Greek Homosexuality

Greek Homosexuality is the first work of the 20th century in the English language to address the topic of same sex relation in ancient Greece. A scholarly work by Kenneth Dover, published in 1978, it discusses the practices and attitudes of the ancient Greeks toward homosexuality, based on archaic and classical archaeological and literary sources. It is divided into three major sections, each examining a different group of sources: the iconography of vase paintings, the speeches in the law courts, and the comedies of Aristophanes together with smaller sections based on other ancient Greek literary and philosophical writings. The conclusions drawn are that the Greeks regarded homosexuality in general to be natural, normal and salutary,...