Homosexuality in Ancient Greece: The Myth is Collapsing

205 Pages·2004·41.1 MB·English

by  Adonis Ath. Georgiades

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ADONIS ATH. GEORGIADES

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HOMOSEXUALITY IN ANCIENT GREECE
THE MYTH IS COLLAPSING
Title: Homosexuality in ancient Greece The myth is collapsing
Publisher: GEORGIA DES «L113RARY OF THE GREEKS»
Author: Adonis Ath. Gcorgiades
Translation into english: Andriana Hahla
Copy Editor: Adonis Ath. Georgiades
DTP: Alcxios D. Mastoris
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ADONIS ATH. GEORGIADES
HOMOSEXUALITY
IN ANCIENT GREECE
THE MYTH IS COLLAPSING
ATHENS 2004
GEORGIADES
To my mother,
whom I always remember with love
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ZEUS AND SHAME
When Zeus created men, he plll in them every moral quality, bur
forgor ro pur Shame. He couldn't find where he should introduce her
from, so, he ordered her roger in rh rough anus. She objected, ar first,
and became resentful. As she went on disagreeing, she said: ·'J won't
agree, unless I have rhe right roger om, if someone else gers in, after
me. rrough rhe same passage".
After that, everyone who prostitutes oneself is considered
shameless.
2nd version:
"( ... )Love should nor ger in trough rhe same passage."
That means that those who rhus express their love are shameless.
Aesopus, Proverbia
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PREFACE 11
• INTRODUCTION 13
• CHAPTER ONE
Social context 19
• CHAPTER TWO
Sparta- Athens 25
• CHAPTER THREE
Athens' legislation about homosexuality 49
• CHAPTER FOUR
Lover-Loved one 77
• CHAPTER FIVE
Vases 99
• CHAPTER SIX
Mythology Ill
• CHAPTER SEVEN
Comical poets 127
• CHAPTER EIGHT
Female homosexuality 135
• CHAPTER NINE
Alcebiades 145
• CHAPTER TEN
Alexander the Great 157
• CONCLUSION 197
• BIBLIOGRAPHY 203