- cross-posted to:
- history@mander.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- history@mander.xyz
I like to see everything lowbrow in history.
Looking at literature and art throughout history with a highbrow view skews are view of the past and ignores what the general culture was like. As perverted as we are.
Examples:
“O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin.”
“Apelles the chamberlain with Dexter, a slave of Caesar, ate here most agreeably and had a screw at the same time.”
“Restitutus says: ‘Restituta, take off your tunic, please, and show us your hairy privates.'”
“Two friends were here. While they were, they had bad service in every way from a guy named Epaphroditus. They threw him out and spent 105 and half sestertii most agreeably on whores.”



And most importantly the best of the lot:
“Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”
Other translations have suggested even more vulgarity. This translator took a very tame approach.
Alternate translation:
“Weep, you girls. My dick has now given you up. Now it fucks ass. Goodbye, conceited cunt!”
TacomaPompeii wept