Wow, this is amazing context, thank you!! I hadn't paid attention to the Greek allusions really, and (revealing my own ignorance here) didn't realize anal was illegal for heterosexual couples as well. That helps explain the accusations his estranged wife starts making about Mellors being one of the "low, beastly men with women" too. Now I know there was definitely so much more that went over my head.

[Edited an autocorrect spelling error]