Comportamientos sexuales, masculinidad y ciudadanía en
la Atenas clásica: El discurso de Esquines Contra Timarco
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2013
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25/09/2013
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En el año 346 a. C. el orador Esquines pronunció un demoledor discurso acusando de prostitución a Timarco, uno de sus enemigos políticos. A través de este discurso se ha procedido a llevar a cabo un profundo análisis sobre la masculinidad, el homoerotismo masculino y la idea de ciudadanía en la Atenas de este período, así como de las relaciones y dependencias que se establecen entre dichos elementos, observándose, de esta manera, cómo el desempeño de determinados comportamientos, en este caso sexuales, contribuyeron a formar un modelo concreto de masculinidad sobre el que se asentó la idea de ciudadanía. Todo ello nos ofrece una visión particular, en primer lugar del fenómeno homoerótico en la Atenas clásica, y, en segundo lugar, de la forma en que se construía la ciudadanía ateniense y de los elementos que contribuían a sustentarla.
In the year 346 a. C. Aeschines delivered a devastating speech accusing Timarchus, one of his political enemies, of prostitution. Through this speech we proceeded to conduct a thorough analysis of masculinity, male homoeroticism and the idea of citizenship in the Athens of this period, as well as the relationships and dependencies that exist between these elements, observing, thus, how the performance of certain behaviors, in this case sexual behaviors, helped to form a particular model of masculinity; above this model of masculinity is based the idea of citizenship. All this gives us a particular view, first of homoerotic phenomenon in classical Athens, and, secondly, the way Athenian citizenship was constructed and the elements that ontributed to sustain it.
In the year 346 a. C. Aeschines delivered a devastating speech accusing Timarchus, one of his political enemies, of prostitution. Through this speech we proceeded to conduct a thorough analysis of masculinity, male homoeroticism and the idea of citizenship in the Athens of this period, as well as the relationships and dependencies that exist between these elements, observing, thus, how the performance of certain behaviors, in this case sexual behaviors, helped to form a particular model of masculinity; above this model of masculinity is based the idea of citizenship. All this gives us a particular view, first of homoerotic phenomenon in classical Athens, and, secondly, the way Athenian citizenship was constructed and the elements that ontributed to sustain it.