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Pederasty or Prostitution

The concept of pederasty in ancient Greece was riddled with cultural nuances of mentorship of education in all fields, that was unreliable due to functioning greatly on the part of sexual desire and would commonly be used to deteriorate the … Continue reading

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Who Run The World? (Not Girls, Apparently)

Through Aeschines’ words in his prosecution against Timarchus, one can gather a lot about the status and roles of women in Athenian society at this time. First of all, the whole purpose of Aeschines’ speech is to disenfranchise Timarchus and … Continue reading

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Pederasty: The Raising of Real Men

  In Andrew Lear and Eva Cantarella’s book, Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys were their gods, Lear and Cantarella expressed their belief that pederasty mirrored “coming of age” initiation ceremonies previously used by tribal groups (Lear and Cantarella 2008, … Continue reading

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