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Bearded man in a traditional pederastic courtship scene showing the "up-and-down" gesture: one hand reaches to fondle the young man, the other grasps his chin so as to look him in the eye. [71] Athenian amphora, c. 540 BCE [30] [72] There are many pederastic references among the works of the Megaran poet Theognis addressed to Cyrnus (Greek Kyrnos).
Pederastic kissing on an Attic kylix (5th century BC). Pederasty or paederasty (/ ˈ p ɛ d ər æ s t i /) is a sexual relationship between an adult man and a boy.It was a socially acknowledged practice in Ancient Greece and Rome and elsewhere in the world, such as Pre-Meiji Japan.
In ancient Greece and Rome, a catamite (Latin: catamītus) was a pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of an older male, usually in a pederastic relationship. [1] It was generally a term of affection and literally means "Ganymede" in Latin, but it was also used as a term of insult when directed toward a grown man. [2]
Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black-figure amphora, 5th c. BC, Painter of Cambridge; Object currently in the collection of the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, Germany. The bearded man is depicted in a traditional pederastic courtship gesture known as the "up-and-down" gesture: one hand reaching to fondle the young man ...
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Pederastic scene between two males. Attic Psykter. Terracotta. Attributed to Smikros. Around 510 BCE A symposium scene with pederastic couples. Fresco from the north wall of the Tomb of the Diver. 470 BCE. The most common form of same-sex relationships between elite males in Greece was paiderastia (pederasty). It was a relationship between an ...
Erômenos (ἐρώμενος) means 'one who is sexually desired' in Greek language and is the past participle of the verb eramai, to have sexual desire.In Greek Homosexuality, the first modern scholarly work on this topic, Kenneth Dover used the literal translation of the Greek word as an English word to refer to the passive partner in Greek homosexual relationship.
The pederastic relationships common to ancient Greek life are also at the fore of this dialogue. In addition to theme of love discussed in the speeches, seeming double entendres and sexual innuendo are abundant; we see the flirtation between Phaedrus and Socrates. As Phaedrus encourages Socrates to make his first speech, Phaedrus makes a remark ...