I haven't finished the story that goes with this scene, but in brief, this is what is happening:
Aricina, the blonde on the cross, urinated on the carnifex, Verres Maximus, while he was nailing her feet. She had to be punished for doing that.
Verres had already made a crown of thorns and placed it on her head because she is a Christian. The trumped-up charge was that others overheard her mention her master's name while praying, and interpreted that as casting a curse on her master.
Verres' choice for her punishment was to cut one of the long, sharp thorns from her crown and use its point to probe under and pull her clit up, force its hood back and fully expose it. Then he slowly forced the thorn through it until it was skewered like a tiny piece of meat. Now, the most sensitive part of her body, to which anything beyond the most gentle touch of the tip of a moist tongue directly on it was painful, is stretched out, exposed to the air, the sun, and insects that will come for the tiny ooze of blood there. In addition to the agony of crucifixion, whenever she tries to rest on the sedile she will have to endure the stabbing pain when her clit is ground against the rough wood, pinched and twisted by the thorn.
In the picture, Verres admires his work as Aricina looks down in horror and pain toward what she cannot see. She can only guess what he has done to her and fervently hopes she is wrong. The male spectator is amused, while the women who look on are horrified.
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... alii per obscena stipitem egerunt (Seneca, Dial. 6.20.3) really doesn't support the nailing idea; Cook, in his Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World, translates the relevant bit as 'some drove a stake (stipes) through their excretory organs/genitals'; anyway, some kind of a sharpened, horn-like sedile piercing the scrotum isn't much better.I remember seeing that for a while on the Wikipedia entry for crucifixion. It was supposedly to keep men from slipping off of the sedile. Sounded like pure bs to me, and the person who put that on there couldn't come up with any authoritative reference for it, so it was eventually removed.
... alii per obscena stipitem egerunt (Seneca, Dial. 6.20.3) really doesn't support the nailing idea; Cook, in his Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World, translates the relevant bit as 'some drove a stake (stipes) through their excretory organs/genitals'; anyway, some kind of a sharpened, horn-like sedile piercing the scrotum isn't much better.
I can hardly wait to see the rest of what you've cooked up jedakk! That set of images is at or above the quality of your best Sabina renders. I'm so glad you've taken the time to really get all of the details hammered in. The little touches of realism make it so much more believable as a typical Roman crucifixion of a Christian woman.
Finally figured out how to scan the archives. Came across N8dreams, who is as hot as I remember
I know, I know, the crosses are overbuilt, but this is not only obscene display, but conspicuous consumption.
The nodding of the head on the left and the expressions on the faces of the other two is what grabs my attention. Never mind the obscene exposure
Must I???Never mind the obscene exposure
I'm afraid it's the obscene exposure that grabs my attention. It's a heterosexual guy thing.
Must I???
I am doing my best to understand and agree with you... It must be a generational thing...Guys! Geeze!
Guys! Geeze!
I really enjoyed her art. Whatever happened to her?Finally figured out how to scan the archives. Came across N8dreams, who is as hot as I remember
I know, I know, the crosses are overbuilt, but this is not only obscene display, but conspicuous consumption.
I really enjoyed her art. Whatever happened to her?