more porn
November 7, 2005 @ 11:46 pmWell, to keep with the recent theme (hint: dear fellow contributors, get off your lazy butts because i can’t keep writing about porn forever…), you might want to know that the term pornography was invented by a German archaeologist:
(from a book by John Clarke called Roman Sex, via a friend who reads this stuff for a living)
“It is hard to believe that it was a German archaeologist, C.O. Mueller, who invented the word pornography in 1850. Writing a scientific handbook on archaeology, Mueller searched for a word to describe the many objects found at Pompeii and elsewhere that he and other archaeologists considered ‘obscene’. Like any good academician, he delved into his Greek dictionary and found a likely word, ‘pornographein’, meaning ‘to write about prostitutes’. Ancient Greek literature had passed down this term to describe men who wrote about famous ‘pornai’ - highly skilled women, who, somewhat like the Japanese geisha, entertained men at drinking parties with music, dance and sex.”
Interesting, non?
You forgot to mention the urgent text message from said friend:
Anicent Romans preffered small penises for their aesthetic qualities
Comment by Hissy Cat — November 8, 2005 @ 1:39 am
yeah, and then there was also one about how erect penises in all shapes and forms were used for driving away evil (also in ancient Rome). Other than that, my source says the book wasn’t that great.
Comment by brainspace — November 8, 2005 @ 2:03 am
in case you like the philosophy outlined in my previous comment (about driving away evil), you may want to check out this item for sale on ebay, via BoingBoing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/09/some_penises_i_have_.html
Comment by theslovak — November 9, 2005 @ 9:31 pm
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Comment by пицца в офис — November 28, 2008 @ 3:29 pm