Sources of Ancient Healing Thermalism

Juvenal, Saturae, 6,419.

Datation
100-128
Canonical Reference
Iuv. Sat. Iuv. 6.419

balnea nocte subit, conchas et castra moueri
nocte iubet, magno gaudet sudare tumultu,       
cum lassata graui ceciderunt bracchia massa,
callidus et cristae digitos inpressit aliptes
ac summum dominae femur exclamare coegit.

She goes to the baths at night, and at night she mobilizes the bathtubs and her entire arsenal: she likes to sweat amidst the great commotion. When her weary arms fall from the weight of the bars, then a skilled masseur rubs her with his fingers and makes her groin snap.

Va a los baños por la noche, y de noche moviliza 
las bañeras y todo su arsenal: le gusta sudar en medio del gran tumulto. Cuando los brazos fatigados le caen
por el peso de las barras, entonces un hábil masajista la frota con los dedos y hace chascar la ingle de su dueña.

Commentary

En su enumeración de los tipos de mujer, Juvenal incluye a una con hábitos balnearios bastante extraños.

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