tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719040895085130347.post8439327989301668035..comments2019-11-14T01:55:47.284-08:00Comments on Barb Darrow: Quotable quotes from the majorsbarbarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12394695373752737482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719040895085130347.post-88622343954128637772007-12-16T17:47:00.000-08:002007-12-16T17:47:00.000-08:00A widely misunderstood comment. Francona, a classi...A widely misunderstood comment. Francona, a classicist and lover of ancient art, was merely observing that Youkilis did not conform to the aesthetic standards of the ancient Greeks.<BR/>According to David Halperin in <I>Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World</I>, "The Greek aesthetic prefers discreet genitals, small in size....Thus large genitals are not the attribute of the superman, and it is not Herakles whom we find provided with a huge phallos, but rather Geras - decrepit old age - or the Pygmies - monstrous creatures, barbarous and misshapen."David Fettermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865448027750121418noreply@blogger.com