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[[File:Kynodesme.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Greek athlete wearing a kynodesme.]] | [[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 | 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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|author-link=Frederick M. Hodges | |author-link=Frederick M. Hodges | ||
|title=The Ideal Prepuce in Ancient Greece and Rome: Male Genital Aesthetics and Their Relation to Lipodermos, Circumcision, Foreskin Restoration, and the Kynodesme | |title=The Ideal Prepuce in Ancient Greece and Rome: Male Genital Aesthetics and Their Relation to Lipodermos, Circumcision, Foreskin Restoration, and the Kynodesme | ||
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}}</ref> Vase paintings and statues frequently portray nude athletes and komasts wearing the kynodesme. | }}</ref> Vase paintings and statues frequently portray nude athletes and komasts wearing the kynodesme. | ||
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"/> | 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 | 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 | ||
|editor=Ada Adler | |editor=Ada Adler | ||
|title=Suidae Lexicon: Lexicographie Graeci | |title=Suidae Lexicon: Lexicographie Graeci | ||
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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"/> | 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}} | |||
* {{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1pd0986/ancient_greece/?chainedPosts=t3_1pa41e8 | |||
|title=Ancient Greece | |||
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|date=2025-12-03 | |||
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{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
[[Category:Greece]] | |||
[[Category:History]] | |||
[[Category:Physiology]] | [[Category:Physiology]] | ||
[[Category:Male sexuality]] | |||
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