The Satyricon
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Petronius Arbiter
Roman courtier during the reign of Nero, 54 - 66 CE
The surviving sections of the original text tell of the bizarre exploits of the narrator, Encolpius, and his companion, Giton, a 16 year old boy, who might have been his slave. It is the second most fully preserved Roman novel.In an earlier chapter Encolpius had trouble keeping it up while pleasuring a woman and was trying to find a cure. He is now at the home of some witches who are going to help him. There is a mention of a dildo in this excerpt:
"Œnothea, half-drunk by this time, looked at me and said, "We must now go through with the mysteries, so that you may get back your virility." As she said this Œnothea brought out a leathern dildo which, when she had smeared it with oil, ground pepper, and pounded nettle seed, she commenced to force, little by little, up my anus. The merciless old virago then anointed the insides of my thighs with the same decoction; finally mixing nasturtium juice with elixir of southern wood, she gave my genitals a bath and, picking up a bunch of green nettles, she commenced to strike me gently all over my belly below the navel. The nettles stung me horribly and I suddenly took to my heels, with the old hags in full pursuit. Although they were befuddled with wine and lust they followed the right road and chased me through several wards, screaming “Stop thief.” I made good my escape, however, although every toe was bleeding as the result of my headlong flight."
"Œnothea, half-drunk by this time, looked at me and said, "We must now go through with the mysteries, so that you may get back your virility." As she said this Œnothea brought out a leathern dildo which, when she had smeared it with oil, ground pepper, and pounded nettle seed, she commenced to force, little by little, up my anus. The merciless old virago then anointed the insides of my thighs with the same decoction; finally mixing nasturtium juice with elixir of southern wood, she gave my genitals a bath and, picking up a bunch of green nettles, she commenced to strike me gently all over my belly below the navel. The nettles stung me horribly and I suddenly took to my heels, with the old hags in full pursuit. Although they were befuddled with wine and lust they followed the right road and chased me through several wards, screaming “Stop thief.” I made good my escape, however, although every toe was bleeding as the result of my headlong flight."
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