11-11-2008, 03:46 PM
Quote:Are we speaking of the same book? Anton Powell's Athens & Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC ? There is no chapter on Spartan pederasty. There is, though, a subject within the chapter "Life within Sparta" termed "Pressure for Homogeneity: the dining group; marriage and homosexuality" of which pederasty takes up four paragraphs. His reasoning seems impeccable - and balanced - to my reading.
No we are not talking about the same book. I said I have just about all of his "chapters", the ones contained in the various books he edited. One of them delt with pederasty, and seemingly began from the point of view that there was institutionalized and obligate sexual pederasty, then hammered "facts" in to fit the mold.
[quote]PMBardunias wrote:
I don’t see it so much as “opportunismâ€
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
