Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece
Author(s): William Armstrong Percy III
Combining impeccable scholarship with accessible prose, this volume argues that institutionalized pederasty began after 650 B.C., far later than previously thought, and was used as a means of stemming overpopulation in the upper class. Pederasty established bonds that William Armstrong Percy III argues were responsible for the rise of Hellas and the Greek miracle: in two centuries the population of Attica, 45,000 adult males in six generations, produced an astounding number of great men who laid the foundations of Western thought and civilization.
Very good condition.
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- : University of Illinois Press
- : University of Illinois Press
- : 0.417305
- : 01 June 1998
- : .83 Inches X 6 Inches X 9 Inches
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- : William Armstrong Percy III
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 261