February 23 at 1 p.m.
Love in Sparta
[Archaeology] Returning lecturer Paul Cartledge — Cambridge University Professor Emeritus, honorary citizen of modern Sparta, Commander of the Order of Honor awarded by the President of Greece — discusses Love in Sparta in collaboration with the St. Petersburg Celebration of the Arts. Ancient Greeks had at least two words for love - agapê connoting pure love and erôs signifying sexual lust. In Sparta, male-male sexuality played a distinctive role educationally and politically, leading to the invention of a unique vocabulary. Regarding marital romance and male-female relations, Spartans likewise devised a special local twist. Whether ancient Sparta may considered a normal Greek society will also be analyzed.
Image: Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl from the Metropolitan Museum - 2nd half of the 6th century BCE
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