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==History==
The periah procedure was introduced in the Second Century by the rabbinate as a result of the conflict that occurred between Jewish and Greek culture that occurred in Biblical times.
[[Frederick M. Hodges]] (2001) has provided a vivid description of the value that the Greeks placed on the prepuce. The Greeks valued the longer tapered prepuce. Exposure of the glans penis in public was considered rude and unacceptable. The prepuce was sometimes tied with a cord called the ''Kynodesme'' to prevent inadvertent exposure of the glans penis.<ref name="hodges2001">{{REFjournal
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|author-link=Frederick M. Hodges
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|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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|journal=Bull. Hist. Med
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|date=2001
|season=Fall
|volume=75
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|pages=375-405
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/history/hodges2/
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|accessdate=2023-08-23
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