In a society where men set the rules, could a feminine fertility festival have empowered women to the degree that it struck fear in men's hearts?
At first glance, it seems absurd to suggest that an ancient Greek fertility festival should empower women let alone induce fear in the hearts of men---yet the Thesmophoria was not just any fertility festival. From butchered men to the sacred knowledge of fertility, was there a moment in ancient Greece when women ruled supreme?
Inspired by the Goddess Demeter herself and drawing on this Neolithic past, ancient women found a way to take power for themselves.
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Calugulawas definitely bad/insane. I haven't read it yet.But apparently O'reilly's book on evil Includes caligula and how he at the height of popularity and fear would pick innocent individuals, alongside the condemned, from the crowd to have them torn apart by lions. The crowd would cheer out of fear that they might be next. So much
for bread and circus. I wonder if there's where the term "shits and grins" comes from.
Ask for us.I think I'll watch it on t v 👍