Classical Studies 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Archaic Greece, Pederasty In Ancient Greece, Delian League
14 Jul 2014
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Symbol of protection: sexual scenes found on symposium drinking vessels, heterosexual scenes, distinction between porne (prostitute, male or female) and hetaira (mistress) and gyne (married woman with children) If she has clothes on = citizen. If she is naked = hetaira or gyne. Courtship scenes are the majority of heterosexual images. Married women did not tolerate sexual positions like this one. Most dominant, upright and aggressive position in terms of penetrator/penetrated . Young man depicted hitting prostitute with a slipper. Unacceptable to hit a free-citizen woman; procreation is more dignified. No empathy for the sexual object: abuse of prostitutes, solitary scenes. Literary ideals: erastes ( lover -pursuer) and eromenos ( object of love -is pursued. Structure: adult male (typically 30, 40 years old) pursues free-citizen boy between age of 14-18; eromenos is not sexually aroused but respects/admires the older man. The eromenos is expected to hold firm while the older man woos him.
