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Post by Charlie Bass on Apr 4, 2010 9:07:16 GMT -5
Videos examining the claims of Martin Bernal. Has multiple parts.
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Post by anansi on Apr 6, 2010 8:40:10 GMT -5
In part 4 at about 5:00 min. the lady Classicist claimed that the Greeks did not sacrifice children but that flew in the face of Agamemnon sacrificing is daughter for fair winds so he could set sail for Troy. and this from wiki..sorry I know but I have pre- knowledge of what they are talking about. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide#Greece_and_RomeGreece and Rome Medea killing her sons, by Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix (1862). The historical Greeks considered the practice of adult and child sacrifice barbarous.[24] However, exposure of newborns was widely practiced in ancient Greece. In Greece the decision to expose a child was typically the father's, although in Sparta the decision was made by a group of elders.[25] Exposure was the preferred method of disposal, as that act in itself was not murder; moreover, the exposed child technically had a chance of being rescued by the gods or any passersby.[26] This very situation was a recurring motif in Greek mythology.[27] The practice was prevalent in ancient Rome, as well. Philo was the first philosopher to speak out against it.[28] A letter from a Roman citizen to his wife, dating from 1 BCE, demonstrates the casual nature with which infanticide was often viewed: "I am still in Alexandria. ... I beg and plead with you to take care of our little child, and as soon as we receive wages, I will send them to you. In the meantime, if (good fortune to you!) you give birth, if it is a boy, let it live; if it is a girl, expose it."[29][30] In some periods of Roman history it was traditional for a newborn to be brought to the pater familias, the family patriarch, who would then decide whether the child was to be kept and raised, or left to death by exposure. The Twelve Tables of Roman law obliged him to put to death a child that was visibly deformed. Infanticide became a capital offense in Roman law in 374 CE, but offenders were rarely if ever prosecuted.[31] According to mythological legend, Romulus and Remus, twin infant sons of the war god, Mars, survived near-infanticide after being tossed into the Tiber River. According to the mythology, they were raised by wolves and later founded the city of Rome. Over-all we have come a long way since Bernal..dna evidence was the proverbial nail in that coffin . Good series Khafre... |
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