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Minoan or not

According to Percy (p. 22), it's not clear at all that the Minoans established pederasty. There are conflicting theories as to the origin, and this article does a poor job at discussing them, and instead just embraces one of them. A more recent summary [1]. Pcap ping 19:08, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

interpretation of evidence

Although I'm in favor of presenting passages from primary sources, and don't think any of that should be deleted from the article, I'm concerned that the number of secondary sources is too limited to be balanced. In particular, the interpretation of the dedicatory statuary is presented as if it were uncontested; I have my doubts that all scholars take the same view of it. Cynwolfe (talk) 16:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I remembered that I have a copy of Koehl's article — “The Chieftain Cup and a Minoan Rite of Passage,” Journal of Hellenic Studies 106 (1986) — which I've just reviewed. It's a meticulous and sober piece of scholarship, and should be used more extensively to construct this article. He deals with Minoan origins, Cretan rites of passage, the Strabo passage on the erotic aspect, and how the Ganymede myth can be viewed as expressing the social custom. As well as offering an amusingly lengthy and illustrated treatment of Cretan hairstyles for men. Cynwolfe (talk) 16:40, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

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I have assessed this article as Start Class for the Wikiproject Greece because it is does not put any time context on this. Obviously the article refers to ancient Crete, but were the Minoans pederasts? How did later Roman or Arab conquests and Christianity affect this practice? Also, need more of the images referred to in the texts to reach B Class. Argos'Dad 19:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 19:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 12:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)