Virgin Sacrifice and the Meaning of the Parthenon

Of the Maidens

Was the Parthenon used as a site for virgin sacrifice? A new book contends that we may not really understand this iconic monument.

Published Feb. 12 2014 5:45AM EST

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Don DeLillo’s novel The Names opens with the narrator wandering in modern Athens, trying to avoid the city’s imposing past. “For a long time I stayed away from the Acropolis.

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Virgin Sacrifice and the Meaning of the Parthenon

Was the Parthenon used as a site for virgin sacrifice? A new book contends that we may not really understand this iconic monument.

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Nick Romeo