Classical Studies 2800A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Humorism, Phlegm, Fornication
6 Dec 2017
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Prostitution: used to be used in terms of salesmen. Neutral term but christians turned it into a negative term. Pornographic: pertaining to writing about prostitutes or what prostitutes do. Testify: to do or to make something involving the testes. In ancient rome, they wouldn"t swear to god or on a bible, but they would swear on their testes in court. It is now a flower but if you look at its roots it looks like a testicle. Pudendum: something you must be ashamed of. Venus nefanda: venus=goddess of love, nefanda=must not be talked about. Adultery: act of altering something to something else. The woman alters the blood line when she sleeps with another man. Kinesis: used to be greek slang for sex. Fickle: always moving fuck (to move) Defined by a belief that everything in the world and human body was balanced. If you are sick, its because something it out of balance.
