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3 days ago
Wild guess: renaissance painters, but not sure.
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3 days ago
Wikipedia says Late Antiquity, when they became merged with Tritonesses.
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3 days ago
ah, that makes sense
I have to admit (although maybe that's exposure bias) that I prefer the mermaids, aesthetically
Their seductiveness blends with the eroticism of the sea, while birds are, frankly, incredibly unerotic
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3 days ago
It probably also fits better with the idea that Odysseus was on a boat 🙂
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3 days ago
Plus they probably got confused with the Harpies a lot.
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I have to admit (although maybe that's exposure bias) that I prefer the mermaids, aesthetically
Their seductiveness blends with the eroticism of the sea, while birds are, frankly, incredibly unerotic