 The most disgraceful of the Babylonian customs is the following : every native woman is obliged, once in her life, to sit in the temple of Venus, and have intercourse with some stranger. And many disdaining to mix with the rest, being proud on account...  Herodotus - Page 86by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Carpenter - 1919 - 196 pages
...them ? The rite of Venus Mylitta, as described by Herodotus (Book i. 199), by which every woman was " obliged, once in her life, to sit in the temple of Venus and have intercourse with some stranger," sounds at a first reading like a mere glorification of prostitution, and has led to much horrified... | |
 | Sha Rocco - 1994 - 74 pages
...of sensual enjoyment." A detailed description of one of them conveys only a proximate idea of them. The most disgraceful of the Babylonian customs is...sit in the temple of Venus and have intercourse with a stranger. And many, disdaining to mix with the rest, being proud on account of their wealth, come... | |
 | Anthropological Society of Bombay - 1924 - 1018 pages
...(Bk. I. 199) thus refers to this matter : — * " The most disgraceful of the Babylonian customs 13 the following : every native woman is obliged, once...proud on account of their wealth, come in covered carriages, and take up their station at the temple with a numerous train of servants attending them.... | |
 | 1899 - 802 pages
...THE ETHICS OF PROSTITUTION AND THE STATE REGULATION OF VICE. DEAR SIR. — Herodotus tells us that "the most disgraceful of the Babylonian customs is...many disdaining to mix with the rest, being proud of their wealth, come in covered carriages, and take up their station at the temple with a numerous... | |
 | Sha Rocco - 1904 - 76 pages
...of sensual enjoyment." A detailed description of one of them conveys only a proximate idea of them. The most disgraceful of the Babylonian customs is...sit in the temple of Venus and have intercourse with a stranger. And many, disdaining to mix with the rest, being proud on account of their wealth, come... | |
 | 1890 - 488 pages
...Ishtar come from the testimony of foreign sources. The passage in Herodotus, I. 199, in which he says, " Every native woman is obliged once in her life to sit in the temple of Aphrodite and have intercourse with some stranger," is too well known to need quotation here. Strabo... | |
 | Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai Bahadur) - 1924 - 286 pages
...women of ancient Babylon illust rates this. According to Herodotus every native woman of Babylon was obliged, once in her life, to sit in the temple of Venus and have sexual intercourse with any stranger who gave her a silver coin which she could not reject however... | |
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