Themyscira: The Home Of The Legendary Amazons Explained
By Benito Cereno/Dec. 21, 2020 2:57 am EDT
The legendary Amazons inspired fear in the Ancient Greeks and wonder in modern comic and movie fans. In antiquity, a tribe of bloodthirsty warrior women who excelled at horse-riding and archery represented the specter of barbarism that lurked at the edge of the known world. In the
Wonder Woman comics and movies, the Amazons represent the kind of society that is possible when independent women are removed from the constraints of Man s World. Whether in myth or in film, the Amazons make their home in a city-state called Themiscyra. (Well, maybe Themyscira.)
The Truth About Pregnancy In Ancient Greece
By Benito Cereno/Dec. 16, 2020 11:22 am EDT
In the Classical era of Ancient Greece, pregnancy and childbirth were seen not only as a biological imperative for the propagation of the human species, but also a social and political obligation. According to Encyclopedia.com, the end goal of marriage was procreation, and the goal of procreation was to produce male heirs who could become soldiers to defend the city-state and participate in its political maintenance. As such, it was a moral, legal, and social obligation for women to start churning out babies more or less as soon as they completed puberty. The frequency of intercourse by married couples was regulated by law.
The Untold Truth Of The Nativity Of Jesus
By Benito Cereno/Dec. 13, 2020 6:52 pm EDT
The commercial, secularized version of Christmas is lots of fun, with Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, and candy canes, but at the heart of it, Christmas is a religious holiday meant to commemorate the birth of Jesus. The centerpiece of many religious Christmas celebrations is often a Nativity scene, a tableau representing the image of Mary and Joseph with the infant Christ in a manger, usually surrounded by livestock, shepherds, three wise men, and angels. It s an image known around the world thanks to the pervasiveness of Christmas culture.