I found these images at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. I find them pretty funny and evidence to prove that humans are not that much more sex-obsessed now than they were then. We might have more access to sexual material, but it seems that it has always been on our minds. Since I do study gender and biblical material, I always find this stuff fascinating. And titillating.
Ancient Greek servingware...for that special occasion, maybe?
In tiny letters, the Greek translates to something like, "Hold on!"
A satyr - those satyrs are always having a good time with their gigantic phalluses!
Another interesting piece of, ahem, dinnerware.
This is my favorite - you'll have to click on the picture to enlarge it to get a better look. It's a signet ring - for sealing what kind of letters, I don't know. Love letters? A bit too obvious, I should think. The description reads, "Erotic Scene, Sappharine Chalcedony, Greek, 4th Century B. C."
In tiny letters, the Greek translates to something like, "Hold on!"
A satyr - those satyrs are always having a good time with their gigantic phalluses!
Another interesting piece of, ahem, dinnerware.
This is my favorite - you'll have to click on the picture to enlarge it to get a better look. It's a signet ring - for sealing what kind of letters, I don't know. Love letters? A bit too obvious, I should think. The description reads, "Erotic Scene, Sappharine Chalcedony, Greek, 4th Century B. C."
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Damn. I wonder if this was someone's very-special-occasion dinner set or if they used it all the time? (Or maybe it belonged to a brothel?) Seeing that makes me wonder what the anthropologists of two thousand years from now will think if some sort of paper-eating bug strikes our civilization and the only thing to survive is a copy or two of Hustler :). (I'm betting that whoever owned the sealing ring had friends who ended up rolling their eyes a lot. "Oh, that's just Polynikes being Polynikes.")
- Marian
You know, even if all our paper is eaten up, the anthropologists might still have our electronic remains, and then they'd be even MORE convinced that we're sex-obsessed!
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