CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cunt, George Devereux, Sophist
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Sappho being homosexual: before the term was tribas (greek) tribade(english) comes from the. Greek term trib which meant to rub: sophism marks you as female homosexual, lesbiazein: means to act like someone from lesbos, and to perform oral sex. Female homosexuality didn"t have the same stature in greece as male. Females were ridiculed for these actions; caused male anxiety as females lived out their sexual fantasies with each other as opposed to men. Some evidence of homoerotic bonds between older women and girls in sparta; however, we do not have a very clear idea of what lesbos was liked back then. Macho to lick a cunt : menten, name for the phallic is mentula but he says mentem instead meaning he wishes for her to get her brain backnot a penis. You either are cured of your love or that you die and it won"t matter anyone. Posidippus his works were found in a 100 work collection on papyrus.
