Friday, February 13, 2009

Valentine's Day

Hercules and Omphale getting frisky by François Boucher circa 1724

Hercules and Omphale (getting frisky) by François Boucher circa 1724. How frisky? Two cupid frisky.




Here is a statue of Omphale dressed in a lion skin holding a club at her side and it is not Omphale sitting while standing erect and happy to see you.


I also learned from wiki that "Hercule et Omphale" is a short pornographic poem by Guillaume Apollinaire from a book called "Les onze mille verges" (The eleven thousand penises). That is one hell of a book title (assuming it isn't a sequel) but the poem doesn't impress me.

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