Βέλτιον γὰρ ὀψιμαθῆ καλεῖσθαι, ἢ ἀμαθῆ. “Indeed it is better to be called late-learned than unlearned.” — Philistion of Locri, Fragments

Apollo served by the Nymphs — François Girardon (1666)

“There are good marriages, but no delightful ones.” — François de La Rochefoucauld

ἔδοξε ταῖς γυναιξίν, ἣν ἀνὴρ νέος νέας ἐπιθυμῇ, μὴ σποδεῖν αὐτήν πρὶν ἂν τὴν γραῦν προκρούσῃ πρῶτον. “The women made a law, that if a young man desires a young woman, he may not have her until he bangs an old woman first.” — Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 1015-7

Odysseus and the Sirens — Alexander Bruckmann (1829)

1. Don't get married. 2. Orgies are good. 3. Lesbianism isn't bad. 4. Porn isn't bad. 5. Money is good. 6. Egoism is good. 7. Masturbation isn't bad. 8. Sluts are better than frigid women. 9. Nudity isn't bad. 10. Licking pussy is good.

Love Dionysus, power, and pleasure. That's it. Everything else derives from that: intoxication (ecstasy, sex, orgies, art, eroticism, nudity...) and hunt (money, war, conquest, domination, evolution, strength, hierarchy...). By having this love, you will be worshipping him.

Bath in the Forest — Paul Merwart

I am converting people to the god Dionysus. I am the messiah of the god of Nysa.

Against Hypocrisy Some say: "It's only Eros when it's transgressive sex." That is, some say you would need to be hypocritical, puritanical, or christian and pretend you don't like sex for public society so that your private sex life is more pleasurable/active...🧵