Pederasty in ancient Greece was a socially acknowledged romantic relationship between an adult male (the erastes) and a er male (the eromenos) usually in his teens. It was characteristic of the Archaic and Classical periods.
A new exhibition at the British Museum promises to lift the lid on what beauty meant for the ancient Greeks. But while we gaze at the serene marble statues on display – straining male torsos and soft female flesh – are we seeing what the ancients saw? The question I’m asking here isn’t a
The ancient Greeks narrowed down eight different types of love in life. Discovering what these different types of love are helps us to bring more depth and
Looking for an antidote to modern culture’s emphasis on romantic love? Perhaps we can learn from the diverse forms of emotional attachment prized by the ancient Greeks.
[…] often think that anal sex is something new, but it has practised for a long time. The Ancient Greeks loved anal sex, and still today, it seems to be very popular in Greece.
Ancient Greek Philosophy. From Thales, who is often considered the first Western philosopher, to the Stoics and Skeptics, ancient Greek philosophy opened the doors to a particular way of thinking that provided the roots for the Western intellectual tradition.
Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (c. 600 AD). ). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byza
Mar 23, 2017 · The ancient Romans and Greeks had a highly liberated attitude toward sex—one that is surprising, even by today’s standards. They had gods devoted to it,
Michel Foucault: Ethics. The French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault (1926-1984) does not understand ethics as moral philosophy, the metaphysical and epistemological investigation of ethical concepts (metaethics) and the investigation of the criteria for evaluating actions (normative ethics), as Anglo-American philosophers do.
Jul 23, 2015 · Archaeologists have long known of Greek colonization of Magna Graecia, the name given to the coastal areas of Southern Italy and Sicily, thanks to artifacts and historical records. Somewhere around the 8th century BC, Greeks came in droves to settle Magna Graecia, bringing with them traces of a