03-26-2007, 05:33 AM
Hi guys this is my first post and I'm posting to ask you guys whats the deal with Spartan pederasty is it a myth thought up by modern historians?
I personally have read a translated copy of Xenophon's writing on spartan society and as far as I can tell he says sexual activity with adolescents and children was in fact considered as foul as sexual activity between parents and children. So from what Ive read from someone who actually lived in that time with the Spartans the relationship between boy and mentor was chaste.
But I'm sure you guys have much more insight into this what do you guys think?
I personally have read a translated copy of Xenophon's writing on spartan society and as far as I can tell he says sexual activity with adolescents and children was in fact considered as foul as sexual activity between parents and children. So from what Ive read from someone who actually lived in that time with the Spartans the relationship between boy and mentor was chaste.
But I'm sure you guys have much more insight into this what do you guys think?
Matt
