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concept-2669	Ziegler, Nina	The Desire for the Undesirable: Mimesis and Martial's Eunuch in Epigrams VI.67	2022	15	.pdf	application/pdf	5587	362	60	Luckily there is more to sex than intercourse and although Roman sources often dismiss other forms of pleasure, we shall consider them under the assumption that our sources are limited to reflecting perspectives of stuffy moralizing Roman men and are not inclusive of Roman sexual practices as a whole.28 Taking into account any sexual limitations of a eunuch, Martial pokes fun at the Gallus Baeticus whose particular proclivity is performing cunnilinctus: “quid cum femineo tibi, Baetice galle, barathreo? Unclear language regarding Roman gender construction leaves behind few clues with which to understand the role of eunuchs in Roman sexual relationships.10 There was certainly an aesthetic to eunuchs, as examples throughout the Epigrammata make fun of women’s attraction to effeminate eunuch softness and beardlessness.	cache/concept-2669.pdf	txt/concept-2669.txt