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At the Greek festivities in honour of Dionysus , the ithyphalli paraded in female dress . The Argives , at their monthly festivities in honour of the moon , practised transvestism . Tacitus tells us that in connexion with certain rites ...
At the Greek festivities in honour of Dionysus , the ithyphalli paraded in female dress . The Argives , at their monthly festivities in honour of the moon , practised transvestism . Tacitus tells us that in connexion with certain rites ...
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These women are held in honour in public by their own caste ; although in reality they be nothing better than the prostitutes of the priests and other chiefs of the " 1 sect . ' Description of the Character , Manners , and Customs of ...
These women are held in honour in public by their own caste ; although in reality they be nothing better than the prostitutes of the priests and other chiefs of the " 1 sect . ' Description of the Character , Manners , and Customs of ...
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Herodotus is of opinion that Melampus was responsible for the initiation of phallic processions in honour of Dionysus , having observed them celebrated by the Phoenicians who had settled in Boeotia with Cadamus .
Herodotus is of opinion that Melampus was responsible for the initiation of phallic processions in honour of Dionysus , having observed them celebrated by the Phoenicians who had settled in Boeotia with Cadamus .
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Contents
SUN MOON AND NATURE WORSHIP | 13 |
THE BIRTH OF PHALLICISM | 40 |
THE PHALLIC FACTOR IN SEXUAL PROMISCUITY | 58 |
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| Title | Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day ... |
| Author | George Ryley Scott |
| Publisher | Mental Health Press, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 24 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 299 pages |
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