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Re: Zeus
By: / Novice
Post # 11

There are plenty of evidence and historical documents as well... You can look it up on google if you want. Unfortunately I don't have an example on my mind at the momment apart from the myth of Iphegenia but there are many refferences on human sucrifices in historical and artistic documents. In Greece where I am from this is very well known.

I will mail you a link that might help.

However I don't know if there are actual evidence apart from documents and mythology I simply replied this way since pagan practice is based on ancient mythology.

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Re: Zeus
By: / Novice
Post # 12

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ho-Iv/Iphigenia.html

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Re: Zeus
By: Moderator / Adept
Post # 13
Please note Fox! You said "Myth". And that says it all!
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Re: Zeus
By: / Novice
Post # 14

Please reread my post I think you misunderstood

I refered to a myth (arising from the word mythos which means legend in Greek) since Zeus and Greek Gods in general are also part of mythology and there isn't evidence that they really existed either. So it is pretty rational when someone needs advice for something that belongs to mythology to advise them according to mythology. And according to mythology Ancient Greeks performed human sucrificies. But since you need historical evidence I will try to find a book in english to reccomend.

Thank you

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Re: Zeus
By: / Novice
Post # 15
Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
by Dennis D. Hughes
Historically based.
link:
https://books.google.gr/books?hl=el&lr=&id=FSnxxida5D0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=sacrifices+in+ancient+greece&ots=SGFmQJgv6S&sig=BryXMJvhYLPzt5uiJ5nbg_b29BU&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=sacrifices%20in%20ancient%20greece&f=false
Go to Contents- Archaeological evidence
I hope that approach will help there are better books in Greek but very few of them are translated since for ancient Greek studies and archaeology speaking Greek is usually required.
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Re: Zeus
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Post # 16
Thank you everyone and I'll be sure to be careful around him since I have read the tales.
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Re: Zeus
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Post # 17
@ Loptsdottir Thanks! that makes sense i'll do that
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