Etruscan men have sex quite openly with boys, actively
and passively, for homosexuality is the common custom of the country. There
is not disgrace in sexual activity. If a visitor comes while the master
of the house is enjoying his wife, the man will calmly explain that he
was engaged in this or that indecent act.
When they have a party and have drunk enough, they go
to bed. Servants then bring in to the lighted bedroom prostitutes, pretty
boys and sometimes their wives. When they have sated their appetites, young
men in their prime are brought to enjoy the women and boys. They worship
love and sometimes watch while others are doing it, though generally a
curtain is lowered. They like women, but generally prefer men and boys.
They kept themselves beautiful by removing all the hairs from their bodies.
There are many shops where hair is removed. They go there and have any
part of their body depilated without worrying about the prying eyes of
strangers.