Talk:Theban pederasty
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Thank you for that, I was wondering how to broach the topic. My concern was to indicate that they had been influenced by the Dorians, by whom they had been conquered, if I am not mistaken. How would you bring that in? Haiduc 12:00, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
The one line about "Boeotian swine" seems sketchy. Boeoetia was the sort of Appalachian region of ancient Greece, and I'd suspect that the Thebans, as residents of the biggest Boeotian city, were just getting some of that, versus any sort of directed anti-pederasty. Unless, of course, someone has some sources that prove me wrong. In which case, nevermind.
- Hupperst borrows the term to use as the title of his paper: "Boeotian Swine: Homosexuality in Boeotia," by Charles Hupperts, in Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West, ed. B. C. Verstraete and V. Provencal, Harrington Park Press, 2005, pp.180-190
- He also gives two classical references, which I have added to the text. I agree with your view, it was probably a garden-variety type of xenophobic denigration. Haiduc 12:10, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
