The Greeks and Romans weren’t the only ones at it. An engraving on the Warren Cup (Photo: Public Domain) It features two engraving of male figures engaged in anal sex. A noteworthy artifact from this time is the Warren Cup, which resides in London’s British Museum. This idea of male beauty carried on over to Roman Times. Perhaps surprising to consumers of gay porn today, Greeks considered the ideal male penis as small, thin and uncircumcised. Greek playwright Aristophanes summed up male beauty as ‘a gleaming chest, bright skin, broad shoulders, tiny tongue, strong buttocks, and a little prick.’ Some of these depicted same-sex relations, and many of them celebrated cultural ideals of male beauty. The ancient Greeks and Romans were among the first to feature erotic images on ceramics. Here is a brief look back on male-on-male porn from the ages… Pre-modern age One of the reasons VHS took off in the early 1980s was because it meant you no longer had to venture out to porn theaters. Soon after the invention of photographic plates in the 1800s, people began to take shots of nudes. It’s also been at the forefront of many technological advances. In fact, it’s been there since prehistoric times. However, the fascination with watching men have sex with one another is not new.
It’s tempting to think gay porn is a relatively recent phenomenon.
