Manual of Classical Erotology (De figuris Veneris)
General
Manual of Classical Erotology (De figuris Veneris)
Erotic literature; Sex customs -- Greece; Sex customs -- Rome
Translation by Ausonius of a Greek Epigram of Strata, to be found in
Brunck’s _Analecta_, II., 380.
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ENUMERATION
OF THE
EROTIC POSTURES
1. The man face downwards taking between his thighs the woman, who lies
on her back with her legs stretched out straight.
2. The man face downwards taken between her thighs by the woman, who
lies on her back with the legs apart.
3. The woman lying on her back taking only one leg of her cavalier
between her thighs.
4. The woman lying on her back with her feet crossed over the loins of
the man.
5. The woman lying on her back with one of her legs stretched out, and
the other over the man’s loins.
6. The woman lying on her back with the cavalier mounted on her with his
back towards her face.
7. The woman lying on her back, with the cavalier mounted athwart her.
8. The man lying with the woman half couched on her side with the legs
stretched out.
9. The man lying with the woman half couched on her side, one leg
stretched out, the other one over the man’s loins.
10. The woman half couched, the man mounted with his back to her.
11. The man on his knees, the woman on her back with her legs open.
12. The woman on her back with her legs resting on the man’s loins, who
is kneeling.
13. The woman on her back, one leg stretched out, the other one resting
on the loins of the man, who is kneeling.
14. The woman on her back with her legs on the shoulders of the man, who
is kneeling.
15. The woman on her back with one leg resting on the loins of the man,
who is on his knees, and the other one on his shoulder.
17. The man kneeling gets into the woman, who is in a sitting position
with her thighs open.
18. The woman sitting with one leg stretched out, and the other resting
on the loins of the man, who is kneeling.
19. The woman sitting, with her two legs resting on the loins of the
kneeling man.
20. The woman sitting with one leg stretched out, and the other on the
shoulder of her cavalier on his knees.
21. The woman sitting with her two legs on the shoulders of her cavalier
on his knees.
22. The woman sitting, one of her legs on the shoulder of the man on his
knees, the other one stretched out.
23. The man on his knees, the woman with her back to him.
24. The man on his back, the woman facing him.
25. The man on his back with the woman turning her back to him.
26. The man on his back, the woman athwart him.
27. The man on his back, with the woman lifted up.
28. The man sitting with the woman facing him.
29. The man sitting, the woman facing him, with her legs in the air.
30. The man sitting with the woman turning her back upon him.
31. Man and woman standing.
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