>it was made up by academics in the 70s>it was made up by Christians in early antiquity>only the Athenians did it>everyone except the Spartans did it
>>18738700As it turns out. If the people you endlessly pine over liked diddling little boys this will be a contentious subject in historiography.No one likes to think about it. Unless they either hate the Greeks or love raping little boys. In which case they certainly do.
Gay rape is a very important subject in history apparently. Not like an average Greek viewed it as wrong or anything to the point of banning homosexuals from politics right? Right?
>>18739270Only if you took it in the ass. Having a catamite was fine, and so was being one. But getting fucked in the ass as a grown man? Off limits.
>>18739285If someone had a catamite that person was viewed as fucked in the head.
>>18739270Misinterpretation of Aeschines’ oration against Timarchus. Only prostitutes are forbidden from politics. Aeschines makes this distinction clear and says he’s not talking about homosexuality in general, says that he himself has written love poetry to boys, and even says that Homer wrote Achilles and Patroclus to be fags