From Discovery.com: Prostitution in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Israel was glorified or mildly tolerated, according to a new analysis of "the world's...
Hi. In Armenia, religious prostitution was commonplace in the temples attributed to Anahita. Religous prostitution was to "Purify the milk of women and the...
Hi, Considering prostitution and its effects in sacral world how did it purifye the milk and seed? What was the logic behind this assumprion? I am working with...
katariina.mustakallio...
Aug 6, 2005 10:53 am
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Anahita was the goddess of purity, among other functions: you could not pollute her sacred rivers by, e.g., washing your hands in one. The earliest portions...
Harriet Imrey
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Aug 6, 2005 4:27 pm
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Dear ANAHITA-list members Next week end (19-21th August) the Second Passages from Antiquity to the Middle Ages -conference will take place at the University of...
katariina.mustakallio...
Aug 11, 2005 12:21 pm
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Dear All, The program of the "Aging, old age and death" -conference comes here (hopefully). There are severals sessions concerning gender. ...
katariina.mustakallio...
Aug 11, 2005 2:55 pm
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Greetings, I thought folks might be interested in this one. Best, SallyW...
From the Prague Daily Monitor: Czech archaeologists have uncovered a unique seal shaped as the Persian fertility Goddess Anahita from the period of the...
Hi, This might be of interest to some. Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient...
is there really any evidence of this practice in ancient egypt? this is the first that I have ever heard of it. ... might be ... rough pregnancy and birth....
... turns out it was a fake: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/70626 The find made international headlines last Friday when Czech archaeologists announced they...
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MARGO TYTUS VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce the Margo Tytus...
Getzel Cohen
getzel.cohen@...
Sep 19, 2005 6:28 pm
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forwarding--jf If you are interested in signing this letter, send your name to Kristina Milnor at the address below. Ruby ... From: Kristina Milnor...
Fogel, Jerise
fogel@...
Sep 26, 2005 8:42 pm
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yes, I would be willing to sign on to your letter. <BLOCKQUOTE style='PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #A0C6E5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:...
I should point out that the journal involved is based in Canada and, being university-based, is likely funded partly by government money. That said, I suspect...
Hello- I would like to invite those of you who plan to attend this fall's CAAS meeting this coming weekend, in Wilmington, DE, to a breakfast "reunion" on...
Fogel, Jerise
fogel@...
Oct 5, 2005 12:52 am
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Had the classical societies discovered racism? I must have missed that. I'd thought that the Greeks believed that anybody who wasn't a native Greek-speaker...
Harriet Imrey
himrey@...
Oct 5, 2005 8:57 am
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Hi Harriet, Actually, the group reunion & meeting is to discuss ways to counter racism in the *modern profession* of classics & archaeology, which *has* ...
Fogel, Jerise
fogel@...
Oct 5, 2005 5:10 pm
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I must be thick-headed or something, but I'm still not clear on the point you're trying to make. I'd be more than happy to read the talk you gave if you'd...
Thank you! That's exactly the kind of clarification for which I was hoping to hear. The implicit (and explicit) bias is something that needs attention in...
Harriet Imrey
himrey@...
Oct 5, 2005 7:06 pm
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There was certainly an *awareness* of different phenotypic identities in the ancient world - there were words that categorized people by complexion, for...
The Women's Classical Caucus offers travel grants and child care grants to its members for the APA annual meetings. For more info on the WCC, including...
Fogel, Jerise
fogel@...
Oct 12, 2005 7:47 pm
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From the Chronicle of Higher Education: ======== Book on Homosexuality in Antiquity and Essay on Pederasty Will Be Printed After All, Publisher Says By DAVID...
Egypt Centre would like to announce its annual conference 'Don Your Wig for a Happy Hour-Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt'. This will take place on 19th-20th...
GRAVES-BROWN C.A.
c.a.graves-brown@...
Oct 13, 2005 9:49 am
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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MARGO TYTUS VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce the Margo Tytus...
Getzel Cohen
getzel.cohen@...
Nov 1, 2005 8:13 pm
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Hi! I'm a new member, so please forgive the pressumptuous nature of this message. I am currently writing a book regarding Goddesses associated with...
On a similar topic, I was wondering if there are other with witchcraft, and spells, re: Ereshkigal, other than Her assimilation with Hekate in a Greek from the...
Dear friends, Tacita Muta, Women's Studies Group in Ancient World and the group of the research project 'La violencia de género en el mundo antiguo' of the ...
