{"product_id":"hetaira-good-fortune-enamel-pin","title":"Hetaira - Good Fortune Enamel Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Greek Haloa festival celebrated Demeter and Dionysus. Women were said to be able to speak their minds at this festival, and apparently used this to utter all kinds of naughty and otherwise forbidden things...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHetairai ((singular, Hetaira) high-class, highly-educated professional entertainers\/sex-workers) were known to be common participants in the festival, which started with festival-goers parading a giant phallus through the streets. The Hetairai would then dance around it. Perhaps this particular Hetaira was running late..?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhallic symbolism was also thought to avert the evil eye, and thus bestow good luck upon the wearer! Greek and Roman people wore penis-shaped amulets or had penis shaped wind-chimes to give them the best possible chance of good fortune! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pin is 6cm high, hard enamel, and features two pin backs for extra security. The design in based on a Greek krater from about 500 BCE.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45501338484917,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/8656\/2741\/files\/e12f5861-il_fullxfull.3240064352_fuhp.jpg?v=1749944185","url":"https:\/\/mayticks.gay\/products\/hetaira-good-fortune-enamel-pin","provider":"Mayticks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}