Beyond the Myth: Rethinking the Eunuch and the Stereotype of the Mutilated Body

Castrated or celebrated? Few identities challenge our assumptions about power and the body as much as that of the Byzantine eunuch. To modern eyes, they may seem powerless or marginalised, but was that really the case? Behind the veil of prejudice lies a far more complex reality, in which the absence of masculinity paradoxically became a source of authority.