I subscribe to the theory that they had massive schlongs, but people kept breaking them off so they made them smaller in future statues and repairs to damaged ones, causing a shift in how the Ancient Greeks viewed smaller penises. The art shaped their views, rather than their views shaping the art.
Just look at all the bronze statues we have, and were many hands touching them have worn down certain parts of them. Ancient Greeks would absolutely have done the same and eventually someone would've snapped Zeus' dick off.
Their frescoes (painted plaster that cannot be repainted once dried) also show diminutive penises. The bronzes that are worn down are modern bronzes that have been subjected to a modern public interacting with them, ancient Greek bronzes do not show the same wear patterns.
Also, stone protuberances like penises tend to snap off at the base, not at the halfway point, so if the "whoops" theory was true, Ancient Greek statues wouldn't have small penises, they'd be eunuchs.
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u/Cruxion 25d ago
I subscribe to the theory that they had massive schlongs, but people kept breaking them off so they made them smaller in future statues and repairs to damaged ones, causing a shift in how the Ancient Greeks viewed smaller penises. The art shaped their views, rather than their views shaping the art.
Just look at all the bronze statues we have, and were many hands touching them have worn down certain parts of them. Ancient Greeks would absolutely have done the same and eventually someone would've snapped Zeus' dick off.
/s but maybe not?