'Lioness on a Cheesegrater' explained.

[DaveB]

Mmmmmmm, radishes.

Were they talking about yer salad variety or the 18" long Mooli variety?

Prince George: Honestly, Blackadder, I don't know why I'm bothering to get dressed. As soon as I get to the Naughty Hellfire Club, I'll be de-bagged and radished for non-payment of debts.

Blackadder: "Radished", sir?

Prince George: Yes. They pull your britches down, and push a large radish right up your—

Blackadder: Yes, yes, yes, alright, sir! [pauses] There's no need to hammer it home.

Prince George: As a matter of fact, they do often—

Blackadder: No, NO!

[thunderlizard]

What happened to the woman?

I'm not sure, and it would be interesting to find out. I expect nothing in terms of legal punishment, as she would have been entirely the husband's responsibility and I don't think you could bring a prosecution against a woman.

[Bunk]

Actually, later (I think) ancient Athenian adultery laws are jolly interesting. Adultery carried a heavier sentence than rape, because the rapist has merely corrupted the woman's body, but the adulterer has corrupted her mind too. If you caught your wife in the act with another man, failing to either kill him on the spot or bring him to justice could carry a death penalty.

What happened to the woman?

[thunderlizard]

Actually, later (I think) ancient Athenian adultery laws are jolly interesting. Adultery carried a heavier sentence than rape, because the rapist has merely corrupted the woman's body, but the adulterer has corrupted her mind too. If you caught your wife in the act with another man, failing to either kill him on the spot or bring him to justice could carry a death penalty.

[wobbegong]

Thanks! I had slightly wondered about that since my school days. Good old Aristophanes.
As a special treat, you may now go to your Liddell & Scott and look up ῥαφανιδόω.

Mmmmmmm, radishes.

Were they talking about yer salad variety or the 18" long Mooli variety?

[SupremeSpod]

Thanks! I had slightly wondered about that since my school days. Good old Aristophanes.
As a special treat, you may now go to your Liddell & Scott and look up ῥαφανιδόω.

Oh my God!

I bloody knew the Greeks were weird.

[thunderlizard]

Thanks! I had slightly wondered about that since my school days. Good old Aristophanes.
As a special treat, you may now go to your Liddell & Scott and look up ῥαφανιδόω.

[norrahe]

Sommerstein’s commentary on the Lysistrata

‘standing on all fours’:the woman stood bending forward (sometimes resting her hands on the ground or on a bed), in a posture reminiscent of a lion crouched to spring, and was penetrated from behind (either vaginally or anally). The reference to a cheese-grater is due to the fact that the handles of such utensils were often made in the form of crouching animals.

I'll never look at a cheese grater in the same way again.

[Gibbon]

I like how random this thread will be if you didn't read Gibbon's other thread (which I skimmed, and was most perturbed by).

Why perturbed?

[MaryPoppins]

I asked him a while ago to explain.

I like how random this thread will be if you didn't read Gibbon's other thread (which I skimmed, and was most perturbed by).

[MaryPoppins]

Thanks so much Gibbon. I'll be able to sleep tonight finally, now I know that!

[SupremeSpod]

What an odd post!

You're weird

I asked him a while ago to explain.

[Platypus]

What an odd post!

You're weird

[Gibbon]

Sommerstein’s commentary on the Lysistrata

‘standing on all fours’:the woman stood bending forward (sometimes resting her hands on the ground or on a bed), in a posture reminiscent of a lion crouched to spring, and was penetrated from behind (either vaginally or anally). The reference to a cheese-grater is due to the fact that the handles of such utensils were often made in the form of crouching animals.