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| When the father refused to turn over his daughter to her husband who was unaware of everything, the authorities got involved and it was taken to the courts. The court could not decide whether the father's rights over his daughter too precedence over a husband's rights over his wife. When it looked like she would be forced to return to her husband, she whips it out and asks if they are going to "force a man to live with a man" in wedlock (178). | When the father refused to turn over his daughter to her husband who was unaware of everything, the authorities got involved and it was taken to the courts. The court could not decide whether the father's rights over his daughter too precedence over a husband's rights over his wife. When it looked like she would be forced to return to her husband, she whips it out and asks if they are going to "force a man to live with a man" in wedlock (178). |
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| Fawkes' edition translates the word "shame" multiple times, indicating the Greeks looked down upon intersexed people. Culturally speaking, the ancient Greeks would tolerate a certain degree of homosexuality. They were intolerant of men who acted feminine or identified as a woman. They would not have condoned a marriage between two men. The homosexual relations of Greek philosophers and their students is often held up as an example of their tolerance. However, teenage males were usually the students and were not seen as fully grown men. Simply put, these relationships were tolerated as long as it was not two grown men, but by today's standards we would definitely label it as molestation. It is a misconception that homosexuality, male or female, was acceptable in Greek society. | |
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| As a result of this, Hermais takes her father's name, Diophantos, enlists in the cavalry and lives the rest of her life as a man. Her husband had been madly in love with Hermais, can't deal with losing her and the shame of having had anal sex, and kills himself. In his will he names Diophantos as his heir, and we are left with the sentiment, "So she who was born a woman took upon herself a man's reputation and daring, whereas the man turned out to be weaker in mind than a woman" (179). | As a result of all of this, Hermais takes her father's name, Diophantos, enlists in the cavalry and lives the rest of her life as a man. Her husband had been madly in love with Hermais, can't deal with losing her and the shame of having had anal sex, and kills himself. In his will he names Diophantos as his heir, and we are left with the sentiment, "So she who was born a woman took upon herself a man's reputation and daring, whereas the man turned out to be weaker in mind than a woman" (179). |
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