From a friend who studied &quot;classics&quot; as a degree, the Greeks thought massive schlongs were comical and bestial, as well as stole focus from the musculature and overall balance of the art.<p>Rome on the other hand considered itself a masculine nation, who&#x27;s roads were broad and straight, never turning for nature.<p>Not that the Greeks couldn&#x27;t have fun, they used statues with erect penises as road signs in Athens, famously knocked off by Alcibiades (in fact he was framed by a rival ) the night before the invasion of Sicily.<p>The David is a statue of a 14 year old, in addition to the reasons given in the article.