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If we are to go by what Greek homoerotic art tells us, making love the Greek way turns out to not be as "Greek" as we thought. Most of the time male lovers are shown nude, standing up facing each other, making love between the thighs. Anal sex, common in modern gay relationships, is almost never shown, and when shown, it's depicted as surprising and unexpected. The erotic impact of the images is often enhanced by the addition of a voyeur and seduction seems to be just as important as the sex act, if not more.
Greek homoerotic art often shows lovemaking in public. The setting is usually a palestra, a center for sports, culture . . . and male love. Men and boys would attend a palestra in order to train. Often, trainers would be in love with the athletes they taught and make love to them. It helped that athletes trained nude and that love, in the form of statues of the god Eros, was a central and praised feature of the Greek gym (a word which comes to us from the Greek "gymnos," naked, and the related "gymnazien," to do physical exercise - in other words, naked sports.)
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