Post #1923725

2026-05-03 18:47 UTC

I had a rough idea of the plot of The Iliad before I started reading it, but I hadn’t expected this 2,500-year-old description of androids: “Hephaistos’ maids ran to help their master. They are made of gold, looking like living girls: they have intelligent minds, and speech too and strength, and have learnt their handiwork from the immortal gods.”

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@mattwilcox@mstdn.social 2026-05-03 19:21

@katemorley “The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legends. Legends fade to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth comes again”

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@raymierussell@mastodon.scot 2026-05-03 20:11

@katemorley As no one else in history has said; there is no such thing as an original idea.

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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 21:07

@katemorley Hephaestus is disabled, so the androids are there as his disability aids. 🙂

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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-05-03 21:10

@katemorley Then you get the contrast with the shield of Achilles.

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@mina@berlin.social 2026-05-03 22:13

@katemorley I read the Iliad decades ago, but sadly, I don't remember this particular part. Seems like time to grab it again. Golden maidens going to battle? What's not to love about that?!

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@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 23:19

@katemorley It's very interesting how old the concept of the Golem or living statue is, isn't it!

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@masterlovehurts@mastodon.social 2026-05-04 00:30

@katemorley Hephaistos, god of otaku

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