An older man, known as the erastes, would seduce a boy, called the eramenos. If you’ve wandered through a museum’s renaissance collection, eyed off the number of writhing, muscular male bodies and thought that they felt rather homoerotic, you wouldn’t be alone In fact, there’s an excellent explanation for why even the most sacred religious figures have been depicted in a way that to our modern eyes feels more gay bathhouse than sunday service. Antikensammlung in berlin, germany significance to queer art history Achilles and patroclus, are one of the most celebrated male warrior pairs in greek literature after the trojan war Achilles is a young greek warrior in homer’s iliad who possesses superhuman strength and ability as he was born from a nymph and a mortal.
The depiction of homosexuality in ancient greece homosexual relationships played an integral role in ancient greece, especially between men The powerful ruling class in greece at the time believed that men who were devoted to each other would be more likely to stand up for each other and fight more courageously.
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