One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

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But the origins are far more complex — and darker than the chocolate we indulge in on the day of love. Valentine’s Day is ...

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th and is thought to be connected to the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia.

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

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The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology, as well as the concept of sacrifice, for millennia.

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