red-figure homoerotic images

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I thought I'd post some erotic art/images from more than 2000 years ago.







These are figures from Greek vases and cups. Homoerotic depictions were not that common, but we have a decent number of them come down to us.

The Peithinos cup, for example, shows several male pairs in varying degrees of touching (interpreted to be happening in the setting of a gymnasium):



detail:



Zephyrus and Hyacinthus:



This is thought to be Achilles patching up the wounded hand of Patroclus on this drinking cup:





This is some setting showing one male climbing onto a lap of another who has an erection (the man who looks on is supposedly in a separate room, although it might not be obvious from the first glance):