A eunuch (/ ˈ juː n ə k / YOO-nək) is a man who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BCE. Over the millennia since, they have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures: courtiers or ...

Religious Status Evidence Supporters Jew After the story of the Ethiopian eunuch, Irenaeus wrote, "Conversion is more difficult with gentiles than with Jews," indicating that the eunuch was a Jew. Charles Francis Potter suggested the eunuch may have been an Essene.: Pontius (died c. 260), Irenaeus (c. 130 – 202) Jew-Gentile Eunuch occupies an "intermediary position between Jew …

Ein Eunuch (von altgriechisch εὐνοῦχος eunouchos, von εὐνή eunē „Bett“, und ἔχω echō „ich hüte, ich bewache“) ist ein Mensch männlichen Geschlechts (Kind, Jugendlicher oder Erwachsener), der einer Kastration unterzogen wurde. Das Phänomen kam zu fast allen Zeiten der Weltgeschichte in vielen Kulturen vor. An vielen Höfen früherer Kulturen, besonders in Byzanz ...

In het keizerlijke China werden jongens uit arme gezinnen soms gecastreerd, om zo eunuch in het paleis te worden, dus kregen ze ook een betere toekomst. De lokale en provinciale adel volgden het voorbeeld van de keizer en hielden er ook eunuchen (vereenvoudigd Chinees: 太监; traditioneel Chinees: 太監; pinyin: tàijiān; Kantonees: T'aai Kaam; Vietnamees: thái giám) op na.

Cleopatra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; 69 BC – 10 August 30 BC was part of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty in the Kingdom of Egypt and was the last active ruler of Egypt.She was one of the most famous women in history. Her full name was Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator.She was the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Pharaohs set up in Egypt after the death of the famous ...