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“Myths are not lies, but rather men's attempt to impose a symbolic order upon their universe. Some myths are so primordial as to be undatable, and we are haunted by the question of whether women could have participated in their creation.”
― Goddesses, Whores, Wives And Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B Pomeroy
― Goddesses, Whores, Wives And Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B Pomeroy
“She was a goddess. She was a monster. She‘d nearly destroyed this country. And then she‘d given it one last, gasping chance to live.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God
“All religions are man-made; God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“The story of women in antiquity should be told now, not only because it is a legitimate aspect of social history, but because the past illuminates contemporary problems in relationships between men and women. ... It is most significant to note the consistency with which some attitudes toward women and the roles women play in Western society have endured through the centuries.”
― Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity
― Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity
“I carry within me
the heart of a warrior,
the mind of a pharaoh,
the soul of a goddess
and the wisdom of
my grandmothers'
grandmothers.”
―
the heart of a warrior,
the mind of a pharaoh,
the soul of a goddess
and the wisdom of
my grandmothers'
grandmothers.”
―
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