Study On The Homosexual Culture Of Ancient Greeks

The ancient Greeks occupied a very special position in Western history. The drama, sculpture, philosophy, medicine and poetry created by them benefited future generations, and thus it became the cradle of Western civilization and the source of Western spirit. They persistently pursued beauty and justice. However, from the modern point of view, they themselves and their respected God, were not perfect. Ancient Greece was considered the golden age of male homosexuality. At this time, nobles were eager to talk and engage in the feast of male homosexual activities. Senior citizens were in charge of educating young adolescents, superior instructors were responsible for teaching the young soldiers he led what the courage was. Homosexuality not only presented in Athens, Sparta, but also in Crete, Thebes, and more distant African colonies. The ancient Greeks made the act of homosexual toward standardization and institutionalization, and required that it must be existed within the field of legal and moral limits.This paper attempts through the introduction of the homosexuality in Ancient Greece and the investigation of the basic facts, analysis of the background and motivation of ancient Greece's homosexual ethos. The profound effect on the worship of Crete Zeus (Zeus child) and Eros for the ancient Greek homosexual relationship, especially the child molestation were exploded in detail.Second, through the study of the content of the law left by ancient Greek city-states (with Athens-based) from a perspective of law, the ancient Greeks homosexual world was rebuild. The ancient Greeks had defined the issue of homosexuality hierarchically, and their male love, not as they had advertised as only the spirit of love, but also the lust and greed. The positive and negative sense of the relations between homosexual love culture to the training of the citizens in Ancient Greece were examined, and the legitimacy and purity of this issue were reflected.The first chapter of the paper introduces the most famous ancient Greek mythology, the god Zeus and his legends and anecdotes about homosexuality, and the worship of Zeus children in the origin of worship of Zeus in Crete. This worship of images of children and related worship ceremony had a profound impact on the later Greeks'crushes on the young. Section two introduces the same-sex relationships between Homer Achilles and Patroclus in Homer. Part of the reason is with the end of the era of Homer, sharp declined of women's status also led to the further prevalence of male homosexuality. The third section proposes there is a certain causal relation between the development of the population and environment and the prevalence and the decline of homosexual acts.The second chapter describes the social relations between education and homosexuality.The first is the "teacher-student relationship" between love and loved. Seniors beard the task of education for young. Section two describes the portrayal of homosexuality in the drama of Attica terracotta and Aristophanes. Section three describes the views of Socrates, Plato, Xenophon and other ancient Greek philosopher to homosexual issues. Over time, represented by the philosopher Plato, people were more inclined to shift from control of the flesh to good, justice and the spirit of pure love.The third chapter is to introduce the homosexual issues involved in the law. Section one relates to the reform of Solon on how to engage in prostitution and male prostitution activities in the relevant specification and enactment of legal provisions. Solon admitted male homosexuality, but also stipulated that slaves should not have sexual relations with the liberal young. In addition, he had special laws enacted to protect minor liberal young against violations. Section two is to introduce some of the main men involved in sexual abuse cases such as the famous case against Timarchus and some cases of sexual assault against men. Section three introduces the Athenian attitudes to male homosexuality, and the treatment of the aristocracy spirit of love among the nobles and the issues of betraying the dignity of prostitutes for money.