It's the Engines on History Hit.

I'm Tristan Hughes, your host.

And in today's podcast where you know the saying, give the people what they want.

And you guys and girls, you went absolutely mad for a podcast that we released not too

long ago, all about sex in ancient Rome.

And if a record ain't broke, there's no need to fix it.

So in today's podcast, we're going to go even further.

We're going to be talking about sexual fantasies from the ancient Mediterranean world.

And I'm delighted to say that for this topic, we got on the podcast, a professor.

He's considered very much a legend.

He was the first guest that we ever had on the ancient podcast for the plague of Athens.

This is Professor Alistair Blanchard from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

And in this episode, we're not going to hold back.

We're going to be looking at nudity on Greco-Roman statues and whether there was a sexual aspect

to it and the reception of these naked statues down through history.

We're going to be delving into the truth about the Roman orgy.

We're going to be looking more at fallacies and we're going to be looking at the sex lives

of Roman Empress.

Suffice to say that adult themes do feature in this podcast.

You have been warned.

So without further ado, to talk about sexual fantasies of antiquity, here's Alistair.

Alistair, thank you so much for coming back on the podcast.

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