Reading The Goddesse Of Surrye | Alexandria
Read The Goddesse Of Surrye by Lucian. Unveiling a 2nd century satirist's wild temple exposé shocks with its radical portrayal of ecstatic worship, self-castration, and gender-bending priests. Lucian's eyewitness account of Syrian goddess rituals reveals how ancient faiths embraced fluid identities and extreme devotion - challenging assumptions about "traditional" religious practice being conservative and rigid.