In Classical Athens, Male Homosexuality

question 3

Multiple Choice

In classical Athens, male homosexuality

• A)after initial toleration became increasingly subject to moral and philosophical attack as a threat to the aristocratic family.
• B)was a practice only associated with actors and priests, never gaining public acceptance.
• C)was totally outlawed, and practicing homosexuals were publicly executed.
• D)became an important subject in many tragic plays.
• E)was practiced and tolerated in part as a means by which mature men instructed young males about the masculine world of politics and patronage.

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