Rhonda Tharp
Active Member
Is there any evidence that says Greece and Rome were at one time matriarchal, matrilineal or matrilocal? I am doing research on Priestesses and Vestal Virgins and I have come across some interesting quotes from historians as far back as the 1890s up through 2005 claiming that Greece and Rome were matriarchal. Having a hard time finding the empirical evidence, though.
This quote was taken from Lewis Morgan's "Ancient Society"
This quote was taken from Lewis Morgan's "Ancient Society"
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v“When in a society little use is made in the home of the female intellect, we may expect a wide collapse of public morals.”
v“The mature destruction of ethnic life, or family, will cause a society, like Greece and Rome, to collapse politically.”