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Page 48
... inferior . Telemachus , the son of Odysseus , dismisses his mother when he wishes to call an assembly . When Menelaus takes Helen back as his wife after the fall of Troy , her inferior status is reflected . Despite her beauty , such an ...
... inferior . Telemachus , the son of Odysseus , dismisses his mother when he wishes to call an assembly . When Menelaus takes Helen back as his wife after the fall of Troy , her inferior status is reflected . Despite her beauty , such an ...
Page 50
... inferior to men in that she contained less " vital " heat , which meant that , unlike men , she could not produce semen , but only an inferior concoction - menstrual blood . The implication , therefore , was that her inferiority was ...
... inferior to men in that she contained less " vital " heat , which meant that , unlike men , she could not produce semen , but only an inferior concoction - menstrual blood . The implication , therefore , was that her inferiority was ...
Page 58
... inferior to a man and as a suitable " mountee " ; but among male couples the mounted was generally either younger or in an inferior servile status to the mounter . Some of the greatest literary figures of the age were active pederasts ...
... inferior to a man and as a suitable " mountee " ; but among male couples the mounted was generally either younger or in an inferior servile status to the mounter . Some of the greatest literary figures of the age were active pederasts ...
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