Attic Red-Figure Vase with Courtship Scenes
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Attic Red-Figure Vase with Courtship Scenes

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This Attic red-figure vase (5th–4th cc. BC) depicts pederastic courtship scenes, a socially accepted practice in classical Athens. Beardless youths, or erómenos , appear modest, while bearded adult men, or erastés , offer gifts like hares or roosters. Hanging items such as the strigil , aryballos , and sponge suggest an educational and athletic context. These scenes reflect the era’s social norms, where such relationships were part of a young man’s civic and moral development.