The dispersion of pederasty and the athletic revolution in sixth-century BC Greece

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 63-85

  Scanlon, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Homer; Initiation; Nudity; Olympics; Pederasty; Sparta; Thucydides

Indexed keywords

ART; ATHLETE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENEALOGY; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; LEISURE; LITERATURE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PEDOPHILIA; REVIEW;

GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 30044444718     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v49n03_03     Document Type: Review

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