Talk:Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Venus
You could use some extra information here to describe what is going on in the picture. May be add some detail about the picture- the background, theme, significance,etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prabh3356 (talk • contribs) 03:49, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

That quote...
If anyone is looking for some tender love in this town, keep in mind that here all the girls are very friendly - does anyone know the original text? Shinobu 04:59, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Roman Sex
Glancing through Roman Sex (ISBN 0810942631), I read that phalluses were used for good luck, and the thermae pictures (unlike the brothel ones) are actually of taboo sex acts, not a representation of Roman sexual freedom. --Error 01:53, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Phalluses played an important role in warding off the evil eye. As a general rule the larger the phallus, the more effective a counter it was. Priapus was also a god of fertility, hence possibly his popularity. J Clarke in Looking at love making is very good on the subject. He also argues that the pictures in the lupanar are not a point and choose guide but rather a kind of idealisation of sex far removed from the rather grimmer reality of the day to day buisness of the brothel. Having looked at the pictures myself, I am inclined to agree with him. They fail to show the expected variety of positions, especially if you compare them to the pictures in the suburban bath house.

18th century????
That cannot be Neither BC nor AD


 * You are right. Someone vandalized the lead on May 10th, and it wasn't caught until now. I've restored it. Dsmdgold 13:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

herm -> herma
I *think* this is pointing to the right place now.. herm is clearly not what was meant. Perel 03:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 B. C.-A. D. 250
This article would greatly benefit from the discussion provided in - JNB 19:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Images to be added
This page collects erotic images of paintings and objects in Pompeii of comparably low quality. These are often not yet fully restored (and may never be), or have not been at the time the photos were made, or are relatively bad scans, or low resolution. If you have higher quality versions of any of these images, please remove the low quality version and add the high quality version to the Erotic art in Pompeii page.

It seems that there are erotic pictures in two places: a brothel and underground thermae. The thermae images are more transgressive and it has been suggested that it was no brothel. Could you identify which of the images is from a brothel and which from the thermae? --Error 02:10, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

unmatched reference
The second paragraph makes a reference to "schofeld, page 134" but the actual reference is not listed. Anyone got any idea? Manning (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Gender query
Mention is made of "Maritimus licks your vulva for 4 As. He is ready to serve virgins as well." Presumably then there were male prostitutes for female clients in Pompeii also?

194.46.234.199 (talk) 00:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Presumably then there was a bit of kidding between men also?2A02:AA1:1020:E2D1:DCEC:18D7:6FC1:79D1 (talk) 21:58, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

New Edits to Venus section
Hello, I am a student editor and I plan on expanding the Venus section with information about wall art in Pompeii. JNRM Student (talk) 22:58, 23 April 2022 (UTC)