A prostitute’s shoe from Ancient Greece, engraved with the word “Follow” (ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ), designed to leave the message in footprints guiding potential customers who noticed it. [640×386]
A prostitute’s shoe from Ancient Greece, engraved with the word “Follow” (ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ), designed to leave the message in footprints guiding potential customers who noticed it. [640×386]
When I was a boy, our pastor said those were worn by Christians who wanted others to follow in their footsteps. After church, my mother very delicately told us that that was not exactly the case.
Nemoralis99 on
Probably belonged to an elite prostitute, not a common streetwalker, since this advertisment method required potential client to be at least literate.
jeffreycoley on
She could afford a metal shoe?
Tight
No-Option-7010 on
This is pretty cool but I bet that shoe was the first thing she took off. Got to be uncomfortable.
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Ah, the ancient glory hole shoe
The footprints would make the words in reverse…
the fuck they know its from prostitute
When I was a boy, our pastor said those were worn by Christians who wanted others to follow in their footsteps. After church, my mother very delicately told us that that was not exactly the case.
Probably belonged to an elite prostitute, not a common streetwalker, since this advertisment method required potential client to be at least literate.
She could afford a metal shoe?
Tight
This is pretty cool but I bet that shoe was the first thing she took off. Got to be uncomfortable.