CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Peitho, Pederasty In Ancient Greece, Isocrates

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Clst 102 oct 18th lecture 14. Sexual identity is not totally established at birth, but develops gradually. Different age classes are not considered to be completely identical in gender. In the case of males, they gradually grow different from females, and younger males are considered more similar to females. Relations between adult males usually below 40 and young males under 20 were accepted. Their relation was supposed to be not only physical, but also played a very important educational role in the process of coming of age. As such, it was regulated by a number of social rules and sometimes by law. Such relations were supposed to last only until the young eromenos became an adult. The contexts for those relations were also the places where the young were educated to their future role as adults especially the gymnasium. Relations involving an exchange of money were considered dishonourable, especially for the boy and his father.

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