So if Greek athletes were competing in the nude, why aren’t there any records of athletes with small penises being made fun of?
Did the Greeks only allow those with large penises to be athletes?
So if Greek athletes were competing in the nude, why aren’t there any records of athletes with small penises being made fun of?
Small penises were a status symbol in those days. Since Greeks prided themselves in logic and reason, they imagined those with bigger penises were animalistic, driven by lust and as such, not in control of their senses and reason. Men with small penises were seen as one who cultivated his knowledge and body to achieve excellence, therefore not driven by corporeal lust or animalistic instinct. This means that more then likely, some dude got penis shamed for having too big a dick. Since what women wanted didn't matter since Greeks barely considered them people, having a big dick wasn't a plus.
Probably didn't complete fully in the nude. If they were doing what is pictured there, the ballsack and dick would just be flapping around hitting their thighs and everywhere else, not a pleasant experience. This is the reason why even very primitive hunter-gatherers use some kind of thing to cover their genitals in, it's just very impractical to not do it
they tied them down with a string
Specifically tied around the tip of the foreskin, so modern circumcized goys would be SOL. They'd probably just assume you were a israelite and not let you compete because only Greeks were allowed, anyways.
The Greeks didn’t know what israelites even were
Shame about them, life without israeli theology is barely life at all.
They were right next to them bro
So?
That is so fricking hot
Go back to grindr
They tied them up, even. It was called a kynodesme.
Yet another reason to ban the abhorrent practice.
>Probably didn't complete fully in the nude
That’s fricking exactly what they did, read any book on the ancient Olympics
"nude" can mean everything but the genitals, depends on the liberty of the translation
Based ESL moron
t. most likely a clueless monolingual anglo chimpanzee
Show me a single instance of the word nude being used to describe someone with just their genitalia covered
It was fully nude, other historical authors point out the lack of shame of the Greeks for competing and bathing in public fully nude.
When they say nude they mean “naked except for the genitalia”
No, they don't. You don't even know which authors I'm referencing.
Based GSL moron
Probably bad for wrestling if you have a big dingdong, the other guy can just grab it with both hands and give you an indian sunburn or wring your dickhead off like a chicken. It's also bad for other naked activities, like walking through a brier patch. A small penis buried in a thick mess of pubes would be an advantage for those kinds of sports
Genitalia attacks were specifically outlawed in Palé
This was back in the day when you could straight up murder someone for insulting you and people would just shrug and say “He was defending his honor”
You’re not gonna make fun of a tiny dick athlete when he’s got the muscles to just straight up choke you out and kill you.
Big penis's weren't especially valued in greek society because, hey, what are you going to do with it?
Pleasure women? Nah, you're a greek and fricking hate women, the less pleasure they get from sex the better.
Pleasure your actual lover? Either you're thighfricking in which case size doesn't matter, or your boytoy is going to be real butthurt over shitting (undigested) olive oil for a week and leave you for a different man.
Doesn’t mean that small penises weren’t funny
Why would they be funny? they do less damage to your butthole.
Because look at that shit dude, can’t even get it in if the bottom got big cheeks lmaoooo
Which is the absolute best outcome for everyone involved. Patron cums while your masculinity is preserved.
The Romans found Greek casual attitudes towards nudity shocking because they were real prudes.
The Romans can blow it out their ass for all I care of them
penises were small because you weren’t meant to focus on them when looking at a statue for example
since male fertility gods were presented with huge shlonges you can see that big=more fertile
There are no sources of anyone making fun of small penises in Ancient Greece. Aristophanes has some of his characters mention that their huge penises. But it’s very vulgar
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Name a single male fertility god that has big dick statues
Priapos
Son of Aphrodite and Dionysos. Dionysos was also worshiped as a fertility
>SERVANT: Who is the rustic who approaches this sacred enclosure? >MNESILOCHUS: Take care of yourself and of your sweet-voiced poet! I have a strong instrument here both well rounded and well polished, which will pierce your enclosure and penetrate your bottom. >SERVANT: Old man, you must have been a very insolent fellow in your youth! EURIPIDES (to the servant). Let him be, friend, and, quick, go and call
Agathon to me.
From Aristophanes play Thesmophoriazusai
It represents fertility but keep in mind that Mnesilochos is supposed to be the dumbass here
Why do the characters mention their huge penises unless there was something better about them compared to small?