Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down18cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoSuper gross. I always heard the joke of Ancient Greece being very pedophilic but didn’t know it was true. Super duper gross. Thanks for the info, though.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI did not know that. Can you give me a source on that? I would love to learn more about how modern Christians get the Bible wrong.
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe Spartans actually typically denied this was a part of their culture, so they were pretty aware outsiders didn’t wanna hear about it.
Super gross. I always heard the joke of Ancient Greece being very pedophilic but didn’t know it was true. Super duper gross. Thanks for the info, though.
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I did not know that. Can you give me a source on that? I would love to learn more about how modern Christians get the Bible wrong.
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The Spartans actually typically denied this was a part of their culture, so they were pretty aware outsiders didn’t wanna hear about it.