Same Sex Desire and Love in Greco Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West 1st Edition by Beert Verstraete, Vernon Provencal 1560236043 9781560236047

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ISBN 10: 1560236043 

ISBN 13: 9781560236047

Author: Beert C. Verstraete, Vernon Provencal

New and surprising insights into homoeroticism of times past In ancient times, the Greek god Eros personified both heterosexual and homosexual attractions. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West explores the homosexual side of the vanished civilizations of Greece and Rome, and the resulting influence on the Classical tradition of the West. Respected scholars clearly present evidence that shows the extensive nature of homoeroticism and homosexuality in the Classical world. Iconography such as vase decoration and carved gemstones is presented in photographs, and the text includes an examination of a wide selection of literature of the times with an eye to opening new vistas for future study. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West lays to rest the myths generally accepted as truth about Greco-Roman views on homosexuality and brings fresh insights to philological and historical scholarship. This book provides nuanced, humanistic discussions on the common phenomena of same-sex desire. Topics include Greek pederasty and its origins, the Greek female homoeroticism of Sappho, homosexuality in Greek and Roman art and literature, and the emergence of the gay liberation movement with the influence of discussions of Greek and Roman homosexuality in the twentieth century. The text is extensively referenced and includes helpful notation. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West provides a comprehensive table of abbreviations, subject index, and index of names and terms. It discusses in detail: the integral role athletic nudity played in athlete-trainer pederasty the central role of pederasty in Greek history, politics, art, literature, and learning tracing the history of the Ganymede myth how the athletic culture of Sparta contributed to the spread of pederasty in Greece homosexuality in Boeotia in contrast to the rest of Greece the homoeroticism of Sappho dispelling generally accepted myths prevalent about Roman sexuality Roman visual representations of homosexuality as evidence of prevailing attitudes homoerotic connotations in literature and philosophy of the Italian Renaissance the effect of German classical philology on gay scholarship English Romantic poets and the importance of male love in their lives the Uranians’ use of allusions and themes from ancient Greece the building of intellectual community through gay print culturethrough the use of Greece and Rome as models and more Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West is essential reading for Classicists, specialists in gender/sexuality studies, humanists interested in the classical tradition in Western culture, psychologists, and other social scientists in human sexuality.

Table of contents:

Part I: Before 630–The Age of Homer

Part II: 630–600–The Cretan ‘Revolution’

Part III: 600–560–The Age of Sappho and Solon

Part IV: 560–527–The Age of Peisistratus and Polycrates

Part V: 530–500–The Age of the Tyrannicides and Cleisthenes

Part VI: 500–460–The Age of Pindar and Aeschylus

Part VII: 460–429–The Age of Pericles

Part VIII: 429–399–The Age of Socrates and the ‘Lost Generation’

Part IX: 399–359–The Age of Plato, Xenophon, and the ‘Sacred Band’

Part X: 359–323–The Age of Aristotle and Alexander

Part XI: Post-323–Greece Under Rome

Epilogue

Notes

References

The Dispersion of Pederasty and the Athletic Revolution in Sixth-Century BC Greece

The Pederastic Trigger

Initiation and Athletic Nudity

Civic or Militaryegalitarianism and Nudity

The Genealogy of Athletic Nudity

The Introduction of Athletic Nudity at Olympia

Thucydides on the Origins of Athletic Nudity

Nudity, Pederasty, and the Sixth Century Athletic Revolution

Conclusions

References

Glukus Himeros: Pederastie Influence on the Myth of Ganymede

Historical Outline

Kallos and Timē: Ganymede in the Iliad

Erōs, Kallos and Timē: Hymn to Aphrodite

Pederasty and Timē: Pindar

Himerōs and Philia: Pederasty and Pedagogy in Plato’s Phaedrus

Erōs and Nomos: Plato’s Laws

Conclusion

Notes

References

Pindar’s Tenth Olympian and Athlete-Trainer Pederasty

Notes

References

Boeotian Swine: Homosexuality in Boeotia

Secondary Sources

Pindar

The Vase-Paintings

Conclusions

Notes

Select Bibliography

“Sleeping in the Bosom of a Tender Companion”: Homoerotic Attachments in Sappho

Notes

References

Some Myths and Anomalies in the Study of Roman Sexuality

I Sex between Males

A Quintus Haterius and the Freedman’s “duty”

B The Cinaedus and Cunnilinctus

C The Exoleti

D Philetos, the Manly Delicatus

E The Warren Cup

II Sex between Women

References

Appendix A Laronia in Juvenal, Satire 2.36–65

Appendix B Philaenis in Martial 9.40 and 9.62

Representations of the Cinaedus in Roman Art: Evidence of “Gay” Subculture?

The Powerless Cinaedus In the Tavern of Salvius

The Erotic Cinaedus in the Suburban Baths

The Cinaedus in the Middle

The Penetrated Cinaedus With Woman-to-Woman Cunnilingus

When the Cinaedus Isn’t a Joke: Reciprocal Love Between Adult Men

Conclusion

Note

References

The Originality of Tibullus’ Marathus Elegies

Note

References

On Kissing and Sighing: Renaissance Homoerotic Love from Ficino’s De Amore and Sopra Lo Amore to Cesare Trevisani’s L’impresa (1569)

Notes

References

Light in Hellas: How German Classical Philology Engendered Gay Scholarship

Conclusion

Note

References

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Hellenism and Homoeroticism in Shelley and His Circle

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Byron

Medwin and Trelawny

Hogg and Peacock

Hellenism of the Circle

Aftermath

References

The Greek Mirror: The Uranians and Their Use of Greece

Uranians, Calamites and Others…

Formal Allusions

Reflections in a Greek Mirror

Discussion

Notes

References

Eros Underground: Greece and Rome in Gay Print Culture, 1953–65

Role Models

Teaching the Community

Accessibility of Knowledge

Greece But Not Rome

Fantasy

Conclusion

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