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Old January 17th 07, 10:03 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
dkhedmo
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Default HBO's Rome: ancient funeral rituals?

Anyone watch Rome, or have any info to share about ancient Roman
funereal rites? While the multiple-stab-wounded Caesar was laid out to
received mourners at his home, his wife welcomed in a woman who dropped
her top, squeezed a bit of breastmilk into the dead Caesar's mouth,
then left after a brief thank you form the widow. Anyone??? The HBO site
doesn't have anything in particular, and I came up empty with Google.

Karen
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Old January 17th 07, 10:44 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
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Default HBO's Rome: ancient funeral rituals?


dkhedmo wrote:
Anyone watch Rome, or have any info to share about ancient Roman
funereal rites? While the multiple-stab-wounded Caesar was laid out to
received mourners at his home, his wife welcomed in a woman who dropped
her top, squeezed a bit of breastmilk into the dead Caesar's mouth,
then left after a brief thank you form the widow. Anyone???


I haven't come across that annecdote in my readings re classical Rome,
but it would not surprise me if this were true. Recall that Rome was
founded by two brothers who were suckled by a wolf. And that attitudes
about nudity and bodily functions without question were far more
relaxed than they are in most "modern" cultures. I would interpret a
public offering of breastmilk as an important and politically and
religiously charged gesture supporting the view that Julius Caesar was
a true son and heir of Rome's founders aka rulers aka gods.

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Old January 17th 07, 11:39 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Cheryl
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Default HBO's Rome: ancient funeral rituals?


dkhedmo wrote:

Anyone watch Rome, or have any info to share about ancient Roman
funereal rites? While the multiple-stab-wounded Caesar was laid out to
received mourners at his home, his wife welcomed in a woman who dropped
her top, squeezed a bit of breastmilk into the dead Caesar's mouth,
then left after a brief thank you form the widow. Anyone??? The HBO site
doesn't have anything in particular, and I came up empty with Google.

http://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/qu...5043936AA6rDvt

There are a couple of possibilities in that answer that look
reasonable.

Cheryl

 




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