Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek MythsAndrew Calimach First comprehensive uncensored collection of homosexual Greek myths in 2000 years. Lucian'ss Different Loves, an unabashed debate on gay vs. straight love, frames richly illustrated stories of Hercules, Orpheus, Narcissus, others. Presents positive and negative aspects of Greek male love within historical/cultural context. Carefully documented, suitable for classes in gender studies / history / religion. Notes, bibliography, glossary, map. Study guide forthcoming. |
Contents
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PELOPS IN PISA | 19 |
DIFFERENT LOVES PART II | 39 |
HERCULES AND HYLAS | 55 |
DIFFERENT LOVES PART III | 75 |
NARCISSUS | 95 |
DIFFERENT LOVES PART IV | 111 |
ILLUSTRATION SOURCES | 147 |
INDEXED GLOSSARY | 165 |
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Achilles Agamemnon ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Argonauts Art Resource Athenian Atreus Attic red figure beauty beloved British Museum bronze Calimach Callicratidas Callimachus Charicles chariot Courtesy death Description of Greece Different Loves Dionysus divine Eros Euripides Eurydice eyes father feast Ganymede goddess gods Goldenhorse Greek myth hand heart Hercules Hercules and Hylas Hermes heroes Hervé Lewandowski Hippodamia Homer honor horses Hyacinthus Hyginus Hylas Iolaus king krater Kunsthistorisches Museum kylix Laius live Loeb Classical Library Louvre lover of boys Lycinus lyre male love Musées Nationaux Museo Archeologico Nazionale Myrtilus Napoli e Caserta Narcissus nectar nymph Oinomaus Olympians Olympus Orestes Orpheus Painter Paris Patroclus Pausanias Pelops Perseus Digital Library Photo Réunion Pisa Poseidon Prosymnus race Réunion des Musées sacred Sergent ships shoulder Socrates Soprintendenza Archeologica story Tantalus temple Thamyris Theomnestus Thiodamas Thracians Thyestes took Trojans Troy Vatican Mythographer winged women www.perseus.tufts.edu young youth Zephyrus Zeus Zeus and Ganymede
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Page 2 - ... about) , and in the second place is older, and hence free from lust. In consequence, those inspired by this love turn to the male, attracted by what is naturally stronger and of superior intelligence. And even among those who love boys you can tell the ones whose love is purely heavenly. They only fall in love with boys old enough to think for themselves — in other words, with boys who are nearly grown up.