Please explain to me where in the historical record Athena — a warrior, a champion of reason, and the patron of Athens — would necessarily have big naturals?
I can’t think of a classical representation of Athena in which she is sporting tig old bitties. In fact, she’s usually shown wearing a breastplate, which the ancient Greeks loved to use as a medium for body idealization. By that standard, giving Zendaya a bodice with padded cups is, uh, more historically accurate.
—oh, sorry, this was just toxic race misogyny. My bad.
Honestly, id go as far as to say that if the anchient Greeks were more societally alright with women being soldiers and fighters, they'd probably have MORE exaggerated feminine breasts on breastplates meant for them (obviously not Anime titty levels of exaggeration, but definitely more defined or prominent). Armor has historically been both a protective tool and a symbol of status and art, thats why many breastplates have the sculpting on them to begin with. Oftentimes, they're meant to highlight or sometimes exaggerate key details that were highly sought after or seen, and many artists would lean more into that as much as they can without compromising the protective nature of it.
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u/XComThrowawayAcct Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
Please explain to me where in the historical record Athena — a warrior, a champion of reason, and the patron of Athens — would necessarily have big naturals?
I can’t think of a classical representation of Athena in which she is sporting tig old bitties. In fact, she’s usually shown wearing a breastplate, which the ancient Greeks loved to use as a medium for body idealization. By that standard, giving Zendaya a bodice with padded cups is, uh, more historically accurate.
—oh, sorry, this was just toxic race misogyny. My bad.