Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Transgender People
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Transgender Women in Ancient Rome
Transgender women were involved in the worship of aphrodite and her precursors. They weren't just present in the very ancient past. One of these cults was that of ater godes, the syrian mermaid goddess who inspired the first servile war. Her priestesses are also sometimes called the gali and described virtually identically to the priestesses of sybyl. But there are two different goddesses.
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