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“That's because he had such an enormous load of genitalia - you'd think that the rest of the body was nothing but a handle on that piece of equipment.”

Genitalia Satyricon

Book:The Satyricon

Source: The Satyricon

“When Ascyltes, loaded down with all these woes, was falling asleep, the maid he had rejected and insulted rubbed the whole of his face with a generous quantity of ash. He felt nothing, and she went on to paint graffiti-style penises on his shoulders and sides.”

Prank Satyricon Phallus

Book:The Satyricon

Source: The Satyricon

“utres inflati ambulamus. minoris quam muscae sumus, muscae tamen aliquam uirtutem habent, nos non pluris sumus quam bullae.”

Latin Satyricon Petronius

Book:The Satyricon

Source: The Satyricon

“...when I turned back to him, he'd taken off all his clothes and put 'em in a pile beside the road. That sure knocked the wind outta me. I stood there like I was dead. He pissed around his clothes and all of a sudden he turned into a wolf. I'm not joking.”

Werewolf Satyricon

Book:The Satyricon

Source: The Satyricon

“It's the first novel [Satyricon by Petronius] in which the size of a male character's genitals is noted, a detail you hardly ever get in George Eliot's novels.”

Penis George Eliot Satyricon Petronius Male Genitals

Book:The Novel: An Alternative History: Beginnings to 1600

Source: The Novel: An Alternative History: Beginnings to 1600