OIn this article, we are gog to elaborate the queer culture, the lol life, and what you should know about the Gay Greece. Its a great read!
Contents:
- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- GAY GREECE: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
Heterosexualy and homosexualy were both enuraged and expected at different stag life, wh homosexualy, mon wh prevalent ancient Greek thought, beg seen as the ial form of love and heterosexualy as sential for procreatn. Homosexualy and pedophilia ancient Greece greatly ncerned many rearchers who were maly terted highlightg the social aspect of this phenomenon ancient Greek society. At the same time, the society of those tim, the aristocratic ial, the nstant munitn of men durg ary trag and the war, the male nudy sports and the promotn of bety and bravery athletic ntts, as well as the gathergs and the entertament of men at the symposia, created a suable substrate which male homosexualy uld velop.
In this relatnship, exhibg predomantly the social dimensn of an iatn procs and troductn to adult life, the erotic homosexual terurse uld fd a place to flourish.
Ancient Greek physicians ed their methodologil tools orr to terpret homosexualy as a mental disease, but ancient medil dogmas such as the theory of humors, stereopathology and their variatns uld not offer an explanatn for homosexualy.
GAY GREECE: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
Every culture differed and although there is proof of homosexual activy many ancient societi, a term that translat to roughly the meang of “homosexual” did not exist. Dpe this, there have been referenc to homosexualy most civilizatns throughout history, and pendg on the civilizatn, the acceptance of homosexualy has differed. Acrdg to a parative say on homosexualy Egyptian, Greek, and Roman societi, “Homosexualy [was] a social maniftatn of the personal power of a cizen over slav… This mentaly opened the door to g homosexualy as a form of punishment…” (Price 20).
The quote displays the ia that the Egyptians had about homosexualy, which was that those who took the submissive role homosexual terurse were “feme” and “baser than a slave” (Price 20). Although homosexualy had a bad reputatn Egyptian culture, “Works of art and Egyptian text display the openns of ancient Egyptian sexualy” (Price 22). A paper om Fordham Universy stat, “Early wtern observers, such as the Ju Matthew Ricci long noted the acceptance of homosexualy Cha, but uld do ltle to change ” (Hsch).
The quote also impli that the early wtern observers tried to change the ancient Che people’s views on homosexualy but failed bee homosexualy was graed their culture. In Jtian’s Co, promulgated 529, persons who engaged homosexual sex were to be executed, although those who were repentant uld be spared” (Pickett). Puttg this issue asi, “Homosexualy was not regard by the Vikg peopl as beg evil, perverted, nately agast the laws of nature or any of the other baggage about the ncept that Christian belief has provid Wtern culture” (Hallakarva).