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Tag Archives: Athens
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
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
Teaching them something
The Ancient Greek practice of Pederastry was a custom that commonly left its intended boarders of mentorship and education to include emotional and physical desire. The concept of Pedastry was simple, older men (ages upwards of 20) would take younger … Continue reading
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Athens vs Sparta
In Tuesday’s readings, there was multiple evidence on pederasty in ancient Greece. One reading focused on pederasty in Athens and the other in Sparta. After reading both texts, it is evident that pederasty was portrayed differently in certain areas of … Continue reading
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“Sexuality” a Too Specific Term
The debate between whether sexuality is a societal construct, or one of nature, is a question akin to that of what would happen if we could time travel and alter the past, and how would that affect the future. There … Continue reading
Halperin? More Like Halper-indecisive
In John Boswell’s essay, “Revolutions, Universals, and Sexual Categories,” he attempts to form an intermediate position on the debate between nominalists and realists in regards to the debate on sexuality. In doing so, he points out three problems in the … Continue reading
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