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Anniversary Special: Let’s Learn About the Ancient Mediterranean!

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Sex and Sexual Desire

Sex was part of a number the rits and rituals of the ancient and prehistoric world. In a strange way, it would be odd if there weren't some kind of sex worker at the sanctuaries of the goddess whose business was sex and sexual desire. There's a possibility that actually, come the christian period, one of the things that christian reformers were really outraged by was the worship of aphrodite.

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