I love the Archive's opening picture describing Greeck Sculptur, maybe Hermes. I always first se his beautifully formed quite lowhanging scrotum and ideally formed testicles, which always lead my thoughts to one and only theme - castration. Those arousing things exist for one and only purpose, to be cut away. Does somebody else thing on the same way.

If the sculpture was made of clay or stone, the Balls may just have broken off while moving it. Maybe not many scupture have those part intact on them.

I jusst wonder. N3RF

A large number of male statues were "castrated" by order of christian church authorities through the centuries. The exposed male parts were deemed to be obscene. --FLO--

I have often wondered about the rather unimpressive dimensions of the penis in ancient Greek sculpture. Was this a Greek aesthetic convention, or were the ancient Greek males actually not as well-endowed as many males are at present ?

I have noticed that, as shown in statuary, the penis of a satyr is unusually long, and often deformed. This evidently IS a Greek aesthetic convention. Unfortunately, although the penis is often preserved in mummies, Greek burial practises do not favour its preservation. It may, therefore, be impossible to determine just how long the average Greek young adult penis was.

From what I have been able to observe on my travels, however, it appears that the modern Greek male is noticeably better hung than his ancestors were, if the statues depict reality rather than an ideal.

Bagoas (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:58 pm I have often wondered about the rather unimpressive dimensions of the penis in ancient Greek sculpture. Was this a Greek aesthetic convention? or were the ancient Greek males actually not as well-endowed as many males are at present ? ...;

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1) yes, aesthetic

2) no, the same as today

and finally, the room was cold.

when visiting museums I always looked with very great pleasure antique sculpture's and painting's natural genitals. And with great enjoy my attention is especially directed to the well formed scrotum and testicles. The wake in myself a desire for - castration.