Ancient sensuality, Part Two.
Gods love with mortals:
THE GOD "PAN"
The iconography associated with this god was associated with large phalluses. One of them, great, was carried in procession during phallephória, holidays Dionysian held between February and March, and followed by whole families of devotees, each of which in turn carried a small phallus in his hand like a candle . Many others were the festivals celebrated in ancient times in honor of other deities of fertility, including Aphrodisias Aegina and Corinth, during which the heteras, luxury prostitutes, they lowered their rates, or those held in honor of Adonai in Rome. In either of these is evident the survival of ancient propitiatory rites Neolithic fertility, such as burying marked sexual organs, or reciting obscene poetry and so on. Obviously, this kind of festivals and religious cults of fertility and sexuality, led to the creation and use of objects erotic content unclear to eighteenth-century Christians. Although in reality, we may assume that the Puritan scholars were faced with the task of explaining the world the meaning of what archeology was discovered in the last two centuries, had paved the way, it was common knowledge that, Eslava as John says: "From the time of Homer and Hesiod, the Greek myths grew into an elaborate soap opera in which the tangled bed predominate over all other passions humanísimas gods and heroes." The legends recounted again and again as they fell in love hopelessly masculine gods of mortal women and a*****ed, and the boring rescuing treatment than their husbands, busy with other issues, lavished. And what man would have dared to punish the divine being who also improved their descent from that? Zeus, determined to lead by example, he resorted to cheating of any kind to seduce his beautiful victims. It is often transformed into a bull, swan or golden rain. Do not even hesitate to alter the laws of the universe to promote their amatory exploits, as when he slept with Alcmene, mother of Hercules, and ordered that the sun does not come out in three days for the romantic night to last seventy-two hours. But when archeology gained momentum and began to dig up other sources other than literary scholars were amazed, as the legends come to life in the form of suggestive shining marble statues, or embodied to a naked bodies painted with thin lines, and unabashedly on clay pots. Although, apart from the objects of worship, already greatly exaggerated, if something really shocked the world nineteenth century was the fact confirm what Plato had suggested with beautiful words in "The Banquet". That is, that pederasty was an institution in ancient Greece, which is corroborated by the many erotic scenes that decorate the ceramics used, especially in the period between 570 and 470 to. BC, by the upper classes. In many of these painted vases can see a grown man petting a ephebe respectfully as he touches the man's beard. Well, this picture now seen as something evil, turns out to be reflecting a ritualized behavior in Athenian society, especially among intellectuals and the military. Not strange that a grown man was attracted to physical beauty of a teenager, in fact gyms, where they exercised naked boys were much frequented by older men. However, although permitted by society and parents, the relationship between a young and an adult must observe certain requirements. The boy could not have less than twelve years nor more than eighteen, and the adult could not be more than thirty. I also had to give several benefits to his protege: gifts, social status, education in various fields ... perhaps more than what a parent can give your c***d or a teacher to his pupil. The price paid was the ephebe her sexual slavery. Greek mythology pederastic couples openly displayed like Achilles and Patroclus, and Zeus Gamínedes. It is also said that Socrates, Plato, Sophocles, including Julius Caesar, practiced pederasty elderly and young. Although towards the end of his life Plato defined love as opposed to homosexual nature. According to modern anthropology this relationship corresponded to a rite of passage in which the boy, before joining the society, has to undergo a novitiate initiation by the adult who acts as mentor and lover. The Greeks themselves believed that this institution came from Crete, where adults were k**napped in a ritual and simulated **** teens to return to their families, after two months, laden with gifts. The Cretan ritual a*****ion was imitated in other parts of Greece like Corinth and Thebes. Although in the latter city it was said that this custom originated with the mythical k**napping by King Laius of Chrysippus, the son of Pelops. In any case, no one took these a*****ions as a disgrace and young a*****ees did not hide but received honorific and they yielded the best places to dance and careers. Even wearing a special garment, which was sometimes a dress of their protectors, to distinguish them.
THE GOD "PAN"
The iconography associated with this god was associated with large phalluses. One of them, great, was carried in procession during phallephória, holidays Dionysian held between February and March, and followed by whole families of devotees, each of which in turn carried a small phallus in his hand like a candle . Many others were the festivals celebrated in ancient times in honor of other deities of fertility, including Aphrodisias Aegina and Corinth, during which the heteras, luxury prostitutes, they lowered their rates, or those held in honor of Adonai in Rome. In either of these is evident the survival of ancient propitiatory rites Neolithic fertility, such as burying marked sexual organs, or reciting obscene poetry and so on. Obviously, this kind of festivals and religious cults of fertility and sexuality, led to the creation and use of objects erotic content unclear to eighteenth-century Christians. Although in reality, we may assume that the Puritan scholars were faced with the task of explaining the world the meaning of what archeology was discovered in the last two centuries, had paved the way, it was common knowledge that, Eslava as John says: "From the time of Homer and Hesiod, the Greek myths grew into an elaborate soap opera in which the tangled bed predominate over all other passions humanísimas gods and heroes." The legends recounted again and again as they fell in love hopelessly masculine gods of mortal women and a*****ed, and the boring rescuing treatment than their husbands, busy with other issues, lavished. And what man would have dared to punish the divine being who also improved their descent from that? Zeus, determined to lead by example, he resorted to cheating of any kind to seduce his beautiful victims. It is often transformed into a bull, swan or golden rain. Do not even hesitate to alter the laws of the universe to promote their amatory exploits, as when he slept with Alcmene, mother of Hercules, and ordered that the sun does not come out in three days for the romantic night to last seventy-two hours. But when archeology gained momentum and began to dig up other sources other than literary scholars were amazed, as the legends come to life in the form of suggestive shining marble statues, or embodied to a naked bodies painted with thin lines, and unabashedly on clay pots. Although, apart from the objects of worship, already greatly exaggerated, if something really shocked the world nineteenth century was the fact confirm what Plato had suggested with beautiful words in "The Banquet". That is, that pederasty was an institution in ancient Greece, which is corroborated by the many erotic scenes that decorate the ceramics used, especially in the period between 570 and 470 to. BC, by the upper classes. In many of these painted vases can see a grown man petting a ephebe respectfully as he touches the man's beard. Well, this picture now seen as something evil, turns out to be reflecting a ritualized behavior in Athenian society, especially among intellectuals and the military. Not strange that a grown man was attracted to physical beauty of a teenager, in fact gyms, where they exercised naked boys were much frequented by older men. However, although permitted by society and parents, the relationship between a young and an adult must observe certain requirements. The boy could not have less than twelve years nor more than eighteen, and the adult could not be more than thirty. I also had to give several benefits to his protege: gifts, social status, education in various fields ... perhaps more than what a parent can give your c***d or a teacher to his pupil. The price paid was the ephebe her sexual slavery. Greek mythology pederastic couples openly displayed like Achilles and Patroclus, and Zeus Gamínedes. It is also said that Socrates, Plato, Sophocles, including Julius Caesar, practiced pederasty elderly and young. Although towards the end of his life Plato defined love as opposed to homosexual nature. According to modern anthropology this relationship corresponded to a rite of passage in which the boy, before joining the society, has to undergo a novitiate initiation by the adult who acts as mentor and lover. The Greeks themselves believed that this institution came from Crete, where adults were k**napped in a ritual and simulated **** teens to return to their families, after two months, laden with gifts. The Cretan ritual a*****ion was imitated in other parts of Greece like Corinth and Thebes. Although in the latter city it was said that this custom originated with the mythical k**napping by King Laius of Chrysippus, the son of Pelops. In any case, no one took these a*****ions as a disgrace and young a*****ees did not hide but received honorific and they yielded the best places to dance and careers. Even wearing a special garment, which was sometimes a dress of their protectors, to distinguish them.
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