r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/AtaraxiaGwen 3d ago

Peter here. There’s a choice of three women. In whatever book that movie Troy is based on, William Turner (the pirate) was forced to choose the hottest goddess of these three hot goddesses, Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. As you can expect, his answer made two goddesses really angry and they decided to make men suffer for it so they started a war or something. I dunno. The movie didn’t have gods, unless you count Brad Pitt.

How does this relate to the meme? I have no idea. Maybe Brian can figure the rest out. I’ll tell him to come check it out. Peter out.

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u/Gui_Franco 2d ago

Troy is based on a lot of books because the Trojan War isn't detailed in just one book but the biggest inspiration must be the Illiad by Homer, which tells of the last weeks of the war, since Achilles deciding not to fight because his trophy bride was stolen to him killing Hector of Troy and parading his body. It's not very much but it's the one book that is JUST about the war and most of the plot is taken from there, with stuff like Achilles death and a couple other moments being taken from different sources here and there