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More replies. To use one of Tony's favourite phrases, "They are so close to getting it!"


Edit: I guess when Tony talks about MTF trannies "being worshipped" 3,000 years ago he means the Scythian enareës described by Herodotus? The legend is that a group of Scythian men defiled a temple to Astarte in Askalon, and thereafter were afflicted with the "female disease". They formed a transvestic subclass of the priesthood; you could draw a parallel to some appearances of eunuchs in history. However, you should have read that all with your shoulders shrugged, because when you end up relying on Herodotus you are already on shaky ground. I highly recommend Bret Devereaux's series of blog posts about Sparta, in which Herodotus plays an important role -- Herodotus effectively manufactured Sparta's military reputation -- and Devereaux recalls Francois Hartog's remark that Herodotus, when writing about other cultures, is actually writing about Greece. i.e., perhaps don't take Herodotus especially seriously when he's describing the details of non-Greek civilisations.


Edit: I guess when Tony talks about MTF trannies "being worshipped" 3,000 years ago he means the Scythian enareës described by Herodotus? The legend is that a group of Scythian men defiled a temple to Astarte in Askalon, and thereafter were afflicted with the "female disease". They formed a transvestic subclass of the priesthood; you could draw a parallel to some appearances of eunuchs in history. However, you should have read that all with your shoulders shrugged, because when you end up relying on Herodotus you are already on shaky ground. I highly recommend Bret Devereaux's series of blog posts about Sparta, in which Herodotus plays an important role -- Herodotus effectively manufactured Sparta's military reputation -- and Devereaux recalls Francois Hartog's remark that Herodotus, when writing about other cultures, is actually writing about Greece. i.e., perhaps don't take Herodotus especially seriously when he's describing the details of non-Greek civilisations.
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