Saturday, December 5, 2009

Man/Boy Love in Greek Poetry







Homosexuality, mainly in the form of Pederasty lingered on through the Roman Empire until the emperor Justinian banned it in 535 in his Novella.

Food for thought: What allowed the institutions of democracy, philosophy, and art to linger into today's contemporary society with the same respect they held in Greco-Roman times but, lost the accepted practice of Homosexuality and Pederasty in translation?

No comments:

Post a Comment