Symplegma
Symplegma (from the Greek σύμπλεγμα "the braided ", "the entanglement"; plural symplegmata ) originally referred to two wrestlers who hold their hands around each other, later transferring the voluptuous-erotic entanglement when having sex .
In modern times, symplegma is used in art historiography , antiquity and archeology to denote explicit representations of coitus. In particular, representations of complex and unusual cohabitation positions, as well as unusual pairings are so designated. A well-known example is the so-called Dresden Symplegma , which shows hermaphroditos and satyr in a half combative, half erotic embrace.
In addition, the title Symplegma was used for a number of erotic drawings by Johann Heinrich Füssli .
Symplegma (Roman work of the 1st century, Glyptothek Munich )
Symplegma from the Stabian thermal baths in Pompeii
Symplegma of a man with three women Pencil drawing by Johann Heinrich Füssli
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia 36.24
- ↑ Martial Epigrams 12.43.8
- ↑ Arnobius the Elder Disputationes adversus gentes 7.33
- ↑ Roman copy of the 1st century after an original from the late 2nd century BC. Chr. Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- ↑ Silenus and Hermaphrodite (Symplegma) . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved May 11, 2020.