>>> When looking at frescoes I like to ask, why did the homeowner (r whomever made these decisions) choose these images/themes for this context?
>> They were topics considered more appropriate for a social setting.
IS their answer:
Then adds:
>>> That they were really about rape and kidnapping was probably not seen as notable;
It's an interesting aspect of the story to pick out. Of all the parts this is what the poster chose. It's surfacing only the worst parts of the narrative.
>>> they are just familiar furnishings of a culture founded and maintained on armed compulsion.
Are they? Is the the sum total of the output of the Roman Empire. Or is just this a very modern politics take on the worst parts of history?
> Nobody but the gods have any freedom, and the gods are bored children.
Wow, nobody had freedom? The gods in Rome and Greece didn't have narrative, parable and moral tales too?
Were having a conversation about history, having an opinion is one thing. This reads like it's a modern culture war tweet... "looking for offense and negativity" seems fairly accurate. Really it's a modern, narrow, reductionist point of view that only takes on the most negative of perspectives to get attention and send some social signals.
You are the only one here enforcing a personal agenda. I have as much right to call attention to the coercivity manifest in all the images as you would to call attention to their color scheme. But instead of calling attention to the color scheme or whatever interests you, you try to shame me for saying what I notice about them.
Can you point out examples of where op is "looking for offense and negativity"?