09-27-2008, 02:43 AM
Quote:I wouldnt mind that much about Cartledge. If we are ready to doubt sources and go further, why cant we doubt a guy that just had a theory. I cant see anywhere that pederasty was institution, quite the opposite.
By the way i read Spartans of Cartledge and found it one of the worse writen books i ever read. Back and forth back and forth recycling material that was sufficient for a book only 1/3 of the original size.
Well the fact is we can't be dogmatic. The extant source material would - to me - clearly indicate homo-erotic relationships as a part of Spartan life.
Perhaps you might read Cartlege's A Regional History of Laconia. Somewhat deeper than the television handbook The Spartans.
Paralus|Michael Park
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Ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί, τοὺς μετὰ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ὅλα κατειργασμένους
Wicked men, you are sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander!
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