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Title: Priests and priestesses
Contributor(s): Dillon, Matthew  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2021-03
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/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).

Publication Type: Entry In Reference Work
Source of Publication: The Herodotus Encyclopedia, v.3, p. 1167-1169
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication: Hoboken, United States of America
ISBN: 9781119113522
9781119113539
9781118689646
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210306 Classical Greek and Roman History
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430305 Classical Greek and Roman history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
HERDC Category Description: N Entry In Reference Work
Publisher/associated links: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Herodotus+Encyclopedia%2C+3+Volume+Set-p-9781118689646
WorldCat record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1151516873
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School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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