03-18-2004, 11:52 PM
Hi,<br>
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However, it would seem foolish to say that Cleopatra was to be paraded in the Colosseum! What is more these ideas seem to have arisen as a misunderstanding of Beastiarius and it is foolish to consider a 'mythic reenactment' as 'death by sex with wild animals' as this misunderstands the context totally. And, as far as I can discover there are no sources which describe death by sex with wild animals other than these 'mythic re-enactments'. So there are no references to men being forced to have sex with animals or women other than the Jupiter references. As you point out, Gaivs, these were not slaves. All in all I think that this kind of misinformation indeed sets us back years because there is no evidence for it.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Muzzaguchi <p>It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay Antiquity its due reverence - Erasmus of Rotterdam<br>
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'Modern history, like a deaf man, answers questions no one asks' - Tolstoy War and Peace Ep. ii.1</p><i></i>
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However, it would seem foolish to say that Cleopatra was to be paraded in the Colosseum! What is more these ideas seem to have arisen as a misunderstanding of Beastiarius and it is foolish to consider a 'mythic reenactment' as 'death by sex with wild animals' as this misunderstands the context totally. And, as far as I can discover there are no sources which describe death by sex with wild animals other than these 'mythic re-enactments'. So there are no references to men being forced to have sex with animals or women other than the Jupiter references. As you point out, Gaivs, these were not slaves. All in all I think that this kind of misinformation indeed sets us back years because there is no evidence for it.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p>It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay Antiquity its due reverence - Erasmus of Rotterdam<br>
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'Modern history, like a deaf man, answers questions no one asks' - Tolstoy War and Peace Ep. ii.1</p><i></i>
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\'\'\'\'No matter how many you kill, you cannot kill your successor\'\'\'\' - Seneca to Nero - Dio 62
\'\'\'\'There is no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will\'\'\'\' - Ammianus Marcellinus 27.7.9
