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'''''De figuris Veneris''''' (''On the figures of [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]'') was an anthology of [[ancient Greek]] and [[ancient Roman]] writings on erotic topics, discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist [[Friedrich Karl Forberg]] in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to ''[[Hermaphroditus]]'' by [[Antonio Beccadelli (poet)|Antonio Beccadelli]] (i.e. ''Antonii Panormitae [[Hermaphroditus]]'', an erotic poem sequence in renaissance Latin), though it was later also published as a separate work. It was later also translated into English (published by [[Charles Carrington]] in 1899<ref>{{cite book | title=A Long Time Burning | first=Donald | last=Thomas | authorlink=Donald Serrell Thomas | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=1969 | page=284 }}</ref> and again by [[Charles Hirsch (bookseller)|Charles Hirsch]] in 1907<ref>{{cite book | title=Other Objects of Desire: collectors and collecting queerly | first1=Michael | last1=Camille | first2=Adrian | last2=Rifkin | publisher=Wiley-Blackwell | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-23361-X | pages=86–87 }}</ref>), French and German (one French edition was illustrated by [[Édouard-Henri Avril]]). It concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions.<ref name=turner391>Turner (2003) p.391</ref> | '''''De figuris Veneris''''' (''On the figures of [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]'') was an anthology of [[ancient Greek]] and [[ancient Roman]] writings on erotic topics, discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist [[Friedrich Karl Forberg]] in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to ''[[Hermaphroditus]]'' by [[Antonio Beccadelli (poet)|Antonio Beccadelli]] (i.e. ''Antonii Panormitae [[Hermaphroditus]]'', an erotic poem sequence in renaissance Latin), though it was later also published as a separate work. It was later also translated into English (published by [[Charles Carrington]] in 1899<ref>{{cite book | title=A Long Time Burning | first=Donald | last=Thomas | authorlink=Donald Serrell Thomas | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=1969 | page=284 }}</ref> and again by [[Charles Hirsch (bookseller)|Charles Hirsch]] in 1907<ref>{{cite book | title=Other Objects of Desire: collectors and collecting queerly | first1=Michael | last1=Camille | first2=Adrian | last2=Rifkin | publisher=Wiley-Blackwell | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-23361-X | pages=86–87 }}</ref>), French and German (one French edition was illustrated by [[Édouard-Henri Avril]]). It concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions.<ref name=turner391>Turner (2003) p.391</ref> | ||
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[[image:Edouard-Henri Avril (27).jpg|thumb|Dildo being used by two women: lithograph from De Figuris Veneris (1906) by Édouard-Henri Avril De figuris Veneris (On the figures of Venus) was an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics, discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist Friedrich Karl Forberg in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to Hermaphroditus by Antonio Beccadelli (i.e. Antonii Panormitae Hermaphroditus, an erotic poem sequence in renaissance Latin), though it was later also published as a separate work. It was later also translated into English (published by Charles Carrington in 1899[1] and again by Charles Hirsch in 1907[2]), French and German (one French edition was illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril). It concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions.[3]
In popular culture
- John Wilmot's play The Farce of Sodom includes "Aretine's Postures" as a piece of set design.
- In Robert A. Heinlein's last novel, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Dr Ira Johnson uses the book for sexual education. Later, Maureen Johnson does the same.
References and sources
- ↑ Thomas, Donald (1969). A Long Time Burning. Taylor & Francis, 284.
- ↑ (2001) Other Objects of Desire: collectors and collecting queerly. Wiley-Blackwell, 86–87. ISBN 0-631-23361-X.
- ↑ Turner (2003) p.391
- Turner, James (2003). Schooling Sex: libertine literature and erotic education in Italy, France, and England, 1534-1685. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925426-5.
- Manuel d'erotologie classique; artandpopularculture.com
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