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[[File:Kynodesme.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Greek athlete wearing a kynodesme.]]
In ancient Greece, the '''kynodesme''' (κυνοδεσμη, lit. "dog leash") was a thin leather strap that was wound around the [[acroposthion]] (AKA the part of the [[foreskin ]] which hangs past the head of the penis), which pulled the [[penis ]] upward and was tied in a bow, tied around the waist, or secured by some other means.<ref name="Hodges">{{REFjournal
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Public exposure of the glans was considered unsightly and indecent, as an exposed [[glans]] was associated with intimate circumstance of having an [[erection]].<ref name="Hodges"/> Furthermore, an exposed glans resembled the permanently externalized glans of the circumcised penis, where the removal of the foreskin was considered akin to castration.<ref name="Hodges"/>
The Greeks used term psolos (ψωλος, lit. "having an [[erection]]") to describe a man with an exposed [[glans]].<ref name="Hodges"/> The term was not exclusive to a man who was [[circumcised]], but could apply to any man with an exposed [[glans]], either actually having an [[erection]], or a man who was afflicted with [[lipodermos]].<ref>{{REFbook
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The kynodesme, then, was used in ancient Greek society as a means to prevent the public indecency of an exposed glans when nude.<ref name="Hodges"/>
Hodges (2001) reports the long, tapered [[foreskin]] was most admired in ancient Greece.<ref name="Hodges" />
==Images==
These images are {{NSFW}}<ref>{{REFweb
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Longer foreskin is favored]]
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* {{URLwikipedia|Kynodesme|Kynodesme|2025-08-30||en}}
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