I realize that the customs of the time were different, but the person it is written to (the one we know is a man) could be the one with the fantastic body. It seems a bit odd that a heterosexual man would write verse praising the fine form of another man.
The poem is not the best, but I also assume, from that time period, that sort of clichéd verse. I do think that the last two lines are clever, however.
EDIT: I think it probably is the woman with the great body, on a bit more reflection.
The poem is not the best, but I also assume, from that time period, that sort of clichéd verse. I do think that the last two lines are clever, however.
EDIT: I think it probably is the woman with the great body, on a bit more reflection.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 18/09/2011 at 05:32:26 PM
La Jouissance by Friedrich der Große
- 18/09/2011 03:30:48 PM
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Er. Nice. 
I guess his talent really did not lie in poetry...
- 18/09/2011 04:40:30 PM
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I guess his talent really did not lie in poetry...
- 18/09/2011 04:40:30 PM
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I was wondering if it was homosexual.
- 18/09/2011 05:30:49 PM
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Cloris is a female name, so yeah. But I wondered for a moment before reading it, as well.
- 18/09/2011 06:41:17 PM
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It was Praxiteles' Aphrodite that made me change my mind.
- 18/09/2011 07:12:44 PM
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A "beard"?
- 18/09/2011 08:10:04 PM
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- 18/09/2011 08:10:04 PM
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A "beard" is a fake spouse for a gay person to hide that person's identity.
- 18/09/2011 08:51:36 PM
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I think it's exceptionally cool when they find things like this.
- 18/09/2011 05:54:20 PM
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Learn French!
- 18/09/2011 07:13:53 PM
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It's hardly that easy. But I agree that she should.
- 18/09/2011 08:12:01 PM
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Irish is never a sensible language to learn, unless Akkadian is sensible, too.
- 18/09/2011 08:54:48 PM
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I think Spanish makes more sense for Americans
- 18/09/2011 09:01:47 PM
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Note that I said "for educated English speakers"
- 18/09/2011 11:15:23 PM
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While I was making an observation on different cultures of English speakers
- 18/09/2011 11:47:41 PM
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I'm not sure the society has decided what it wants to do with the tens of millions of Hispanics.
- 19/09/2011 12:56:55 AM
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I still think Spanish is easier than French, yes. As is Italian, I'd think (not that I speak it).
- 18/09/2011 09:15:49 PM
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I'm amused at the appearance of "baiser"
- 18/09/2011 08:39:43 PM
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One does wonder which meaning he intended.
- 18/09/2011 08:51:37 PM
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- 18/09/2011 08:51:37 PM
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