Eastern Washington University EWU Digital Commons EWU Masters Thesis Collection Student Research and Creative Works Spring 2018 Pederasty in ancient Greece: a view of a now forbidden institution Catherine S. Donnay Eastern Washington University Follow this and additional works at: http://dc.ewu.edu/theses Part of the European History Commons, Other History Commons, and the Social History Commons Recommended Citation Donnay, Catherine S., "Pederasty in ancient Greece: a view of a now forbidden institution" (2018). EWU Masters Thesis Collection. 506. http://dc.ewu.edu/theses/506 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Research and Creative Works at EWU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in EWU Masters Thesis Collection by an authorized administrator of EWU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. PEDERASTY IN ANCIENT GREECE: A VIEW OF A NOW FORBIDDEN INSTITUTION A Thesis Presented To Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree Master of Arts in History By Catherine S. Donnay Spring 2018 ii iii Table of Contents List of Figures ................................................................................................................................ vi Through Anthropological Lenses .................................................................................................... 1 Words of Love ............................................................................................................................ 2 Philia .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Eros ............................................................................................................................................ 4 More Vocabulary ....................................................................................................................... 5 Symposium ................................................................................................................................. 7 Age of Eromenos ........................................................................................................................ 7 The Differences between Modern and Ancient Attitudes .......................................................... 8 Origins of Greek Pederasty ............................................................................................................ 8 Rituals of Institutionalized Pederasty ....................................................................................... 10 The Social Upheavals of Pederasty .............................................................................................. 12 Adapting the Mythological Tradition to Emerging Pederastic Norms ......................................... 12 Zeus and Ganymede ................................................................................................................. 13 Achilles and Patroclus .............................................................................................................. 14 Ideal Masculinity ...................................................................................................................... 15 Documented Pederastic Relationships ......................................................................................... 15 iv Pederasty as a Political Tool ........................................................................................................ 17 Pederastic Space ........................................................................................................................... 18 Pederasty and Class: Emerging Social Tensions .......................................................................... 19 Pederasty and Social Tensions ..................................................................................................... 24 Male Prostitution in the Ancient World ................................................................................... 25 Abnormal Masculinity: The Kinaidoi ....................................................................................... 26 Art of Pederasty: Vase Paintings and Poetry ................................................................................ 28 Courtship .................................................................................................................................. 28 Scenes of Courtship .................................................................................................................. 29 Type Alpha ............................................................................................................................... 29 Type Beta .................................................................................................................................. 33 Type Gamma ............................................................................................................................ 37 Sex Without Bonds of Love ..................................................................................................... 38 Erotic Rivalry ........................................................................................................................... 41 Scenes of Symposia and Pederasty ............................................................................................... 44 Kissing ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Consummation ............................................................................................................................. 48 Leagros and Euphronios ........................................................................................................... 48 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 53 v Figures .......................................................................................................................................... 55 References .................................................................................................................................... 69 Vita ............................................................................................................................................... 76 vi List of Figures Figure 1 Amphora by the Phrynos Painter. Photo: Martin-von-Wagner Museum der Universität Würzburg. Figure 2 Amphora by thee Painter of Cambridge 47. Photo: Staatliche Antikensammling und Glyptothek München. Figure 3 Kylix by Douris. Photo: Martin-von-Wagner Museum der Universität Würzburg. Figure 4 Kylix by Makrin. Photo: Martin-von-Wagner Museum der Universität Würzburg. Figure 5 Kalpis by the Kleophrades Painter. Photo: Ministero per I Beni e le Attività Culturali, Soprintendenza per I Beni Archeologici del Lazio, Sezione Etruria Meridonale. Figure 6a Kylix by Makron. Exterior. Photo: Staatliche Antikensammling und Glyptothek München. Figure 6b Kylix by Makron. Interior. Photo Staatliche Antikensammling und Glyptothek München. Figure 7 Kylix in the manner of Douris. Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. F 2305. Photo: Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbestiz. Figure 8 Kylixin a style related to Douris. Gift of EEdward Perry Waston. Photograph © 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Figure 9 Kylix by the Euaichme Painter. Photo: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Figure 10 Pelike by the Triptolemos Painter. Photo: Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture, Mykonos Museum. Figure 11a Skyphos by the Lewis Painter. Side A. Photo: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. vii Figure 11b Skyphos by the Lewis Painter. Side B. Photo: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Figure 12 Kylix by Makron. Photo: Ole Haupt, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Figure 13 Kylix by the Brygos Painter. Photo: Arrchivo Fotografico della Direzione dei Musei dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. Figure 14 Lekythos. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Figure 15 Neck amphora by the Harrow Painter. Photo: Archivo Fotografico della Direzione dei Musei dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. Figure 16 Kylix by the Brygos Painter. Photo: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Figure 17 Red-figure amphora, Louvre G 45. Photo Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Figure 18 Kylix by the Ambrosios Painter. Photo: Ministero per I Beni e le Attività Culturali, Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio, Sexione Etruria Meridonale. Figure 19 Kylix by the Epidromoos Painter. Photo: Archivio del Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna. Figure 20 Skuphos. Gift of E. P. and Fiske Warren. Photograph © 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Figure 21 Kylix by the Briseis Painter. Photo RMN © Mussée du Louvre – Les frères Chuzeville. Figure 22 Kylix by the Carpenter Painter. Photo: © The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California. Figure 23a Red-figure psykter, J. Paul Getty Museum 52.AE.53. Photo: Museum. Figure 23b Detail of the psykter Fig. 23a: Leagros and Euphronios. Photo: Museum viii Figure 24 Pelike by Euphronios. Photo: Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio, Sexione Etruria Meridonale. Through Anthropological Lenses The social institutions considered in this paper do not exist today. Today these ancient practices are considered so