Bread dildo

The bread dildo (Ancient Greek: ὀλισβοκόλλιξ, olisbokollix) [1][2] is a dildo prepared using bread, allegedly made in the Greco-Roman era around 2,000 years ago.[2][3][4] Alternately, it may be a metaphorical joke based on the shape of a loaf of bread.[5]

Etymology

The Ancient Greek term kollix refers to bread, olisbos refers to a dildo, and the term olisbokollix is found as a hapax legomenon in the Ancient Greek lexicon of Hesychius "written in the fifth century A.D."[1][2][5][6]

History

Amphora attributed to the Flying Angel Painter depicting a basket of phalli and a maiden holding a large phallus.

Oikonomides claims to identify three different red-figure paintings as depictions of "bread dildos":[1]

  • A "fragment from a red-figured cup now in Berlin," depicting a woman carrying a vase full of phalli. Oikonomides claims he is not the first to identify these as olisbokollikes, however, the source cited does not mention it.[7]
  • A belly amphora painting by the Flying Angel Painter, now in the Petit Palais, Paris, depicting a woman holding a "phallos-bird" and uncovering a jar or basket of phalli (right).
  • A vase-painting by Nikosthenes now in the British Museum, depicting a woman using two "phalli-shaped objects".

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oikonomides, A. N. (1986). "Κόλλιξ,ὄλισβος,ὀλισβοκόλλιξ". Horos. 4: 168–178. OCLC 16267383.
  2. 1 2 3 James, P.J.; Thorpe, N.; Thorpe, I.J. (1995). Ancient Inventions. Ballantine Books. pp. 183–184. ISBN 978-0-345-40102-1. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Hsu, Christine (February 1, 2013). "Expert Describes Breadstick Dildos, Erection-Withering Mouse Poo, Sodomizing Radishes and Other Bizarre Sexual Practices of the Greco-Romans". Medical Daily. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Belardes, N.; Leavitt, C. (2014). A People's History of the Peculiar: A Freak Show of Facts, Random Obsessions and Astounding Truths. Cleis Press. p. pt80. ISBN 978-1-936740-92-5. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Meineke, August (1841). Fragmenta comicorum Graecorum. 4. G. Reimeri. p. 645. OCLC 9200260.
  6. ↑ León, V. (2013). The Joy of Sexus: Lust, Love, and Longing in the Ancient World. Walker. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8027-1997-3. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ Licht, Hans (1932). Sexual Life in Ancient Greece. G. Routledge. p. 317. ISBN 0404574173.
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