In the sixth and final episode of The Ouija Sessions , you will hear the exceptional story of Paul Grappe, who fled from war using an unsuspected disguise. The ladies and gentlemen you see above are practicing the sexual roleplay called pony play , in which one of the two participants takes on the role of the horse and the other of the jockey. Although there are no precise figures, it is believed that pony play is actively practiced by no more than 2, people worldwide, yet this fantasy is appreciated by a far greater number of sympathizers.
Ayzad, XXX. Il dizionario del sesso insolito , Castelvecchi. Edizione Kindle. But few people know that this erotic mis-en-scene has an illustrious forerunner: the first unwilling ponyboy in history was none other than the greatest philosopher of ancient times1, Aristotle!
Well, not really. But what is reality, dear Aristotle? At the beginning of the s, in fact, a curious legend began to circulate: the story featured Aristotle secretly falling in love with Phyllis, wife of Alexander the Macedonian who was a pupil of the great philosopher. So she told Aristotle that she would grant him her favors if he agreed to let her ride on his back. Blinded by passion, the philosopher accepted and Phyllis arranged for Alexander the Great to witness, unseen, this comic and humiliating scene.
The story, mentioned for the first time in a sermon by Jacques de Vitry , became immediately widespread in popular iconography, so much so that it was represented in etchings, sculptures, furnishing objects, etc.
To understand its fortune we must focus for a moment on its two main protagonists. First of all, Aristotle: why is he the victim of the satire? Why targeting a philosopher, and not for instance a king or a Pope?
