Hum 100 Individual Assignment

Hum/100 Introduction to the Humanities

In ancient Greece and Rome many gods and goddesses were worshiped, a famous god that the Greek and Romans worshiped was the goddess Aphrodite. Aphrodite was the great Olympian, goddess of beauty, love and pleasure and procreation. Another famous god during the Greek and Roman times was Eros, the god of love. The Romans and the Greeks often used the word "Eros" as a way to express a sexual desire. The Romans and Greeks also expressed sexuality through their art, because they loved and admired the human body. Because of the Greek and Romans admiration of the human body is why their statues were usually without clothing.

During this Golden age of Greece and Rome sexual desire was not gender specific in any way. Sexuality...