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Max Dashu - Pythias and Classical Oracular Women

34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History

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Gender Dynamics and the Peliai: Women as Elders and Doves

This chapter explores the societal views of masculinity within matriarchy, highlighting cultural bias and exceptionalism. The discussion also delves into the significance of the Peliai or Peliades, doves women who were associated with oracles, and touches on Dodona's connection to wrestling trees and eloquent tongues.

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