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Die Sitten der Etrusker (518 Aufrufe)
Γραικύλος schrieb am 22.03.2022 um 15:25 Uhr (Zitieren)
Athenaios von Naukratis, XII. Buch (517d-518b):
According to Timaeus in Book I [FGrH 566 F 1b], the Etruscans lead lives of such unheard-of luxury that the servant-girls wait on the men naked [γυμναί]. And Theopompus in Book XLIII of his History [FGrH 115 F 204] says that their women are common property. They take very good care of their bodies and frequently exercise with the men, although at other times they do so by themselves; because they are not ashamed to be seen naked. They do not eat dinner only with their husbands, but with anyone who happens to be there; and they propose toasts to anyone they want. They are both heavy drinkers and extremely good-looking.

The Etruscans raise all the children their wives produce, without knowing who the father is in any particular case [τρέφειν δὲ τοὺς Τυρρηνοὺς πάντα τὰ γινόμενα παιδία, οὐκ εἰδότας ὅτου πατρός ἐστιν ἕκαστον]. The boys live exactly as their parents do, having constant drinking parties and sleeping with all the women.

The Etruscans are not embarrassed not only to do anything in public [ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τι ποιοῦντας], but to have anything done to them; because this is another aspect of their local customs. They are so far from regarding any of this as shameful that when the master of the house is letting someone use him sexually, and another person comes looking for him, they actually say that he is having thus-and-such [τὸ καὶ τό] done to him, describing the situation in vulgar terms.

When they have parties with their friends or their families, they behave as follows. First, when they are done drinking and are ready to go to sleep, but while the lamps are still lit, their servants bring prostitutes [ἑταιρίας] into the room for them, or sometimes very attractive boys, or at other times their wives. And after they enjoy them, the servants next bring them strapping young men, who take the active role in their relations [οἳ πλησιάζουσιν αὐτοὶ ἐκείνοις]. Sometimes they watch one another while they have sex and enjoy intercourse [συνουσίας], but generally they put screens woven out of wicker around their couches and throw cloths over them.

They have quite a bit of sex with women, but they much prefer sleeping with boys and young men; the young men in their country are in fact very good-looking, since they enjoy a luxurious lifestyle and remove the hair from their bodies. All the Western barbarians wax and shave their bodies, and in Etruria there are many shops that are set up for this, and individuals who specialize in the business, like barbers in our country. When they visit these individuals, they allow absolutely anything to be done to themselves and are not the least bit ashamed of what the people watching them or passers-by might think. [...]

 
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