Posted on 04/28/2022 8:05:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
In the 19th century, the archaeologists tasked with excavating Pompeii and Herculaneum ran into a problem: Everywhere they turned, they found erotic art, from frescoes of copulating couples to sculptures of nude, well-endowed gods.
At a time when sex was widely considered shameful or even obscene, officials deemed the images too explicit for the general public. Instead of placing the artifacts on view, staff at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli stashed them in a secret room closed to all but scholars and, according to Atlas Obscura, male visitors willing to bribe their way in. Between 1849 and 2000, the works remained largely hidden from the public...
The show’s marquee attraction is a fresco of the myth of Leda and the swan. Discovered in 2018, the scene depicts the moment when the god Zeus, disguised as a swan, either rapes or seduces Leda, queen of Sparta. Later, legend holds, Leda laid two eggs that hatched into children: Pollux and Helen, whose “face … launched a thousand ships” by sparking the Trojan War.
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Was it any MORE popular than it is today?!
Regards,
I like the word heathen, but I am not one.
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“Hey, that guy’s using my move!”
It’s not working out for his eyesight...
" They had Democrats back then?
Romans 3:10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one
Psalm 19
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard
Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Genesis 19
24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Are you a pagan or neopagan?
Pagans have always included sexual acts in their religion.
I doubt it’s actually particular to pompeii. Pompeii is just better preserved thanks to its quick burial so not as much paint on the walls gets to flake off.
It was a decaying civilization.
LOL yes...Pornus Hubus featuring Biggus Dickus...
Hence, their society collapsed.
I read stories about how people’s head literally exploded due to the to the eruption.
Oh I doubt all of them were overjoyed at the raping, exploitation and molestation. The adultery and sexual politics and heartbreak. The unwanted pregnancies, unwanted children - the terrible power dynamic of bastard kids. The STDs. The jealousy.
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That’s the Christian outlook. But it did not exist then. There was no shame in prostitution or taking part in an orgy, or, most commonly, in the fields at planting times.
Elimination happened in a dedicated but public space and no one paid it any mind. Morals as we see them today did not exist or were vastly different.
At least they were having children at above replacement level back then. Unlike us.
Sounds cruel, but not as bad as letting them run wild, in gangs, in today's ghettos.
But then in today's world, rather than placing them by the woods for the animals, we just use 'Planned Parenthood' and kill them early.
I must have a lot of Roman in me.
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We know a lot of the details about that day because of Pliny the Younger whose historical letters describe his experience during the eruption while he was staying in the home of his Uncle, Pliny the Elder in a nearby town.
There is an excellent best seller novel that covers much of the detail you are asking about. “Pompeii” by Robert Harris. You can read about the book here:
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