by K J Dover
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ἐϰ Διòς ἀρχώμεσθα. Zeus carries off Ganymede. This terracotta statuette, about a metre high, was made about 470 B.C.; the fragments of it have been found at various times during the last hundred years at Olympia.
A man tries to kiss a youth with whom he is sharing a couch at a party. This is part of a painting on the wall of a tomb at Paestum in southern Italy, datable to the early fifth century B.C.
B16 A man courts a youth. The bird held by the youth is a courting gift.
B51 Men couplate with women. Penetration is clearly anal, not vaginal.
B53 The odd man out entreats a youth, who rejects him.
B65 A man courts a youth, who shields his own genitals with his hand.
B76 A man courts a youth of massive physique.
B80 Satyrs with characteristically over-developed genitals, glans exposed.
B114 A man and a youth copulate intercrurally.
B242 A sexually ambiguous abstract motif.
B250 Men court youths, and one pair copulates. The stag and the cockerel are courting-gifts.
B271 A man courts a youth, who holds a garland.
B342 A muscular youth resists a man’s attempt to touch his genitals.
B370 Two satyrs, one with an equine penis, and a monumental phallos. Note the eye on the glans.
B462 Wrestlers. Note the funnel-shaped foreskin.
B470 Grape-pickers. Note the prominent genitals of the upper figures.
B486 A man and a youth copulate intercrurally.
B494 A bird suggestive of the phallos-bird (cf. R414).
B502 A man courts a youth. For the garlands cf. B271. The dog may be a courting-gift.
B538 A man and a youth are wrapped in one cloak. We are probably meant to think of them as copulating.
B598 A man courts a boy, and a boy responds affectionately to a man’s courtship.
B634 The pair on the left is a man and a youth (painted black), copulating intercrurally. Every other pair is a man and a woman.
BB16 A caricature of Zeus with his thunderbolt. The exposure of the glans is humorous.
BB24 A hairy satyr masturbates while pushing a penis-substitute into his own anus.
C19 An abstract motif suggestive of anus or (cf. R55) nipple.
C28 An abstract motif suggestive simultaneously of buttocks, thighs and female genitals.
C32 An abstract motif suggestive of the female genitals.
CE33 A youth courts a woman, who restrains his hands.
CE34 One woman courts another. For the garlands cf. B271, B502.
R27 A youth embraces a responsive boy.
R55 Theseus carries off Korone. Note their facial similarity, Korone’s massive thighs, and the sparseness of pubic hair on Theseus.
R59 A youth embraces a responsive boy.
R82 A youth titillates a woman.
R177 Orestes kills Aigisthos. Note the position and shape of the sword.
R189 A youth puts a finger to the anus of another youth, probably as a jocular insult.
R196(a) Youths court boys, whose degree of resistance varies. Note that some are dark-haired and others blond.
R196(b) Youths court women.
R200 Youths at a symposium.
R207 One woman titillates another.
R219 A youth washes.
R223 The youth on the left, perhaps impatient at having to queue, importunes another youth.
R243 A group of youths engages in a complex homosexual activity.
R259 A phallos-horse.
R283 A man embraces a youth at a symposium.
R295 A man at a symposium seizes a fleeting opportunity to touch a boy’s genitals.
R303 A youth embraces a girl.
R305 A boy athletic victor.
R313 Young athletes.
R328 Herakles. Note his musculature and (cf. R699) the smallness of his genitals.
R329 A satyr.
R336 A youth carries a heavy storage-jar.
R348 Zeus pursues Ganymede (see Frontispiece). Ganymede is red-haired, and has no pubic hair. The cockerel (cf. B16, B250) is a courting-gift from Zeus.
R373 A youth with a very small penis.
R406 Poseidon pursues a youth.
R414 A woman carrying a phallos-bird uncovers a container full of phalloi; cf. R1071.
R422 Old Age (subdued by Herakles). His genitals are, by Greek criteria, as ugly as his face.
R454 A youth washes.
R455 A naked man with an unusual amount of body-hair.
R456 A man whose penis is much larger than that of the youth in R458.
R458 A youth dresses.
R462 A standing youth with small genitals and a seated man (vomiting) with larger genitals.
R471 A woman prepares to wash.
R472 A youth carries baskets on a pole.
R494 A youth in a relaxed pose.
R498 A hurrying youth. Note the prominence of his genitals.
R502 A man copulating intercrurally with a youth. The hare is a courting-gift.
R520 A man and a boy get into position for intercrural copulation.
R543 A man copulates anally with a woman.
R545 The position of the woman suggests (despite the alignment of the man’s penis) that portrayal of vaginal copulation is intended.
R547 A boy rejects a youth.
R573 A man and a youth or boy get into position for intercrural copulation.
R603 Zephyros carries off Hyakinthos. The painter has represented the deity’s penis as somehow penetrating the clothing of the youth.
R577 A man copulates anally with a woman.
R637 A man and youths court boys.
R651 The penis of a boy is handled by an older male.
R659 Orpheus is killed by maenads. Note the facial similarity of male and female.
R682 A man titillates a woman. Note the masculine shape of her hips.
R684 A man courts a youth, who rejects him, brandishing a lyre. Cf. R682.
R699 Herakles overthrows Busiris, king of Egypt. The painter undoubtedly intended to portray the Egyptians as circumcised, but in fact has portrayed them with foreskins pulled back. For the smallness of Herakles’ penis cf. R328.
R712 Men and youths accost women. Note the physical similarities of the youths and the women.
R750 A youth and women. Note their facial similarity.
R758 Zeus and Ganymede; cf. R348.
R783 Apollo displays himself to a Muse.
R791 A man offers a cockerel to an unresponsive boy.
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R829 Zeus lays hands on a struggling Ganymede.
R833 The same.
R851 A youth entreats an unresponsive boy.
R867 Men entreat a woman.
R934 A man tries to make the acquaintance of a youth during a sacrifice.
R954 A boy prepares to squat on the lap of another for anal copulation.
R958 A youth (on the right) stands in a relaxed pose. Note the female shape of his hips.
R970 A woman prepares to squat on the lap of a youth for copulation.
R1027 A youth dresses.
R1047 A boy washes. Note the prominence of his genitals.
R1071 A woman with a basket full of olisboi or phalloi; cf. R414.
R1127 Satyrs enjoy fellation and anal (or intercrural upside-down?) copulation.
R1135 Female breasts and male hips on the same torso.
RS12 A winged youth of somewhat hermaphrodite appearance.
RS20 The figure on the neck of the vessel is unquestionably hermaphrodite.
RS26 A youth and a woman. Note the similarity of their physique and stance.
Index of Greek Texts and Documents
Aelian, Varia Historia iii 12: 202.
Aiskhines i (Prosecution of Timarkhos)
3: 29; 12: 28; 13f.: 28f.; 15f.: 28; 15: 36f.; 17: 24, 38; 18: 28; 19f.: 29; 19: 24, 31, 33, 37; 20: 26, 28; 21: 28; 26: 69; 29-32: 20; 29: 38; 32: 28f.;. 35: 28; 37-44: 22; 39: 22; 40: 22, 28, 30, 37; 41f.: 26; 41: 22, 26, 69, 73, 188; 42: 67, 69; 43: 34; 44: 22; 45f.: 25; 46: 29; 48: 22; 50: 26; 51f.: 21, 137 n.4; 51: 23; 52: 22, 37f., 44, 138; 53-64: 22; 55: 36; 57: 42; 67: 25f.; 68: 26; 72: 26-8, 31, 39; 73: 22, 28, 30; 74: 30, 108; 75f.: 26; 75: 67, 69; 80-4: 39; 50-5: 22; 87: 27f., 37, 39; 88: 27; 89f.: 22; 90: 26, 31; 92f.: 22; 94: 25; 98: 26; 106: 22; 107: 22, 67; 108: 38; 115: 67; 116: 37; 119-33: 40; 119f.: 30, 32; 119: 25; 121f.: 22; 123f.: 32; 125: 25; 126: 69, 75; 127: 22; 130: 22; 131: 75f.; 132: 24; 133: 42, 53; 135: 42, 54, 69; 136: 42, 46, 55, 59f., 69, 76; 137: 37, 47; 138f.: 48; 138: 54 n.30, 60, 69; 139: 56; 140: 62; 142: 41 n.6, 47, 53, 197; 155-7: 69; 157: 39; 158: 30; 163: 30, 31, 33; 166: 25; 170: 22, 25; 171: 46, 76; 184: 28; 185: 38, 60, 67; 188: 25, 37f.; 195: 28, 30-2, 87.
ii (On the Misconducted Embassy)
99: 75f.; 139: 76; 166: 46, 76; 179: 76
iii (Prosecution of Ktesiphon)
30-3, 47: 24 n.5; 155, 160: 76; 162: 69, 76; 209, 247: 76
Aiskhylos, fragments (ed. Mette) 72: 78 n.30; 228: 70, 197; 229: 197.
Akhaios (TGF) 6: 150.
Alexis (CAF) 3: 73.
Alkaios of Messene (HE) 7, 8: 52; 9: 69, 77.
Alkaios of Mytilene (PLF) 130: 181; 283: 178 n.21.
Alkman (PMG) 1: 180; 3: 179; 34: 193 n.16.
Ameipsias (CAF) 16: 174.
Amphis (CAF) 32: 174.
Anakreon (PMG) 346, 357: 196; 358: 174, 183, 204; 360: 84; 388: 109; 417: 59.
Anaxilas (CAF) 21: 21, 45; 22: 21, 50 n.20.
Anonymous Biographer of Sappho (Oxyrhynchus Papyri 1800) 121 n.31, 174.
Anonymous Comic fragments (CAF) 12: 142.
Anonymous Commentator on Sappho (SLG S261A) 174.
Anonymous Epigrammatists (HE) 18: 66, 112; 27: 112; 30: 69; 33: 66, 171.
Anonymous Lyric Poets (PMG) 953: 174.
Antiphanes (CAF) 26: 73; 196: 174.
Apollonios of Rhodes i 1187-1357: 199.
Aratos (HE) 1: 111.
Aristophanes, Acharnions 65-90: 148; 71f.: 147; 77-9: 142; 88, 119-24: 144; 132: 139; 134-41: 148; 142-4: 111; 155-61: 129; 245, 262: 139; 263-79: 135; 591f.: 204; 594-619; 147; 597: 148; 601: 147; 603: 137 n.4; 602, 608: 148; 611: 150; 844: 144; 989-99: 149; 1091: 140; 1198-1221:139.
Birds 115f.: 148; 128-34: 136, 187 r.5; 137-42: 137; 139-42: 55; 142: 96; 289f.: 144; 504-7: 129; 667-9: 140; 669: 98; 706: 98; 707: 92; 829-31: 144; 1111: 147; 1253-6: 140; 1254: 98, 101; 1282: 78; 1470-81: 144.
Clouds 79-83: 49; 347-9: 37; 348-50: 138; 353-5: 144; 529: 143; 579f.: 148; 660-9: 113 n.7; 670-80: 144; 675f.: 139; 686f.: 143; 734: 97; 909: 143; 963f.: 84; 964-72: 75; 973-8: 124; 979-83: 85; 979f.: 17; 1009-14: 125; 1023: 143; 1071-4: 136; 1075-82: 61, 136; 1083f.: 106, 140; 1085-1104: 140; 1196-1200: 148; 1327-30: 143; 1354-6: 75.
Ecclesiazusae 12f.: 106 n.98; 62-4: 77: 311-72: 152; 432: 108 n.105; 611-50: 149; 629: 45; 707-9, 877-1111, 912-4: 149; 912: 20 n.2; 920: 182 n.36; 922: 17 n.31.
Frogs 38: 38; 48, 57: 145; 113, 513-20: 140; 542-8: 97; 544: 97 n.72; 729: 41 n.4.
Knights 21-9: 97; 167: 142 n.12; 343f.: 146; 347: 34; 580: 78; 639: 142; 736-40: 146; 876-80: 34; 877-80: 141; 958: 144; 963f.: 204; 1242: 86, 141: 1280-9: 102; 1293, 1372-4: 144; 1378f.: 137 n.4; 1384-91: 138f.
Lysistrata 79-84: 193; 105-10: 148; 107-9: 102; 125-39: 148; 137: 143; 158f.: 148; 192: 129 n.9; 215f.: 148; 229: 101; 403-23: 148; 490, 578: 147; 701: 20 n.2; 706-80: 148; 1091f.; 189; 1092: 145; 1103, 1173:188.
Peace 11: 145; 190f.: 150; 289-91: 97; 446: 144; 508-11, 556, 588-97, 603, 632: 150; 670-8: 144; 710f.: 139; 724: 145; 762f.: 55, 138; 869f.: 86; 869, 876: 101; 883-5: 102; 894-905: 149; 1172-90, 1185f.: 148; 1295-1301: 144.
Thesmophoriazusae 31-3: 144; 50: 141; 59-62: 143; 98: 144; 133: 163; 136-40: 144; 153: 101; 175f., 191f.: 144; 198-201: 140; 200: 142; 206: 141; 218-20, 235: 144; 254: 139 n.5; 443-58: 149; 473-501: 148; 479-89: 100; 491f.: 148; 574-81: 145; 936f.: 147; 1115-24: 145.
Wasps 15-23: 144; 84: 143; 97-9: 111; 501: 101; 556f.: 147; 578: 125, 137; 608f.: 137; 687: 143; 691-6: 148; 1023-8: 138; 1068-70: 141; 1280-3: 102; 1317: 79; 1342-81: 137; 1343: 59; 1345f.: 182; 1389-1414: 149.
Wealth 149-52: 101, 135; 150: 45; 153-9: 20, 146; 157: 92; 265-7: 129; 560: 79.
Fragments (CAF) 114: 137 n.4; 130: 143; 354: 135; 430: 144; (CGF) 62: 102.
Aristotle, Athenian Constitution 18.5f.: 191
Nicomachean Ethics 1128a 22-5: 10 n.17; 1148b15-9a20: 168.
Poetics 1448b16-18: 11.
Politics 1271b40-2a4: 192; 1272a23-6: 186, 197 n.2; 1274a31-b8: 200 n.6.
Problemata iv 26: 169; 27: 169 n.28; 31: 38.
Rhetoric 1367a29-31: 78; 1378b29f.: 104 n.89.
Fragments (ed. Rose) 97: 199; 98: 188.
Aristoxenos (Wehrli) 55: 153.
Arkhedikos (CAF) 4: 99 n.78.
Arkhilokhos (IEG) 302: 20.
Asklepiades (HE) 1: 63, 98; 7: 172; 12: 82 n.39; 20: 66, 79; 21: 77; 24: 86 n.44; 37: 65, 172; 38: 77; 46: 52.
Athenaios 599cd: 174 n.7; 601d: 188; 603d: 199.
Bakkhylides 5.155-75: 199 n.3.
Corinthians I 5.1: 17.
Demosthenes xviii 120f.: 24 n.5; 204: 31; 298: 48.
xix 284: 19.
xxi 46: 38; 72: 35; 74: 104 n.89; 180: 35; 206f.: 26 n.9.
xxiv 66: 25 n.7; 71: 24 n.5.
xxvii 65: 35.
xxxv 26: 37.
liv 14: 38, 57; 16f.: 87 n.48; 39: 38.
lvii 31-5: 109.
lix 103-6: 32.
lxi 1: 42, 49; 3: 197 n.2; 6: 50; 17, 20: 197 n.2; 30: 50.
Demokritos (DK) B73: 45.
Didymos ap. Seneca, Epistles 88.37: 183 n.39.
Dioskorides (HE) 7: 99; 13: 107 n.101; 18: 174.
Diphilos (CAF) 69f.: 174.
Ekhemenes (FGrHist 459) F1: 186.
Ephippos (CAF) 24: 174.
Ephoros (FGrHist 70) F149: 189, 202.
Epikrates (CAF) 4: 174.
Euboulos (CAF) 120: 135, 140, 192.
Eupolis (CAF) 56: 147; 98: 21; 100: 141; 235: 143; 327: 17 n.31; 351: 143.
Euripides, Andromache 595-601: 193.
Bacchae 453-9: 78 n.30, 172.
Cyclops 551: 182 n.35.
Electro 70-6: 149; 75: 150.
Medea 246: 171 n.2.
Fragments (TGF) 184-200: 74; 265a: 61; 282: 147 n.18; 358: 156 n.8; 840: 61; 895: 150.
Galen xii 249:102 n.82.
Glaukos (HE) 1: 50, 92 n.58.
Gortyn Law Code II 1-17: 189.
Hagnon ap. Athenaios 602d: 188, 193.
Hellanikos (FGrHist 4) F157: 199.
Herakleides Pontikos (Wehrli) 65: 191.
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nbsp; Hermesianax (CA) 7: 174.
Herodas 6, 7: 102.
Herodotos i 61.1f.: 100 n.80; 82.8: 78; 135: 201 n.9.
ii 36.3-37.2: 129.
v 18.4: 125; 92 η 2: 139.
ix 5: 31.
Hesiod Theogony 120-2: 43.
Works and Days 753f.: 173 n.3.
Fragments (ed. Merkelbach and West) 298: 180.
Hesykhios ε 2475: 202; κ 2223-7: 38; κ 4080, κ 4735, κ 4738, λ 224, λ 226: 187; λ 692: 182; χ 85: 187.
Homer, Iliad i 469: 43; 599f.: 121.
v 265f.: 196.
xi 786: 197.
xiv 315: 43.
xx 231-5: 196.
xxii 71-3: 195 n.20.
xxiv 227: 43, 176.
Odyssey viii 308-11: 121.
xi 506-16: 74 n.19; 522: 119 n.23.