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- catalog abstract "Arguing that homosexuality of the classical era grew out of the prehistorical practice of initiatory homosexuality, Sergent examines initiation rites in a wide variety of ancient cultures, particularly in Crete and among a group of Germanic peoples. In these two cultures, a sexually active adult, the erastes, was the mentor/suitor of an adolescent boy, the eromenos. The boy was ritualistically kidnapped and then lived in the wild for a prescribed period, during which time the erastes taught him to hunt and slept with him. Killing a boar or bear - the final trial - qualified the eromenos as a hunter and signified his ascent to adult status. To illustrate his compelling thesis, Sergent provides an exhaustive survey of the Greek myths, demonstrating that the homosexual relationships of male gods and heroes follow a similar pattern of ritual initiation.".
- catalog alternative "Homosexualité dans la mythologie grecque. English".
- catalog contributor b685259.
- catalog contributor b685260.
- catalog contributor b685261.
- catalog coverage "Greece Religion.".
- catalog created "c1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "c1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1986.".
- catalog description "Arguing that homosexuality of the classical era grew out of the prehistorical practice of initiatory homosexuality, Sergent examines initiation rites in a wide variety of ancient cultures, particularly in Crete and among a group of Germanic peoples. In these two cultures, a sexually active adult, the erastes, was the mentor/suitor of an adolescent boy, the eromenos. The boy was ritualistically kidnapped and then lived in the wild for a prescribed period, during which time the erastes taught him to hunt and slept with him. Killing a boar or bear - the final trial - qualified the eromenos as a hunter and signified his ascent to adult status. To illustrate his compelling thesis, Sergent provides an exhaustive survey of the Greek myths, demonstrating that the homosexual relationships of male gods and heroes follow a similar pattern of ritual initiation.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [323]-332.".
- catalog description "Foundations -- Poseidon and the royal founders -- Apollo and the civic advancement -- Heracles and apprenticeship for war -- Loves and myths of Dionysius -- Cretan stories -- Heroes -- Conclusions.".
- catalog extent "ix, 344 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807057002".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "c1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfre".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog spatial "Greece Religion.".
- catalog subject "BL795.H6 S4713 1986".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality Mythology.".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality Religious aspects.".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Greek.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foundations -- Poseidon and the royal founders -- Apollo and the civic advancement -- Heracles and apprenticeship for war -- Loves and myths of Dionysius -- Cretan stories -- Heroes -- Conclusions.".
- catalog title "Homosexuality in Greek myth / Bernard Sergent ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; with a preface by Georges Dumezil.".
- catalog title "Homosexualité dans la mythologie grecque. English".
- catalog type "text".