Erotics and friendship in emperor Julian's fourth oration
This paper explores the emperor Julian's use of pederastic and same-sex sexual tropes to characterize the importance of his friendship with Saturninius Secundus Salutius. The "Self-Consolation" or Oration 4 is read in light of its intertextualities with Theocritus, Plato, and various...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Scholia : Natal studies in classical antiquity 2010-01, Vol.19 (1), p.79-110 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper explores the emperor Julian's use of pederastic and same-sex sexual tropes to characterize the importance of his friendship with Saturninius Secundus Salutius. The "Self-Consolation" or Oration 4 is read in light of its intertextualities with Theocritus, Plato, and various ancient discussions of dreams with nocturnal emissions. |
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| ISSN: | 1018-9017 2253-2331 |