Barnes, Kaitlyn Elizabeth (2014) Beyond Pederasty: Finding Models for Adult Male Homosexuality in Classical Athens. Undergraduate thesis, under the direction of Molly Pasco-Pranger from Classics, The University of Mississippi.
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Abstract
Modern discourse on homosexuality in Classical Athens has been dominated by the discussion of pederasty, a homoerotic relationship between a younger boy and an older man. Scholars base their work on a huge body of ancient evidence, especially vase imagery and textual sources. Little has been said about how Athenians viewed non-pederastic erotic relationships between adult male peers. I have considered this question, attempting to set aside the pederastic framework which scholars have used almost exclusively. To narrow the range of ancient evidence, I have looked closely at the development of two pairs – Achilles and Patroclus and Harmodius and Aristogeiton – through images and texts from the Archaic and Classical periods in Greece. I propose that the stories of these mythohistorical characters possibly reflect a tolerance for adult male homosexuality in Classical Athens.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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| Creators: | Barnes, Kaitlyn Elizabeth |
| Student's Degree Program(s): | B.A. in Classics |
| Thesis Advisor: | Molly Pasco-Pranger |
| Thesis Advisor's Department: | Classics |
| Institution: | The University of Mississippi |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DF Greece P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology |
| Depositing User: | Kaitlyn Barnes |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2014 15:59 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2014 15:59 |
| URI: | http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/id/eprint/158 |
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