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Egyptians: Juvenal on “demented Egypt,” animal worship, and the eating of raw human flesh (early second century CE)
Ancient author: Juvenal (early second century CE), Satires 15 (link). Comments: In this satirical poem in Latin from some time just after 127 CE, Juvenal launches into a characterization of Egyptians (using two specific village populations as illustration) as demented animal worshippers and, even more starkly, savage eaters of raw human flesh. (The terms “cannibals” and […]
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