Hermaphroditos – Neither Man Nor Woman, But Both
Hermaphroditos was born to Aphrodite and Hermes, the gods representing female and male sexuality. The name is compounded of Hermes and Aphrodite, and means "half-male".
Non-Fiction
Ancient Culture Today: The Days of the Week
In ancient Greece, each day was named for a planet.
Menstruation in the Ancient World
Menstruation is surrounded by myths even to this day. And usually not the fun kind. Today, I want to take a look at the ancient world and how women back then dealt with their monthly bleeding.
Ancient Erotica: Sexual Curse Tablets
The first time I ever heard about curse tablets was
Words and Sexual Terms from Greek Mythology
There are quite a few sayings and words derived from
Ancient Erotica: Sex Jokes
People in the ancient world enjoyed a good laugh just as much as we do today. There were joke books in ancient Greece, jokes immortalised on papyrus from ancient Egypt and the oldest joke in the world was written on Sumerian stone tablets.
A collection of ancient sex jokes well over 1000 years old.
