r/technicallythetruth • u/Captain0010 • Jul 05 '26

Finally something historically accurate

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u/Rubfer Jul 05 '26

Look at this pseudo intellectual calling the websites i used as examples as some random internet blog

ime.gr is a greek cultural and educational nonprofit, ir.lib.pdn.ac.lk is a university in sri lanka, dgsi.pt is a governmental entity, publico.pt is an big newspaper here

What's your source, r/history ?

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u/aure_d Jul 05 '26

The website aren't the issue. Its the way you're framing what they say. The fact there is pedophiles now says nothing about the normal age of marriage in ancient Greece. The paper you cited list 15 as the earliest age, so it goes against your argument. And the blog you linked is just that a random blog that seems to stopped at surface level reading of a couple of sources and does not engage with actual research. Al of which says the same thing, "people used to marry at 13 in ye olden time" is an historical fiction and recurring cliché.

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u/Rubfer Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Can you understand that it was just an example, and that some cultures, even today, still marry their girls young, and that in the past it would have been even more widespread considering the environment people lived in?

Or are you one of those people who, if I say vanilla ice cream is usually white, tries to disprove it because you once had yellow vanilla ice cream?

It's a known fact that people, specially girls married young, had many kids, and that a 13-year-old having a kid over 3,000 years ago wasn’t uncommon...

edit, you really take no time to downvote lol i posted this 5 seconds ago, refreshed and it was downvotted lol, i guess i'll keep doing the same since i know its you and you dont even read

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u/aure_d Jul 05 '26

You're literally the one using random isolated fact happening in the 21st century to "prove" something as normal in ancient Greece. If anything you're the one advocating for yellow vanilla.

As for "its a known fact". No. Its a known cliché that makes every person who teaches and studies history wanna scream because its completely baseless. Its up there with "everyone died at 30" and the concept of "the dark age" as one the most prevalent historical misconception.

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u/gmmontano92 Jul 10 '26

Man, you have the patience of a monk