Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée

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Autor(a) principal: Araujo, Matheus Treuk Medeiros de
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Anais do Museu Paulista (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/213749
Resumo: This study aims to compare some images of beardless attendants in monumental reliefs from the Achaemenid (c. 550-330 BCE) and Neo-Assyrian (c. 911-612 BCE) empires, which we consider relevant sources for the study of court eunuchs and cultural conceptions about castrati. We argue that such comparisons are possible since eunuchism was a long-standing institution in the Ancient Near East, as shown by several analogies with the Assyrian evidence. We also argue that scholars have downplayed the importance of court eunuchs due to gender/sex assumptions based on Western and modern perspectives that consider eunuchism incompatible with high-ranking social standing. With these theoretical considerations in mind, we finally sketch some possible analytical proposals to explore the images of beardless attendants in Persia and Assyria.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
title Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
spellingShingle Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
Araujo, Matheus Treuk Medeiros de
Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Eunuchs
Gender
Monumental Reliefs
Império Aquemênida
Império Neoassírio
Eunucos
Gênero
Relevos monumentais
title_short Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
title_full Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
title_fullStr Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
title_full_unstemmed Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
title_sort Achaemenid court eunuchs in their Near Eastern context: images in the longue durée
author Araujo, Matheus Treuk Medeiros de
author_facet Araujo, Matheus Treuk Medeiros de
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Araujo, Matheus Treuk Medeiros de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Eunuchs
Gender
Monumental Reliefs
Império Aquemênida
Império Neoassírio
Eunucos
Gênero
Relevos monumentais
topic Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Eunuchs
Gender
Monumental Reliefs
Império Aquemênida
Império Neoassírio
Eunucos
Gênero
Relevos monumentais
description This study aims to compare some images of beardless attendants in monumental reliefs from the Achaemenid (c. 550-330 BCE) and Neo-Assyrian (c. 911-612 BCE) empires, which we consider relevant sources for the study of court eunuchs and cultural conceptions about castrati. We argue that such comparisons are possible since eunuchism was a long-standing institution in the Ancient Near East, as shown by several analogies with the Assyrian evidence. We also argue that scholars have downplayed the importance of court eunuchs due to gender/sex assumptions based on Western and modern perspectives that consider eunuchism incompatible with high-ranking social standing. With these theoretical considerations in mind, we finally sketch some possible analytical proposals to explore the images of beardless attendants in Persia and Assyria.
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