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Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.

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Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.
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RE: Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.
December 26, 2021 at 5:46 pm (This post was last modified: December 26, 2021 at 5:47 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(December 26, 2021 at 5:14 pm)Ranjr Wrote: Or maybe the Regent refused to cede power to her son and eye-gouging was merely the means to that end.

Not to mention that if you stop reading history every time you run across a horror story like this, you may as well save yourself the trouble and stop reading history altogether.

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RE: Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 26, 2021 at 5:46 pm

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