One of the statutes of Numa, from Rome in 7th century B.C., is translated at the link as
The Greek Aristophanes, in a lost comedy called Daitales, refers to one of a pair of brothers as ὁ σώφρων, "the clever." The other is ὁ καταπύγων, "the one who takes it in the ass." C. Murphy, "Aristophanes and the Art of Rhetoric," Harv. St. in Classical Phil. 49:69, 71 (1938).
"If a man is killed by a thunderbolt the proper burial ritual shall not be performed."Because, of course, Zeus wished the man dead and had a good reason for it.
The Greek Aristophanes, in a lost comedy called Daitales, refers to one of a pair of brothers as ὁ σώφρων, "the clever." The other is ὁ καταπύγων, "the one who takes it in the ass." C. Murphy, "Aristophanes and the Art of Rhetoric," Harv. St. in Classical Phil. 49:69, 71 (1938).
