• Europe’s Third Gender: Byzantine Court Eunuchs - Showcase, Feat. Dead Ideas

  • Sep 5 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Europe’s Third Gender: Byzantine Court Eunuchs - Showcase, Feat. Dead Ideas

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  • Did you know that Europe had its own third gender tradition, which arose, flourished, and then disappeared over the span of a few centuries? In the Byzantine Empire, this third gender was called a eunuch. They began as exotic imports from abroad, but quickly became a local tradition both feared and respected, reviled and adored, devilish and angelic.

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