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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Shakeel
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-18T18:07:37Z
dc.date.available2022-08-18T18:07:37Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/16523
dc.description.abstractThe genre of Athenian forensic oratory is valuable evidence for evaluating Greek society’s perception of men involved in long-standing homosexual relationships. A close examination of such relationships reveals that some citizen status males dispensed with the obligation of marriage and formed an enduring companionship with a socially marginalized man. Much of the scholarship on Greek homosexuality, however, ignores the role of subaltern groups in same-sex relationships and denies the existence of homosexual practices beyond the codified structures of the well-known pederastic relationship model. Applying a multidisciplinary lens to Lysias’ speech Against Simon, this MRP considers how its narrative on same-sex desire, relationships, shame, and masculinity reveals a complex and diverse image of Greek homosexuality. By focusing on the participation of a subaltern man, I argue that a homosexual identity and subculture existed in classical Athens.en_US
dc.subjectGreek oratory, Homosexual relationships, Subculture, Social status, Marginalized group.en_US
dc.titleHomosexual Subculture in Classical Athens: An Analysis of Unconventional Same-sex Relationships in the Speech of Lysias Against Simonen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-18T18:07:37Z


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