Sexuality, Homosexuality, Prostitution & Love
Platonic Love
Platonic Love, which is named for the Greek philosopher Plato, now means something quite different from what Plato meant.
Nothos (pl. Nothoi)
Nothos in the singular and nothoi in the plural is the ancient Greek term for bastard.
Symposium
From Plato's Symposium. Aristophanes uses myth to explain why men seek men, why women seek women and why men and women seek each other.
Moichos
Moichos is the name for an ancient Greek adulterer.
Greek Eros and Philia Love Magic
The needs of men and women in the arena of love were different and required different types of magic; the men using eros magic, and the women philia or agape magic.
Hetaira
Hetaira is a type of Greek courtesan or prostitute.
Ancient Greek Eroticism
A look at the ancient Greek emphasis on kalos kai agathos 'the beautiful and the good,' and the Greek male's sexual experiences.
Pornai
Pornai is the ancient Greek word for prostitutes.
Greek Winter Solstice Celebrations
In Greece there were winter solstice celebrations, including ones honoring the sea god Poseidon.
Did Women Attend the Theater in the 18th Century?
By Marilyn A. Katz. Citizens' wives were cloistered and allowed out on only special occasions. Paper examines the question of whether the theater was included.
Sex Curse Found at Ancient Cyprus site - ABC News
"A curse is inscribed in Greek on a lead tablet and part of it reads: 'May your penis hurt when you make love'," Athens Archaeological School head Pierre Aubert told the English language Cyprus Weekly
Greek Couples
By Paul Halsall. Eight prominent homosexual liaisons and our sources.
Homosexual Eros in Early Greece
Graduate student paper by Paul Halsall. Looks at homosexuality as a phenomenon all over Greece, restricted neither to the upper class nor to the publicly sanctioned inter-crural acts depicted on vases.
Iolaus: An Anthology Of Friendship (1908)
By Edward Carpenter. Customs connected with fraternity in arms.
People With a History
Chapter on Ancient Greece, which is discounted as a homosexual arcadia.
Prostitutes
About Athens 4th century B.C. Prostitutes use all sorts of artifices to appear more desirable than they really are.
Homosexuality in Greece and Rome. A Sourcebook
BMCR review by J.L. Butrica of Thomas K. Hubbard (ed.), Homosexuality in Greece and Rome. A Sourcebook of Basic Documents.
Roman Sex
BMCR review of John R. Clarke, Roman Sex 100 BC - AD 250, a coffee table book with illustrations and sections on lovemaking at home, gay and bisexuality, women's relatively liberated sexuality in Rome vs. Greece, and erotic art.
Eunuchs in Ancient Rome
An introduction to eunuchs in the Roman empire.