>The Persians are of all nations most ready to adopt foreign customs; for they wear the Medic costume, thinking it handsomer than their own; and in war they use the Egyptian cuirass. And they practise all kinds of indulgences with which they become acquainted; among others, they have learned from the Greeks a passion for boys
>>18050980Wow they're just like us in the USA
>>18050980Uhm... Leather Apron sisters...
>>18050980who are you quoting
>>18050980It doesn't say that. The sentence after the use of Egyptian armour is about Persian bows and boys not meeting their father until they are older. This is a troll thread.
>>18052364What?
>>18052364https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.+1.135&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126
>>18050980He meant the passion to teach boys!
>>18053497>it says pederasty>trust me bro
>>18053512https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0125%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D135specifically it says>καὶ δὴ καὶ ἀπ᾽ Ἑλλήνων μαθόντες παισὶ μίσγονται
>>18053528>they learned games from the Greeks???????
oh no no no no....
This confusion is largely due to era. In some eras and regions it was common and in others it was not. Like we know "Greek myths" which are just generalized stories from Athens and Sparta mostly. Each region had variants on the tales. Ancient Greece wasn't like one nation for all that time but numerous independent city states and regions with localized customs and traditions. Like in Athens maybe or some areas/eras I'm sure it could be common and hence Herodotus saying that. In others frowned upon. But the issue stems from missing that essential historical context. Not viewing it like one singular modern day nation and staying that way for its whole history.
>>18050980>thinking this was going to be a wholesome /his/tory thread>it's going to be about ancient pedohomoing instead
>>18050994he accidentally skipped the father of history and one of the most important greeks of all time, it's an honest mistake
>>18050980>they have learned from the Greeks a passion for boysEvery. Single. Time.
>>18053751don't blame us. blame the gayreeks. they were the relentless pedo fags. Were their women really so unattractive? I mean, a little hairy, a little swarth, but still not as bad as the men at least.
>>18050980>they have learned from the Greeks a passion for boys
>>18050994I'm pretty sure he never denies that there were pederasts in Greece and Rome in either of those videos.
>>18050980>>18050994Leather Apron sisters... Herodotus, the father of history himself, the pinned image on /his/... says that the Greeks fucked boys? Say it ain't so...
What does it say in the actual ancient Greek?
>>18055223It never explicitly states it but many poets and authors heavily imply if not outright say it. I will say a lot of strange passages can be explained by the Greek's penchant for physiognomy or just translation being read into too much by faggots, so its not as widespread as some here might want your to believe, but it definitely exists within the literature. No matter what being the passive sexual partner in a sexual relationship during antiquity would make you a target of social shame and, depending on time and place, literally get you stripped of your civic rights. When homosexuality/pederasty did occur the usual case was some degenerate faggot raping his slaves or a non-citizen being humiliated to a similar end.
>>18055234>It never explicitly states it.Ok.
>>18055241I mean they don't literally say that they rape the child, but it is heavily implied they do. They do mention homosex more generally a lot, but usually to mock it or otherwise deride its practitioners. It's exceedingly rare you to find genuinely pro-gay shit in ancient Greek sources, most of that comes from art and really the meaning of that has to be inferred by an audience which is 2,500 years late to the debut, so what it actually meant to the people that commissioned it is an unknown quantity.
>>18055056Afghans got bacha bazi from when Alexander came over. Thats my guess at least lol.
>>18055260Raping children has always been a characteristic of an underdeveloped and/or isolated people, though it does not always appear in these cases, and degrees of development do not separate one entirely from the practice as our society today shows. Without centralized and paternal guidance humans will transgress on almost everything, becoming barbarous in a few generations.
>>18055269"Without centralized and paternal guidance humans will transgress on almost everything, becoming barbarous in a few generations."Would you say that the Internet has helped accelerate this, and if it has do you think there is a way back?
>>18055273The proliferation of pornographic content on the internet has accelerated this particular issue, but independent the internet was basically just the new printing press but this time literally anyone could use it.
>>18055250>they don't litterally sayOk.
>>18055281but independent of that*
>>18055234>>18055250coping retard
>>18055056>Laying a woman, so far as I am concerned is O.K. if I can’t score for a boy. But laying one woman or a thousand merely emphasizes the fact that a woman is not what I want. Better than nothing, of course, like a tortilla is better than no food. But no matter how many tortillas I eat I still want a steak
>>18056197Ancient Greeks of course being well known for their tortillas.
>>18055223>doesn't know ancient greek>thinks an 18th century anglo translator would suddenly decide to manipulate a translation so that it talks about fucking boysThe chud mind is fascinating
>>18057176Post the ancient Greek then?
>>18057176>suddenly decide to manipulate a translationImplying all scholars are 100% honest and forthright in all of their dealings is pretty retarded
>>18057219You think a guy in the 20th (not 18th) century would do that? Translate it as luridly as possible to make a name for himself?Anyway, let me tell you about a complicated man...
>>18050980i want to know who's the dingus behind the statue on the right who ruined the shot
>>18057176Anglos have their boarding schools where they a ritualistically buggered as juniors and bugger other boys as seniors. The shit going on in those boarding school would make the average Greek and Turk blush in shame.
