkill Punishments Dished out by Greek Gods

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:27:57 +0000

One more thing about Sisyphus: some accounts, at least, mention that the boulder squashes him every time it rolls back down.

By: Jenaroo

Jenaroo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:45:49 +0000

There’s more to the story of Echo. Echo was a fabulous conversationalist, and Aphrodite loved having chats with her. Before she ever met Narcissus, she stumbled upon Zeus getting it on with another nymph. She heard Hera looking for him and Echo was like “Hey get out of here before that bitch sees you again.” He gives her a ring as a token of appreciation.

Hera was like “Hey did you see my deadbeat husband around?” Echo was like “Bitch please I didn’t see a thing.” Hera noticed the ring though, and cursed Echo to only be able to repeat the last word of whatever was said to her.

Aside from the idea that he was a completely self-centered asshole, Narcissus actually stumbled across Echo, who fell in love with him. When she could only repeat the last few words of what he said, he thought she was batshit crazy and ran off to go turn into a flower.

Echo didn’t want to live anymore, so Aphrodite pitied her and dissolved her mortal being into nothing but her voice, which is why the word “PENIS!” reverberates every time you shout it at the bottom of the grand canyon.

By: Yeah Right

Yeah Right — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:06:21 +0000

You should make a list of the 5 reasons this site is a lame knock-off of cracked.com

By: LBUG.tv

LBUG.tv — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:07:10 +0000

I know these stories well and still really enjoyed this post. You’ve got to look at things in context. It may not be the definitive telling of these myths, but really is this the kind of place you would be looking for it anyway?

You people really need to get some sense of perspective.

By: brad

brad — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:38:05 +0000

great read.

to everyone whos complaing about too sexist or too vulgar : waa

have you seen the fucking internet? give your head a shake

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:08:55 +0000

I thought the article was funny. It took these long stories and made them short slightly vulgar jokes.

great job.

By: Ize

Ize — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:52:39 +0000

Dude. I fucking love this. And the language just adds on to it. Now I’m not gonna be all snobbish and act like I’m a Greek Mythology connoisseur, but I do dabble, and while some of the stories aren’t completely accurate, you have the gist of em. But yeah. Totally fucking love this.

By: marassaya

marassaya — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:28:57 +0000

As I’ve always heard it, Hera was also the goddess of home, hearth and MATRIMONY. hmm… I wonder why the goddess of marriage would be pissed if her husband were cheating with every girl in sight. I think she had good reason to be pissed. her actions a bit extreme, yes.

By: marassaya

marassaya — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:23:36 +0000

By: dragonlordwarlock

dragonlordwarlock — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:10:02 +0000

Sometimes, the rewards from the Greek gods can be strange at times too. Case in point, Baucis and Philemon, the reward for showing Zeus and Hermes hospitality was to be turned into two intertwined trees. Yes it fulfills their wishes in part (to never be separated) but two trees? Ok, maybe from a modern perspective this just seems a horrible fate.