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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's certainly true that Greek and Roman authors write some spectacularly vulgar texts that couldn't have been published in English in Victorian England. Some of Marshal's Epigrams in particular are quite eye-wateringly obscene  . |
Vulgar by whose standards?
You've got to remember that Latin has no word for homosexual sexual behaviour. The Romans just saw it as part of the normal sexual continuum. The main criterion was not to be thought effeminate by being the receptive partner.
I'll take your word for Martial; Aristophanes is bad (hem-hem) enough, especially Lysistrata.