A Problem in Greek Ethics / Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to medical psychologists and jurists

by John Addington Symonds

[48] Eroticus, xvii. p. 761, 34.

[49] See Plutarch, Pelopidas, Clough, vol. ii. p. 219.

[50] Clough, as quoted above, p. 219.

[51] The connection of the royal family of Macedon by descent with the Æacidæ, and the early settlement of the Dorians in Macedonia, are noticeable.

[52] Cf. Athenæus, x. 435.

[53] Hadrian in Rome, at a later period, revived the Greek tradition with even more of caricature. His military ardour, patronage of art, and love for Antinous seem to hang together.

[54] Dissert., xxvi. 8.

[55] See Athen., xiii., 609, F. The prize was armour and the wreath of myrtle.

[56] Symp. 182, B. In the Laws, however, he mentions the Barbarians as corrupting Greek morality in this respect. We have here a further proof that it was the noble type of love which the Barbarians discouraged. For Malakia they had no dislike.

[57] Bergk., Poetæ Lyrica Græci, vol. ii. p. 490, line 87 of Theognis.