TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lear,Andrew
AU  - Cantarella,Eva
TI  - Images of ancient Greek pederasty: boys were their gods 
SN  - 9780415564045
AV  - HQ76.2.G8 C36 2010
U1  - 306.770938 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Male homosexuality
KW  - Greece
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Sodomy
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index
N2  - Sexual relations between men and adolescent boys were a social institution in ancient Greece. This book presents the history of Greek pederasty and the scholarship on the topic, with a large number of illustrations; This lavishly illustrated book brings together, for the first time, all of the different ways in which vase-painting portrays or refers to pederasty, from scenes of courtship, foreplay, and sex, to scenes of Zeus with his boy-love Ganymede, to painted inscriptions praising the beauty of boys. The book shows how painters used the language of vase-painting to cast pederasty in an idealizing light, portraying it as part of a world in which beautiful elite males display praiseworthy attitudes, such as moderation, and engage in approved activities, such as hunting, athletics, and the symposium. The book also incorporates a comprehensive catalogue of relevant vase-paintings, compiled by noted archaeologist Keith DeVries. It is the most comprehensive treatment available of an institution that has few modern parallels
ER  -