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A Problem in Greek Ethics

John Symonds

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016-09-19
主題	Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies
ISBN	15374902149781537490212
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=30sbvgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This book is a ground-breaking study of the Greek institution of paiderastia. This was a custom by which adolescent men made alliances with older men of a romantic and sexual nature. The young men in question were the same age as contemporary teen pop stars (aproximately from puberty to the Athenian age of majority, 21). And they were treated similarly, as celebrities, showered with gifts and attention, and fought over by lovers. Philosophers such as Plato considered these same-sex unions as a remedy for tyranny. Chapters include: Treatment of Homer by the later Greeks; The Romance of Achilles and Patroclus; The heroic ideal of masculine love; Vulgar paiderastia--How introduced into Hellas--Crete--Laius--The myth of Ganymede; Myths of paiderastia; Semi-legendary tales of love--Harmodius and Aristogeiton; Greek liberty and Greek love extinguished; Platonic doctrine on Greek love; and more.