What do the Aeneid and condoms have in common?

ghosttowner

Trojan. Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid A Trojan is a type of condom! Jun 18 09, 3:35 PM

RUBYREDSLIPPRS

thank you but that answer was tried already and marked as wrong..i was unable to find any other answer so i cane here.trojan was also the only common factor i could find Jun 18 09, 3:43 PM

ghosttowner

In that case it could be this. Italy. Gabriele Falloppio, an Italian, in the 16th century was the first to describe a condom and how to use it to prevent syphilis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom The Aeneid tells of the travels of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid Jun 18 09, 3:57 PM

Datsmeharse

Minos, the mythical King of Crete, is connected to both: In the Aenid, Minos was a judge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos#In_poetry Minos was also the subject of a legend that's one of the earliest descriptions of condom usage. His semen was said to contain serpents and scorpions, so he used a goat's bladder as a female condom to protect his partners: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1293956&pageindex=1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_condoms#Antiquity_through_Middle_Ages Jun 18 09, 7:28 PM