Priests and priestesses

Title
Priests and priestesses
Publication Date
2021-03
Author(s)
Dillon, Matthew
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6874-0513
Email: mdillon@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mdillon
Editor
Editor(s): Christopher Baron
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of publication
Hoboken, United States of America
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/52730
Abstract

Greek priests and priestesses served the gods, establishing a relationship between them and the state; hence Herodotus notes in his list of differences between Egyptian and Greek customs, that in EGYPT no women serve as priests (2.35.4).
Link
link
Citation
The Herodotus Encyclopedia, v.3, p. 1167-1169
ISBN
9781119113522
9781119113539
9781118689646
Start page
1167
End page
1169

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