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The article discusses the role of fellatio and cunnilingus in the sexual practices of ancient Greece. It describes the sexual practices in Greek civilization evident in Greek literature from the Hellenistic period to the 6th century BCE, the notions of what constituted virginity in Greco-Roman social life, and the definition of the Greek verb "arrêtopoeîn". Other subjects under discussion include the sexual descriptions by the Greek author Aristophanes, the legend of the invention of fellatio and cunnilingus by the Greek musician Ariphrades, and the ways in which sexual practices illustrate power relations in Greek social classes.