Hymn to Aphrodite
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| - | :''[[ancient erotica]]'' | + | The surviving proportion of the nine-volume corpus of poetry by [[Sappho]] read in antiquity is small but still constitutes a poetic corpus of major importance. There is a single complete poem, Fragment 1, the ''Hymn to [[Aphrodite]]'', quoted in its entirety as a model of the "polished and exuberant" style of composition by [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], with admiration of its consummate artistry: |
| - | :''[[Homosexuality in ancient Greece]], [[erotica]], [[Greece]], [[pederasty]], [[Sotadic zone]], [[male prostitution in the arts]]'' | + | |
| + | :"Here the euphonious effect and the grace of the language arise from the coherence and smoothness of the junctures. The words nestle close to one another and are woven together according to certain affinities and natural attractions of the letters." | ||
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| + | Other major fragments include three virtually-complete poems (in the standard numeration, fragments 16, 31, and the recently supplemented 58). | ||
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| - | The [[ancient Greece|ancient Greeks]] often painted sexual scenes on their [[Ceramic art|ceramics]], many of them famous for being some of the earliest depictions of [[homosexuality|same-sex relations]] and [[pederasty]]. Greek art often portrays sexual activity, but it is impossible to distinguish between what to them was illegal or immoral since the ancient Greeks did not have a concept of pornography. Their art simply reflects scenes from daily life, some more sexual than others. Carved [[phallus|phalli]] can be seen in places of worship such as the temple of [[Dionysus]] on [[Delos]], while a common household item and protective charm was the [[herma|herm]], a statue consisting of a head on a square plinth with a prominent phallus on the front. The Greek male ideal had a [[small penis]], an aesthetic the Romans later adopted. The Greeks also created the first well-known instance of [[lesbianism in erotica|lesbian eroticism]] in the West, with [[Sappho]]'s ''[[Hymn to Aphrodite]]'' and other [[homoeroticism|homoerotic]] works. | ||
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| - | :''[[Lysistrata]]'' | ||
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The surviving proportion of the nine-volume corpus of poetry by Sappho read in antiquity is small but still constitutes a poetic corpus of major importance. There is a single complete poem, Fragment 1, the Hymn to Aphrodite, quoted in its entirety as a model of the "polished and exuberant" style of composition by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, with admiration of its consummate artistry:
- "Here the euphonious effect and the grace of the language arise from the coherence and smoothness of the junctures. The words nestle close to one another and are woven together according to certain affinities and natural attractions of the letters."
Other major fragments include three virtually-complete poems (in the standard numeration, fragments 16, 31, and the recently supplemented 58).
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