She can slay me or marry me, I'm down with either tbqh
She can slay me or marry me, I'm down with either tbqh
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Give me a scythian milf. A badass warrior covered in tattoos who likes to get stoned
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Now the Scythians take the seed of the hemp and they go under their mats and then they throw the seed on the red-hot stones in the fire. So thrown it smoulders, and it produces such vapor that no Greek vapor bath might exceed it. And delighted by the vapor bath, the Scythians howl.
Scythian hotbox when
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slewn
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Here for the slewn callout
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I know nothing, were they anything like this? Cause I'd be all in on that.
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Plot twist she's 14 too
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Explanation: In Classical Antiquity in general, especially amongst the nobility, marrying young was common - and with large age gaps between men and women, as women generally had far fewer rights than men.
According to Greek legends (almost certainly mythical, for the logistics of it if nothing else), Scythian nomad women would only marry after slaying enemies in battle - numbers vary from 1 to 3. This is obviously incredibly impractical and unlikely to be literally true, but reflects the Greek perception of Scythian women as independent warriors. She can slay me any day!
it should be noted that marrying young was widespread not just in ancient greece.
from what i could gather, in medieval times people generally preferred to marry as young as possible, however not before it could be established that they could economically uphold themselves.
this means that (children of) richer people married younger. the median age of first childbirth was around 21 or 22 for the general population, but for nobility it was much younger.
the poorer the peasant, the older they married, or they might not marry at all, if they lacked land or other possessions which could feed a family.
Marrying young is typically a function of two things: high infant mortality (necessitating high birth rates), typical in pre-modern societies; and a low level of women's rights. You still see it today in some societies, unfortunately.