Homosexuality in the Ancient World It is not uncommon to hear from apologists for homosexuality that homosexuality was the norm in the ancient world, especially in ancient Rome and Greece. In fact, the myth of a "homosexual utopia" in ancient Greece was popularized by Oscar Wilde, convicted of sodomy, and fragmentary evidence that has come down to us in the form of ancient texts and works of art indicates rather the opposite. Throughout human history, homosexuality, especially in a passive role, has existed as a shameful and marginal phenomenon. Only in rotten civilizations, during their decline, same-sex practices may have gained some distribution, but even then, attraction to representatives of the same sex, stronger than to representatives of the opposite, was considered outside the norm. Nowhere and never until our time have exclusively homosexual relationships between adults been sanctioned. When reading this article, it is necessary to remember the conventions of the modern term “homosexuality”, used in it to describe ancient sexual practices that occur between people of the same sex, which are hardly comparable to what is happening in the LGBT community. Acts of oral or anal penetration have always been deemed deeply degrading and defiling for the recipient.
In Athens, homosexuals were despised and obliged to declare their vice in ecclesia, after which they lost all civil rights. If they hid their vice, they were ostracized or executed. For them, there were derogatory nicknames such as euryproktos (wide anus) chaunoproktos (gaping anus) and lakkoproktos (anus like a pit).
In the speech of Aeschines against Timarch it is said that if any Athenian is a man's lover, then he is forbidden: 1) be one of the nine archons, 2) be a priest, 3) to be an advocate in court, 4) to hold any position inside and outside the Athenian state 5) to act as a herald or to elect a herald, 6) to enter sacred public places, participate in religious liturgies with a wreath on the head and be in that part of the square, which is consecrated by sprinkling. The violator of the above instructions was punished by death. The overwhelming majority of researchers agree that in ancient Greece, homosexual contact between two equal men was considered deeply unnatural and severely punished. To designate a man who voluntarily assumed a passive role in anal-genital contact, there was a special concept: κίναιδος - kineidos (fallen). Accepting a passive role, the kineidos became like a prostitute and became unworthy to be a free man. As a result, kineidos was deprived of its citizenship rights. It was also believed that the person who allowed to be anally penetrated was considered prone to abuse alcohol, food, money or power. (Greenberg in roger 1997, p. 181). A few quotes: • There is no evidence that homosexuality was universally recognized ... The Greeks never "canonized" the physical act of sodomy ... With a more detailed analysis, the widespread practice of ridicule and aversion to homosexuals becomes apparent. (Karlen 1977, p. 33, 35). • Of those who indulged in passion, no one was more disgusted than the class of sexual degenerates known as katapugons or kinaidoi (Davidson 1998, p. 167). • The image of kineidos was absolutely negative ... (Clark 2008, p. 22). • Kineidos was perceived as a repulsive person, a pervert in both public and sexual terms (King in porter 1994, p. 30). [ancient Greeks believed that] anal-genital penetration between adult men was unacceptable ... associated with obscenity and rudeness (Keuls 1995, p. 291, 299). • [ancient Greeks believed that] an adult male who participated in a receptive role in anal-genital penetration lost the status of a man and became effeminate, subject to condemnation and contempt (Vanggard 1972, p. 89). • [The ancient Greeks believed that] a man who likes to be anally penetrated by another man is a pervert, a source of potential social unrest, and he should be treated like a woman whose role he takes (Thorton 1997, p. 105). • A passive role in anal-genital penetration was considered humilia
Homosexuality in the Ancient World It is not uncommon to hear from apologists for homosexuality that homosexuality was the norm in the ancient world, especially in ancient Rome and Greece. In fact, the myth of a "homosexual utopia" in ancient Greece was popularized by Oscar Wilde, convicted of sodomy, and fragmentary evidence that has come down to us in the form of ancient texts and works of art indicates rather the opposite. Throughout human history, homosexuality, especially in a passive role, has existed as a shameful and marginal phenomenon. Only in rotten civilizations, during their decline, same-sex practices may have gained some distribution, but even then, attraction to representatives of the same sex, stronger than to representatives of the opposite, was considered outside the norm. Nowhere and never until our time have exclusively homosexual relationships between adults been sanctioned. When reading this article, it is necessary to remember the conventions of the modern term “homosexuality”, used in it to describe ancient sexual practices that occur between people of the same sex, which are hardly comparable to what is happening in the LGBT community. Acts of oral or anal penetration have always been deemed deeply degrading and defiling for the recipient.
In Athens, homosexuals were despised and obliged to declare their vice in ecclesia, after which they lost all civil rights. If they hid their vice, they were ostracized or executed. For them, there were derogatory nicknames such as euryproktos (wide anus) chaunoproktos (gaping anus) and lakkoproktos (anus like a pit).
In the speech of Aeschines against Timarch it is said that if any Athenian is a man's lover, then he is forbidden: 1) be one of the nine archons, 2) be a priest, 3) to be an advocate in court, 4) to hold any position inside and outside the Athenian state 5) to act as a herald or to elect a herald, 6) to enter sacred public places, participate in religious liturgies with a wreath on the head and be in that part of the square, which is consecrated by sprinkling. The violator of the above instructions was punished by death. The overwhelming majority of researchers agree that in ancient Greece, homosexual contact between two equal men was considered deeply unnatural and severely punished. To designate a man who voluntarily assumed a passive role in anal-genital contact, there was a special concept: κίναιδος - kineidos (fallen). Accepting a passive role, the kineidos became like a prostitute and became unworthy to be a free man. As a result, kineidos was deprived of its citizenship rights. It was also believed that the person who allowed to be anally penetrated was considered prone to abuse alcohol, food, money or power. (Greenberg in roger 1997, p. 181). A few quotes: • There is no evidence that homosexuality was universally recognized ... The Greeks never "canonized" the physical act of sodomy ... With a more detailed analysis, the widespread practice of ridicule and aversion to homosexuals becomes apparent. (Karlen 1977, p. 33, 35). • Of those who indulged in passion, no one was more disgusted than the class of sexual degenerates known as katapugons or kinaidoi (Davidson 1998, p. 167). • The image of kineidos was absolutely negative ... (Clark 2008, p. 22). • Kineidos was perceived as a repulsive person, a pervert in both public and sexual terms (King in porter 1994, p. 30). [ancient Greeks believed that] anal-genital penetration between adult men was unacceptable ... associated with obscenity and rudeness (Keuls 1995, p. 291, 299). • [ancient Greeks believed that] an adult male who participated in a receptive role in anal-genital penetration lost the status of a man and became effeminate, subject to condemnation and contempt (Vanggard 1972, p. 89). • [The ancient Greeks believed that] a man who likes to be anally penetrated by another man is a pervert, a source of potential social unrest, and he should be treated like a woman whose role he takes (Thorton 1997, p. 105). • A passive role in anal-genital penetration was considered humilia
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