Male homoeroticism in Platos Symposium and the Greek lyric poets: Comp

Male homoeroticism in Platos Symposium and the Greek lyric poets complimentary or contradictory?Works Cited MissingImages of male homosocial and homoerotic transaction pervade Athenian culture. From plays to poetry and jugs to the fullice system one kitty find these relations represented pictorially and in words. But do all these images align with each other or ar at that place irreconcilable differences between them? To look at this question we give undertake two small pieces of culture, a philosophical treatise, Platos Symposium and the lyric poetry of Theognis and Anacreon.Homoerotics are mentioned in several speeches in Platos Symposium but I will counseling on those statements made by Phaedras and Pausanias. The reason for the use of these two sources is to finish up the numerous representations of homoerotics in Athenian Greece. Phaedras begins by stating that everyone can agree that, the superior benefit, to my mind, that a young domain can come by in his youth is a pure dor, and a virtuous boyfriend is just as good for a lover too. (Plato, 178c) This is a value that the late world can easily grasp, a young man (the reject of love) is come up served by a virtuous older man (erastes) who will honor his superior position and treat the young man well and teach him what he can. In turn, the the erastes is fail off with a virtuous boyfriend (eromenos) who will stay loyal to him. After all, the older man is the lover to which Phaedras refers and so a young boyfriend who was not loyal could be quite injurious to the older man?s shopping centre and reputation. So does this image fit with that of the lyric poets?Indeed, Phaedras? representation of male homoerotics aligns quite easily with that of the lyric poets. Theognis speaks often... ...ric poets. Love for boys is a wonderful thing, especially if both parties are virtuous and loyal. Also, Theognis and Anacreon, likely along with Pausanias, attribute more committedness to men than to wom en, resulting in a deeper commitment to ?relationships.? Phaedras disagrees saying that women can, in event feel equal loyalty. There is general agreement that a love for boys based purely on beauty is a common thing, and not a good one. It leads to having stupid eromenai, which is not desirable. The lyric poets do search to maintain that slice intelligence is important, young boys are still better material for love than older men. Pausanias disagrees, arguing for lifelong homosocial relationships. So while there are a few differences between the lyric poets and these speakers of the Syposium they be to be based more on choice of lifestyle than on-key differences of paradigm.