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Referenced during discussion of child sacrifice and Moloch. Tom asks if Dominic has read this novel, which contains a scene depicting child sacrifice in Carthage during a war with mercenaries after the first Punic War.

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Mentioned when discussing Moloch's cultural legacy. They quote from the poem describing Moloch as 'Horrid King, besmeared with the blood of human sacrifice and parents' tears.'

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Referenced when discussing the goddess Ishtar/Inanna. Tom mentions that a famous story about Ishtar descending to the underworld is told 'several times, including in Gilgamesh, the famous epic.'

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Referenced when discussing Ishtar losing to Mithras in their poll. Dominic notes that Simone de Beauvoir was a fan of Ishtar and argued in this book that Ishtar had been written out of history by patriarchal men.