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DISCUSSION: Dr. Edward D. Joseph speculated that the murder may have been committed in passion. In considering the sublimation of the homoerotic tendencies, he quoted Freud from the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality: 'This curiosity seeks to complete the sexual object by revealing its hidden parts. It can, however, be diverted ("sublimated") in the direction of art, if its interest can be shifted away from the genitals on to the shape of the body as a whole… There is, to my mind, no doubt that the concept of the "beautiful" has its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was "sexually stimulating".' Dr. Joseph speculated that perhaps Winckelmann's gratification