Okay im back on my lore olympus reading bc I am always tempted to utilize certain parts of it (Because I do like parts of it) but I stumbled back on this panel and like. Why did Rachel Smythe decide to rewrite Demeter being raped by Poseidon as them having a fling and Demeter being pissy about him not raising his kid? Why did Smythe feel the need to rewrite her assault so she can make a three panel joke about it?
Proof:
"[5] When Demeter was wandering in search of her daughter, she was followed, it is said, by Poseidon, who lusted after her. So she turned, the story runs, into a mare, and grazed with the mares of Oncius; realizing that he was outwitted, Poseidon too changed into a stallion and enjoyed Demeter. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.25.5)
Demeter, they say, had by Poseidon a daughter, whose name they are not wont to divulge to the uninitiated, and a horse called Areion. (Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.25.7)
(Pausanias was a Greek Scholar who wrote "Descriptions of Greece", which is widely used as a source for Ancient Greek myths, customs, and certain aspects of the religion.)
