Christian-Georges Schwentzel

  • Did the Romans and Greeks Really Enjoy Orgies?

    Did the Romans and Greeks Really Enjoy Orgies?

    Orgies conjure in our imagination the world of Greek and Roman Antiquity, thanks to more or less titillating films portraying debauched emperors, or maybe specifically Fellini’s Satyricon. The term is also used today to signify all sorts of excess. For us, the orgy stands for the ultimate celebration of the pleasures of the flesh, in…