# Link between Penis Size and Intelligence

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969 "2004-07-26T19:03:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969/41 "2004-07-29T11:24:40Z")

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I just want to mention that a number of sources point out that the ancient Greeks and Romans did not revere large genitals. Lots of pottery, mosaics, etc. depict heroes and athletes with downright small equipment. Large genitals were the property of foreigners, grotesque drawfs, and weird figures like Priapus (and occasionally Hermes/Mercury – but not always). Unless you were some sort of fertility figure, Big Stuff = foreign = probably not as good as “us”.

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**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969/42 "2004-07-29T11:38:25Z")

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So you’re telling us that the inboxes of the ancient Greeks were filled with “penis reducer” spam?

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969/43 "2004-07-29T13:27:36Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I just want to mention that a number of sources point out that the ancient Greeks and Romans did not revere large genitals. Lots of pottery, mosaics, etc. depict heroes and athletes with downright small equipment. Large genitals were the property of foreigners, grotesque drawfs, and weird figures like Priapus (and occasionally Hermes/Mercury – but not always). Unless you were some sort of fertility figure, Big Stuff = foreign = probably not as good as “us”.

I remember reading that the Greeks seemed to associate having a large penis with being _beastlike_. You know, like a horse or a goat. Human beings and most gods were supposed to have more going on upstairs and a bit less downstairs.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969/44 "2004-07-29T21:47:47Z")

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There is, however, a well-documented link between **buttock** size and intelligence.

Hence the term, “smartass.”

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