Author Question: How did Athenians respond to male homosexuality? a. It was seen as the most terrible of sins and ... (Read 77 times)

geodog55 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

The first civilizations emerged approximately

a. two million years ago.
b. one million years ago.
c. two hundred thousand years ago.
d. ten thousand years ago.
e. five thousand years ago.

Question 2

How did Athenians respond to male homosexuality?

a. It was seen as the most terrible of sins and was a capital crime.
b. It was tolerated in part as a means by which mature men instructed young males about the masculine world of politics and patronage.
c. After initial tolerance, male homosexuality became increasingly subject to moral and philosophical attack as a threat to the aristocratic family.
d. It was a practice only associated with actors and priests; it never gaining public acceptance.
e. It was seen as a foreign practice that had nothing to do with the Greeks.