Erastes and Eromenos.

 Erastes erastes - The man who gives love, eromenos eromenos - The story of ancient homosexuality under the man who is loved came out... Homosexuality between adult men and boys was common in ancient Greece and Hellenistic world. This relationship is recognized (?), thoroughly above and below, domination and obedience are defined, and certain rituals and discipline exist. In other words, it is related not only to sexual factors but also to the social way of living as a man. For Erastes, adult men are right. It is known that not everyone could be Erastes just because it was an adult male. In reality, there must be a certain degree of wealth and status, and metaphysically, the soul must not be lazy (cough...--;). In order for Erastes to seduce the boy into his own eromenes, he has to persuade him with words, but if the soul is lazy and speechless, he thinks that the boy can receive intelligence and virtue through that person and will not allow the relationship. Because of this virtue of the soul (cough once again...), Plato said that Erastesman was full of God. The Eromenos were clearly distinguished from Namchang. Because Eromenos is a citizen who will grow up to be a member of the polis in the future, so obedience to Erastes cannot demote him to the same position as Namchang. Namchang was born as a man, but was criticized socially because he committed the crime committed by women. In order to distinguish it from Namchang, who sinns women, Eromenos never takes an active attitude when he is loved by Erastes. Open your eyes straight in an excited state, and take an attitude of reluctantly responding because it's a duty given to you that you don't want to. Pleasure should be felt only by Erastes, and Eromenos should avoid Erastes' eyes so that the eyes of both of them do not meet. (But does it even make eye contact?) I just imagined the posture.If I explain it in more detail, it'll be lame, so I'll skip it. This homosexual relationship is not only for pursuing pleasure, but for the enhancement of Arete. Raising one's virtue to the level of heroes, modeled after the love between gods and men in myths. Going from the disproportionate relationship between Erastes and Eromenos, reaching the point where the difference between the two is eliminated.The goal of this homosexual relationship is to become Achilles and Patroclus, Orestes and Pilates, Apollo and Admetus...This point is well illustrated in "Perfume". Love with women creates insignificant bodies, but love with men gives birth to soul life.In other words, it is right that you can gradually develop from indulging in the beauty of the boy and reach Idea (huck... I remember high school moral time). Earlier, the goal was to eliminate the difference between Erastes and Eromenes.This is the process of socializing by raising a boy as an adult and making him a member of society (?).I don't know what to say) also worked. It is right for a boy who was someone's eromenos to receive knowledge and virtue from Erastes and become an adult-Erastes who can share soul love and raise another eromenos as Erastes. In the present view, the pursuit of pleasure and the curriculum that fosters citizens in the future can be consistent...If you look at it, it's funny...It seems to be just a logic surrounded to justify homosexuality (to be precise, should I call it boyhood), but...Anyway, I guess we connected then... This homosexuality is also interpreted as being related to the social image of the time when it was maintained as a military force only for citizens. It is related to the maintenance of the privileged status of a civic group consisting of only adult men (women and slaves at that time are not humans).The opinion that it is also related to population control. A character like Alexander may have been a bisexual in the same meaning as today, but he may have pursued a way of life that enhances the soul and becomes a hero through homosexuality. In fact, he lived a life like a mythical hero, so I don't know if he pursued the life of Erastes, who is close to Idea, who is privileged in sex and resembles the life of a hero.