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{{Quote|"An inevitable result under such a constitution [as the Spartan's] is that esteem is given to wealth, particularly in cases where the men are dominated by the women; and this is a common state of affairs in the military and warlike races, though not among the Celts and other races where male homosexuality is esteemed. Indeed it seems the first person to relate the myth of a union between Ares and Aphrodite did not lack some rational basis for it: certainly all such people seem compulsively attracted by sexual relations, either with males or with females. This is why that state of affairs prevailed among the Spartans, where in the days of their supremacy a great deal was managed by women. And what is the difference between women ruling and rulers ruled by women? The result is the same."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1269b23-36.}} | {{Quote|"An inevitable result under such a constitution [as the Spartan's] is that esteem is given to wealth, particularly in cases where the men are dominated by the women; and this is a common state of affairs in the military and warlike races, though not among the Celts and other races where male homosexuality is esteemed. Indeed it seems the first person to relate the myth of a union between Ares and Aphrodite did not lack some rational basis for it: certainly all such people seem compulsively attracted by sexual relations, either with males or with females. This is why that state of affairs prevailed among the Spartans, where in the days of their supremacy a great deal was managed by women. And what is the difference between women ruling and rulers ruled by women? The result is the same."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1269b23-36.}} | ||
{{Quote|"If, as has been said earlier, the position of [Spartan] women is wrong, not only does it look like a blot on the constitution in itself, but it seems to contribute some thing to the greed for money; for one might go on next to attack the Spartan inequality of property-ownership."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1270a11.}} | {{Quote|"If, as has been said earlier, the position of [Spartan] women is wrong, not only does it look like a blot on the constitution in itself, but it seems to contribute some thing to the greed for money; for one might go on next to attack the Spartan inequality of property-ownership."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1270a11.}} | ||
{{Quote|"The features of extreme democracy are also all characteristic of a tyrant's policy: the dominance of women in the home, and slack control of slaves. The reason for both features is the same. Tyrants expect in this way to get information against the men, for women and slaves do not plot against tyrants: keep them satisfied and they must always be supports of tyrannies—and of democracies too, for the people likes to be the sole ruler."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, V, XI, 1313b32-34.}} | |||
==Circa 300 BC-400 AD: The Jataka Tales== | ==Circa 300 BC-400 AD: The Jataka Tales== | ||