@PugJesus to memesEnglish • 5 months agoLET'S GO GAY THEBANSimagemessage-square12arrow-up1171arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•5 months agoIn Plato’s Symposium they say something along the lines of “You fuck a man for the soul, a woman for the body (Ew disgusting)”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 months agoFor children, a woman; for pleasure, a young boy; but for true paradise, a melon.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-25 months agoChoosing to believe he was talking about boobs. And that by young he meant 20.
minus-square@PugJesusOPlinkEnglish2•5 months ago12 was the minimum for Greeks, ~16 was preferred, 20 was getting a bit old if you weren’t a Theban. The past is… not a pleasant place. Of course, they also often married girls around that age too…
In Plato’s Symposium they say something along the lines of “You fuck a man for the soul, a woman for the body (Ew disgusting)”
For children, a woman; for pleasure, a young boy; but for true paradise, a melon.
Choosing to believe he was talking about boobs.
And that by young he meant 20.
12 was the minimum for Greeks, ~16 was preferred, 20 was getting a bit old if you weren’t a Theban.
The past is… not a pleasant place. Of course, they also often married girls around that age too…