Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece

By William Armstrong Percy

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252067401
• ISBN13: 9780252067402
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"