This is a masterfully written dialogue between the worldly "Cypria" and the native and sentimental "Saccharissa" on how to conduct--with grace and restraint--love affairs.

    Although no evidence of the epithet appears to exist prior to the 19th century. Clarence Joseph Bulliet wrote his book about homosexuality and cross-dressing named after this supposed epithet. In the book, he ascribes the influence of "the effeminate" to a lot of things. For example:The priest of the gods, from history's dawn in Asia and Egypt down to the richly-robed Roman prelates of today, have set themselves conspicuously apart from their fellow males by the assumption of female attire.