The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityRosenbaum, Julius
History
The Plague of Lust, Vol. 1 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity
Rosenbaum, Julius
Sexually transmitted diseases -- History
[330] Physiognom. bk. II. 9. l. c. p. 290., _Ἀνδρογύνου σημεῖα._
Ὑγρὸν βλέπει καὶ ἰταμὸν ὁ ἀνδρόγυνος, καὶ δονεῖται τὰ ὄμματα, καὶ
περιτρέχει· μέτωπον σπᾶ, καὶ παρειάς, αἱ ὀφρύες οἰδαίνουσι κατὰ χώραν,
τράχηλος κέκλιται, ὀσφὺς οὐκ ἀτρεμεῖ· κινεῖται πάντα τὰ μέλη ἅλματι·
γονάτων κρότος καὶ χειρῶν φαίνεται· ὡς ταῦρος περιβλέπει εἰς ἑαυτὸν
καὶ καταβλέπει· φωνεῖ λεπτὸν, κράζει δὲ λιγυρὰ, σκολιὰ πάνυ καὶ πάνυ
ἔντρομα. (for translation see text above.) p. 275., οἱ τὰ γόνατα ἔσω
νεύοντες, γυναικεῖοί τε καὶ θηλυδρίαι. (men that bow the knees inwards
are womanish and effeminate).
[331] Physiognom. bk. II. 38. l. c. p. 440., _Εἶδος ἀνδρογύνου_.
Ὁ ἀνδρόγυνος ὑγρὸν βλέπει, καὶ ἰταμὸν καὶ δονεῖται τὰ ὄμματα καὶ
περιτρέχει· μέτωπον σπᾶ καὶ παρειάς. αἱ ὀφρύες μένουσι κατὰ χώραν,
τράχηλος κέκλιται, ὀσφὺς οὐκ ἀτρεμεῖ· κινεῖται πάντα τὰ μέλη καὶ
ἐπιθρώσκει· ἁλματίας ἐστὶ, γονύκροτος, χειρῶν φοραὶ ὕπτιαι· περιβλέπει
ἑαυτὸν· φωνὴ λεπτὴ, ἐπικλάζουσα, λιγυρὰ, σχολαία πάνυ. (Appearance of
the _Man-woman_. The _man-woman_ has a lecherous and wanton look, he
rolls his eyes and lets his gaze wander; forehead and cheeks twitch,
eyebrows remain drawn to a point, neck bowed, hips in continual
movement. All the limbs move and jump; he is spasmodic, knock-kneed,
the movements of the hands with backs downwards; he gazes round him;
his voice is thin, plangent, shrill, very uncertain.) p. 382., οἱ τὰ
γόνατα ἔσω νεύοντες ὥσπερ συγκρούειν, γυναικεῖοι καὶ θηλυδρίαι. (men
that bow the knees inwards as if to strike them together are womanish
and effeminate.)
[332] Tarsica I. p. 410., These distinguishing marks were adequate for
the Romans too, as we see from the passage of _Aulus Gellius_ quoted on
p. 143 above; side by side with which may be put another passage of the
same author, Bk. VIII. ch. 12.
[333] Still another explanation would seem possible, according to
_Clement of Alexandria_, Paedag. bk. II. ch. 7. p. 179., ναὶ μὴν καὶ
τῶν ὤτων οἱ γαργαλισμοὶ _καὶ τῶν πταρμῶν οἱ ερεθισμοὶ_, ὑώδεις εἰσὶ
κνησμοὶ, πορνείας ἀκολάστου (Yea! and moreover ticklings of the ears,
and irritations causing sneezing, these are swinish itches, signs of
excessive licentiousness). For the rest _Seneca_, Epist. 114., also
says, Non vides—si ille effeminatus est, in ipso _incessu_ apparere
mollitiam? (See you not—if he is effeminate, that his lasciviousness is
apparent in his very walk?)
[334] _Lucian_, Adversus indoctum ch. 23., ...... μυρία γάρ ἐστι
τὰ ἀντιμαρτυροῦντα τῷ σχήματι, βάδισμα καὶ φωνὴ, καὶ τράχηλος
ἐπικεκλασμένος, καὶ ψιμύθιον, καὶ μαστίχη καὶ φῦκος οἷς ὑμεῖς
κοσμεῖσθε, καὶ ὅλως, κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, θᾶττον ἂν πέντε ἐλέφαντας ὑπὸ
μάλης κρύψειας, ἢ ἕνα κίναιδον. (for translation see text above).
[335] _Clement of Alexandria_, Paedog. Bk. II. ch. 7. p. 173., also
says ἀλλὰ τὸ τεθρυμμένον τῆς φωνῆς, θηλυδρίου. (but the broken
character of the voice is a mark of the womanish man).
[336] _Martial_, Bk. VII. Epigr. 57.,
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