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Herodotus on the Babylonian customs (1)

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03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices


 		Keywords
Babylonia
sexuality
Period
5th century BCE
Greek Classical Age 		Channel
Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
Herodotus 1.198:
Whenever a Babylonian has had intercourse with his wife, they both sit before a burnt offering of incense, and at dawn they wash themselves; they will touch no vessel before this is done. This is the custom also in Arabia.

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Herodotus 1.198

Bibliography

Godley 1960, I 250-251Godley, A. D. Herodotus. 4 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

Links (external links will open in a new browser window)
Cf. Assyrians (= Babylonians) in the Persian army (1)
Cf. Babylonia = Assyria (2)
Cf. Babylonia = Assyria (3)
Cf. A custom relating to healing (1)
Cf. Herodotus on the Babylonian burial customs (1)
Cf. Herodotus on the Babylonian cult of Ištar (1)
Cf. Herodotus on a Babylonian marriage custom (1)
Cf. Herodotus on the Babylonian population (1)
Cf. Herodotus’ description of Babylon (1)
Cf. Herodotus’ description of Babylon (2)
Cf. Herodotus quoted a Babylonian omen (1)
Cf. Herodotus on the walling of Babylon (1)
Cf. The temple of Bel in Babylon (1)
Cf. The two queens of Babylon (1)

Amar Annus


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