clasassist:Okay I remember reading that the theoi.com website was going to have a new owner? I...

Okay I remember reading that the theoi.com website was going to have a new owner? I hadn’t given much attention but now I believe it’s true and I’m not happy because I’ve been seeing some real bs on the site recently. Like for example

Apparently Thor is a Greek god now

There is a version where Orion actually does attempt to rape one of the hunters, and Artemis kills him for that on her own will. Apollo tricking Artemis is a complete different version and his reason was because Artemis had decided to marry Orion.

And some of the Articles are really silly. Like take for example this

Literally the first thing anyone will learn about Persephone is that she’s the daughter of Demeter and Zeus.

Under unbelievable facts about Apollo: that Artemis was his twin. Tell me why is that unbelievable???? (Also again that inaccuracy with the Orion myth)

They are presenting biased opinions

Under this article, Odysseus, Heracles and Zeus are stated. Like whaaat?? On what basis do you say that these three are the most important - two of whom were just mortals?? (Or a minor god in case of Heracles) Zeus is fine because he is the king of gods but the other two on the list are not that important tbh.

And then this. Asclepius was the god of medicine, not healing. Moreover, he was given godly status in Roman mythology, as Greek myths have him being turned into a constellation. I mean, okay, I can get over with it if they stated that he was one of the gods of healing. But no. The entire article is kind of a passive aggressive erasure of Apollo, who is the actually, fully the god of healing. Also no mentions of Hygeia, Panacaea, Aceso.

I think the reason I’m disappointed is because theoi.com is supposed to be a collection of myths presented in a neutral tone. In the original articles, you can see mentions of various versions existing for a particular myth, and an honest, unbiased presentation. These recent articles just state just one version, which is sometimes even inaccurate. I see no difference between this and random wordpress articles or mythology books written by people like Robert Graves. Is this how it’s gonna be from now? I really hope they will at least leave the older articles unchanged.