Manual of Classical Erotology (De figuris Veneris)
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Manual of Classical Erotology (De figuris Veneris)
Erotic literature; Sex customs -- Greece; Sex customs -- Rome
“When a rich libertine turns in his luxurious ways to effeminacy, a
youth with frizzled hair takes before all the world his feet while
he is lying on his couch, and shampoos them and his legs, not to go
further, with his delicate hands. That youth is always wearing
gloves, so as to preserve them white and soft for the benefit of
rich people. Then, using his hands more licentiously, he runs them
over all the body with impudent touchings and ticklings, raising the
desires and stirring the amatory flames of his employer.”
I may very well describe here, for I could not find a better place, a
performance for which the friendly hand of a woman is in request, but of
a woman that is an expert, which will gently press your testicles and
stroke your thighs; it is said that nothing can be pleasanter or more
voluptuous. Aloysia Sigaea describes, with her inexhaustible ingenuity,
such a scene, executed by Ottavia and Roberto, with the assistance of
Manilia; the fullness, variety and richness of the description, placed
in the mouth of Ottavia, are admirable:
“Manilia then conducted us to the trysting place; she undressed me,
and placed me naked on the couch. Roberto jumped on to the couch.
“Now,” he said, “I shall enjoy the most supreme unalloyed bliss.
Carried on your chariot, Olympia, I shall take my way through this
dark thoroughfare (he was pinching my pubis the while), I shall take
my way to glory.” His hands were straying over my belly, my thighs,
examining everything. His member was swelling. “Permit me, my
Venus!” he said, giving me a kiss. “Willingly,” I answered, “you
shall have me in any way you like.” Manilia interposed, “Why so much
talk! Do not talk but act! I will assist both of you, and add new
delights to your voluptuous sensations. You are in excellent trim,
Roberto! Come, down with you upon Ottavia’s snowy bosom, and have
your fill!” Roberto precipitates himself upon me, and his engine
strikes against my belly. Manilia’s soft hand intercepts the erring
tool. “Come,” she says, “you vagrant, enter the lovely prison, and
do the task set to you by your mistress.” With her other hand she
pushes the young man’s back, and I take him in, entirely in. Manilia
tells me not to move. “Raise your left thigh, Ottavia,” she says,
“and stretch out the other one.” I obey. “You, Roberto, you now push
gently and quickly; As to you, Ottavia, kiss him but without
moving!” We do so. She added, “When you both feel the boiling foam
running over, you, Ottavia, give a sigh, and you, Roberto, gently
bite Ottavia’s lips!” He then begins to poke vigorously, but without
haste or violence, in and out; I press him on to me, kissing him but
not moving. I feel it coming. I sigh, “Now! now, Roberto!” cries
Manilia, “help Ottavia! Work away!” He shakes me and pounds me. Soon
I feel a slight bite on my neck. I heave a sigh.
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