Day: April 7, 2023
Telesphorus tortured & killed for witty criticism of Arsinoe
Just as it is today, men criticizing women in the ancient world was dangerous. Whether it was the foolish lad Ascalabus criticizing the goddess Demeter for boozing, or the high official Telesphorus criticizing King Lysimachus’s wife Arsinoe for vomiting, the results were the same: disaster for the man. The goddess Demeter threw her drink onto …
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Patriarchy and Toxic Relationships
“Something has clearly played havoc with the relationship between the sexes.” But men have options