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Why ancient statues had smaller phalluses


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Interesting article. Of course, the fertility god Priapus was the exception:

https://www.dw.com/en/why-do-ancient-statues-have-such-small-penises/a-65151780

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Has anyone not realised that carving from a block of stone might have limitations? The joke about a slip of the chisel might not be so wrong. But then, like the comedy scene in Pl;ebs, Perhaps the originals were snapped or hacked off as luck tokens , vandalism is nothing new. Psychological, artistic, or cultural reasoning may not be wrong, but personally I wouldn't be so sure of it.

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