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Ancient Greeks sacrificed ugly people

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In early Greek history, during times of plague or famine, when the precarious agrarian societies started to fear for their survival, each Greek town would elect its ugliest inhabitant, known as the pharmakos. ("Ugly" in this case probably meant deformed in some way, and certainly from the fringes of society. An aristocrat with a big nose would not qualify.) For a while, this person would be fed at public expense with the most exquisite delicacies available at the time—figs, barley cakes and cheese. Afterwards, he or she (or they – some places, like Athens, would choose two lucky uggos, a man and a woman) would be driven through the town while being violently smote with leeks and wild plants by a wrathful mob. This ugly unfortunate's fate largely depended on the town’s own tradition. In some places he or she was merely cast out of the city, while in others the pharmakoswould be stoned to death, burned, or thrown off a cliff.

How popular was this ritual? In some places, so popular that it became annual. In Athens, for instance, it was celebrated during the yearly Thargelia festival.

Why a society choose to sacrifice its ugliest inhabitant in such a brutal way is complicated. First of all, ancient Greek society was obsessed with purity; those who deviated from institutionalized norms were viewed as a threat. Physical imperfections were seen as corresponding to moral flaws so therefore, disabled children were exposed and abandoned outside the city walls, and the ugly and deformed were suspiciously regarded as tainted beings.

Secondly, Greek mythology frequently suggests that the sacrifice of one individual has the power to save an entire community—a primordial reflection of a pre-civilization time when a herd needed to sacrifice its weakest members to predators in order to survive. The pharmakos ritual, then, acted like a catharsis, a purification of the iniquities of the entire society through the sacrifice of one of its marginal members. The related word pharmakon, which later originated the English word "pharmacy," meant both poison and medicine. This reflects the ambiguous role of the unfortunate pharmakos: he held the guilt for all the evils that had affected society, but he was also its savior. But, at a psychological level, people could not accept their redeemer to be just any scum—therefore, for a period of time, he had to be treated as a very important person. In exceptionally difficult times, this fiction was no longer enough. According to some authors, it had to be the king himself who was sacrificed for the community’s sake.
 


In early Greek history, during times of plague or famine, when the precarious agrarian societies started to fear for their survival, each Greek town would elect its ugliest inhabitant, known as the pharmakos. ("Ugly" in this case probably meant deformed in some way, and certainly from the fringes of society. An aristocrat with a big nose would not qualify.) For a while, this person would be fed at public expense with the most exquisite delicacies available at the time—figs, barley cakes and cheese. Afterwards, he or she (or they – some places, like Athens, would choose two lucky uggos, a man and a woman) would be driven through the town while being violently smote with leeks and wild plants by a wrathful mob. This ugly unfortunate's fate largely depended on the town’s own tradition. In some places he or she was merely cast out of the city, while in others the pharmakoswould be stoned to death, burned, or thrown off a cliff.

How popular was this ritual? In some places, so popular that it became annual. In Athens, for instance, it was celebrated during the yearly Thargelia festival.

Why a society choose to sacrifice its ugliest inhabitant in such a brutal way is complicated. First of all, ancient Greek society was obsessed with purity; those who deviated from institutionalized norms were viewed as a threat. Physical imperfections were seen as corresponding to moral flaws so therefore, disabled children were exposed and abandoned outside the city walls, and the ugly and deformed were suspiciously regarded as tainted beings.

Secondly, Greek mythology frequently suggests that the sacrifice of one individual has the power to save an entire community—a primordial reflection of a pre-civilization time when a herd needed to sacrifice its weakest members to predators in order to survive. The pharmakos ritual, then, acted like a catharsis, a purification of the iniquities of the entire society through the sacrifice of one of its marginal members. The related word pharmakon, which later originated the English word "pharmacy," meant both poison and medicine. This reflects the ambiguous role of the unfortunate pharmakos: he held the guilt for all the evils that had affected society, but he was also its savior. But, at a psychological level, people could not accept their redeemer to be just any scum—therefore, for a period of time, he had to be treated as a very important person. In exceptionally difficult times, this fiction was no longer enough. According to some authors, it had to be the king himself who was sacrificed for the community’s sake.
Feminists have been secretly trying to push for this for a while now. All of this "kill all short men", "kill all ugly men", "kill all asian boys" (at least in my experience I've heard this way too often) is all a part of the plan to bring back this ancient tradition back.

These foids are so fucking insecure with themselves they want to cope by killing people like you and me.
 
History repeats itself. Except nowadays society fosters degeneracy and treats typical men like pigs (unless they're in the top 1% of attractiveness).
 
Feminists have been secretly trying to push for this for a while now. All of this "kill all short men", "kill all ugly men", "kill all asian boys" (at least in my experience I've heard this way too often) is all a part of the plan to bring back this ancient tradition back.

These foids are so fucking insecure with themselves they want to cope by killing people like you and me.
No joke i've read articles written by feminist about how we should kill 80 or 90% of men in the name of "equality". You cant make this shit up. :feelsclown:
 
Does anyone know fate of the abandoned children in the ancient Greece?
 
brutal Greece pill. uglies have been hated since Dawn of time. cursed planet
 
History will repeat itself, only soyciety won't use us for sacrifice, they just want to see us suffer
 
history repeats itself,only this time they not only want to sacrifice the ugliest but the bottom 80%-90%
 
I dont get it, why ugly men? I think the gods would be more happier if they were offered chads and stacies, no wonder their culture died out
 
Spartans used to throw ugly babies off a cliff at birth
 
Feminists have been secretly trying to push for this for a while now. All of this "kill all short men", "kill all ugly men", "kill all asian boys" (at least in my experience I've heard this way too often) is all a part of the plan to bring back this ancient tradition back.

These foids are so fucking insecure with themselves they want to cope by killing people like you and me.
:blackpill::blackpill::blackpill::blackpill::blackpill:
 
Feminists have been secretly trying to push for this for a while now. All of this "kill all short men", "kill all ugly men", "kill all asian boys" (at least in my experience I've heard this way too often) is all a part of the plan to bring back this ancient tradition back.

These foids are so fucking insecure with themselves they want to cope by killing people like you and me.
In a scenario like this ugly and old women should be cleansed too, otherwise it’s hypocrisy
 
Imagine how pissed off god would be if you sacrificed a curry.
 
Yet Incel Greeks still exist today because of the ugly women, their genetic engineering didn't work.
 
its still happening today, just in a more discrete way.

we are essentially being cast out of society and left to rot in our deteriorating mental states from isolation and loneliness and gaslighting
 
Feminists have been secretly trying to push for this for a while now. All of this "kill all short men", "kill all ugly men", "kill all asian boys" (at least in my experience I've heard this way too often) is all a part of the plan to bring back this ancient tradition back.

These foids are so fucking insecure with themselves they want to cope by killing people like you and me.
 
Its been over since the begging of the time
 
Naive people believe in 'progress' but nothing really changes.
 
I dont get it, why ugly men? I think the gods would be more happier if they were offered chads and stacies, no wonder their culture died out
Yet Incel Greeks still exist today because of the ugly women, their genetic engineering didn't work.
That’s why we should just kill every one of our enemies


In early Greek history, during times of plague or famine, when the precarious agrarian societies started to fear for their survival, each Greek town would elect its ugliest inhabitant, known as the pharmakos. ("Ugly" in this case probably meant deformed in some way, and certainly from the fringes of society. An aristocrat with a big nose would not qualify.) For a while, this person would be fed at public expense with the most exquisite delicacies available at the time—figs, barley cakes and cheese. Afterwards, he or she (or they – some places, like Athens, would choose two lucky uggos, a man and a woman) would be driven through the town while being violently smote with leeks and wild plants by a wrathful mob. This ugly unfortunate's fate largely depended on the town’s own tradition. In some places he or she was merely cast out of the city, while in others the pharmakoswould be stoned to death, burned, or thrown off a cliff.

How popular was this ritual? In some places, so popular that it became annual. In Athens, for instance, it was celebrated during the yearly Thargelia festival.

Why a society choose to sacrifice its ugliest inhabitant in such a brutal way is complicated. First of all, ancient Greek society was obsessed with purity; those who deviated from institutionalized norms were viewed as a threat. Physical imperfections were seen as corresponding to moral flaws so therefore, disabled children were exposed and abandoned outside the city walls, and the ugly and deformed were suspiciously regarded as tainted beings.

Secondly, Greek mythology frequently suggests that the sacrifice of one individual has the power to save an entire community—a primordial reflection of a pre-civilization time when a herd needed to sacrifice its weakest members to predators in order to survive. The pharmakos ritual, then, acted like a catharsis, a purification of the iniquities of the entire society through the sacrifice of one of its marginal members. The related word pharmakon, which later originated the English word "pharmacy," meant both poison and medicine. This reflects the ambiguous role of the unfortunate pharmakos: he held the guilt for all the evils that had affected society, but he was also its savior. But, at a psychological level, people could not accept their redeemer to be just any scum—therefore, for a period of time, he had to be treated as a very important person. In exceptionally difficult times, this fiction was no longer enough. According to some authors, it had to be the king himself who was sacrificed for the community’s sake.
I would burn the whole village down before they do that
 
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