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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

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

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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 [[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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 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
   |title=Suidae Lexicon: Lexicographie Graeci