Sexual allure was long an intrinsic aspect of Aphrodite, and erotic pleasures were referred to as ta Aphrodisia, "the business of Aphrodite." The goddess's body was not fully revealed in Greek art, ...
“Ulysses and the Sirens,” John William Waterhouse, 1891. Credit: Public Domain Greek mythology came to life on canvas through numerous vibrant artworks, many of which have transcended into ...
Credit: Saliko CC BY-SA 4.0 Ancient Greek women had their own festival, Haloa, where they honored three deities with drinking, telling dirty jokes and carrying huge makeshift phalluses. Men were not ...