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[[Image:AEGISTHOS PAINTER -460c Love gift (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien IV-1102) 852x1030.jpg|thumb|200px|left|'''Love gift'''<br>Man presents a leg of mutton to a youth with a hoop, in an allusion to boylove.<ref>''Antike Welten: Meisterwerke griechischer Malerei as dem Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien'', 1997, pp.110-111</ref> Athenian red-figure vase, ca. 460 BC]]  
[[File:Youth with hoop and covered cake love gift sm.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''Love gift'''<br>Youth with hoop and covered cake as a love gift]]  


The hoop  held symbolic meanings in Ancient Greek myth and culture and was used to represent a boy or youth in general in Greek art. The Greeks referred to the hoop as the ''trochus'' or ''krikoi,'' and they were probably made of bronze, iron, or copper. They were driven with a stick called the ''elater''.<ref>Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks By Edward M Plummer; p50</ref> The boys would roll them down the street running along side or have races.  
'''Hoop rolling''', also called '''hoop trundling''', is both a sport and a child's game in which a large hoop is rolled along the ground, generally by means of an object wielded by the player. The aim of the game is to keep the hoop upright for long periods of time, or to do various tricks.


A bronze hoop was one of the toys of the infant Dionysus,<ref>Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity: Being Studies in Religious History from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D. by Francis Legge; 1915 p. 125</ref> and hoop driving is an attribute of [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]], often depicted on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] vase paintings from the 5th century BC. It was a very popular toy among ancient Greek kids  and the sport was regarded as healthful, and was recommended by Hippocrates for strengthening weak constitutions.<ref>"Hippocrates recommended playing with a hoop as a cure for weak people" Psychoanalytic perspectives on art: PPA, Volume 1 - Page 97 by Mary Mathews Gedo</ref> Though there are no images or written accounts, one can imagine that some rambunctious young Greek boy likely invented the ''Hula hoop'' 3000 years before Wham-O.
The hoop held symbolic meanings in ancient Greek myth and culture, and was used to represent a boy or youth in general in Greek art. The Greeks referred to the hoop as ''trochus'' or ''krikoi,'' and they were probably made of bronze, iron or copper. They were rolled with a stick called ''elater''.<ref>Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks By Edward M Plummer; p50</ref>


Images of the hoop are often presented in the context of boylove in ancient Greece.<ref>The ancient Olympics By Nigel Jonathan Spivey; p48</ref> A trochus/hoop was a favorite gift given by a Greek man to the boy he fancied. <ref> http://www.scribd.com/doc/153553844/Sexuality-in-Greek-and-Roman-Culture</ref> A spear, trident or wooden staff is sometimes depicted (on pottery) penetrating the boy's hoop as a symbolic allusion to the sexual nature of the relationship.<ref>http://www.homoerotimuseum.net/eur/eur07/329.html</ref>  
A bronze hoop was one of the toys of the infant [[Dionysus]],<ref>Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity: Being Studies in Religious History from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D. by Francis Legge; 1915 p. 125</ref> and the hoop is an attribute of [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]], often depicted on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] vase paintings from the 5th century BC. It was a popular toy in ancient Greece, the sport being regarded as healthful, and was recommended by Hippocrates for strengthening weak constitutions.<ref>"Hippocrates recommended playing with a hoop as a cure for weak people" Psychoanalytic perspectives on art: PPA, Volume 1 - Page 97 by Mary Mathews Gedo</ref>
 
Images of the hoop are often presented in the context of [[pederasty in ancient Greece]].<ref>The ancient Olympics By Nigel Jonathan Spivey; p48</ref> A hoop was a favorite gift given by a Greek man to the boy he fancied <ref> http://www.scribd.com/doc/153553844/Sexuality-in-Greek-and-Roman-Culture</ref>, as well as gifts of animals or meat. In vase paintings, a spear, trident or wooden staff is sometimes depicted penetrating the boy's hoop, as a symbolic allusion to the sexual nature of the relationship.<ref>http://www.homoerotimuseum.net/eur/eur07/329.html</ref>  
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== Zeus and Ganymede==   
== Zeus and Ganymede==   
The imiges below are from a red-figure bell Krater depicting Ganymede and Zeus attributed to the Berlin Painter  circa 500-480 BC. Kraters were used at banquets for mixing wine and water.<ref>http://www.mam.gov.mo/photodetail.asp?productkey=2008041201094&lc=3</ref>
The images below are from a red-figure bell Krater depicting Ganymede and Zeus attributed to the Berlin Painter  circa 500-480 BC. [[Krater]]s were used at banquets for mixing wine and water.<ref>http://www.mam.gov.mo/photodetail.asp?productkey=2008041201094&lc=3</ref>
Zeus is shown pursuing the boy Ganymedes, who is playings with a toy hoop, symbol of his youth, and a cock, a traditional gift given to boys by their male suitors.
[[Zeus]] is shown pursuing the boy [[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]], who is playings with a toy hoop, symbol of his youth, and a cock, a traditional gift given to boys by their male suitors. <ref>http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/attic-red-figure-bell-krater</ref> The two images taken together convey the [[pederastic]] or sexual nature of the relationship.  
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[[Image:BERLIN PAINTER -495c Zeus holding a scepter (Louvre G175) 1234x1388.jpg|thumb|250px|left|'''Zeus''']]
[[Image:BERLIN PAINTER -495c Zeus holding a scepter (Louvre G175) 1234x1388.jpg|thumb|250px|left|'''[[Zeus]]''']]
[[Image:BERLIN PAINTER -495c Ganymede holding a hoop and a cock (Louvre G175) 1874x1998.jpg|thumb|270px|right|'''Ganymede''']]
[[Image:BERLIN PAINTER -495c Ganymede holding a hoop and a cock (Louvre G175) 1874x1998.jpg|thumb|270px|right|'''[[Ganymede]]''']]
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_pederasty
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_pederasty
 
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Youth with hoop and covered cake as a love gift

Hoop rolling, also called hoop trundling, is both a sport and a child's game in which a large hoop is rolled along the ground, generally by means of an object wielded by the player. The aim of the game is to keep the hoop upright for long periods of time, or to do various tricks.

The hoop held symbolic meanings in ancient Greek myth and culture, and was used to represent a boy or youth in general in Greek art. The Greeks referred to the hoop as trochus or krikoi, and they were probably made of bronze, iron or copper. They were rolled with a stick called elater.[1]

A bronze hoop was one of the toys of the infant Dionysus,[2] and the hoop is an attribute of Ganymede, often depicted on Greek vase paintings from the 5th century BC. It was a popular toy in ancient Greece, the sport being regarded as healthful, and was recommended by Hippocrates for strengthening weak constitutions.[3]

Images of the hoop are often presented in the context of pederasty in ancient Greece.[4] A hoop was a favorite gift given by a Greek man to the boy he fancied [5], as well as gifts of animals or meat. In vase paintings, a spear, trident or wooden staff is sometimes depicted penetrating the boy's hoop, as a symbolic allusion to the sexual nature of the relationship.[6]

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Zeus and Ganymede

The images below are from a red-figure bell Krater depicting Ganymede and Zeus attributed to the Berlin Painter circa 500-480 BC. Kraters were used at banquets for mixing wine and water.[7] Zeus is shown pursuing the boy Ganymede, who is playings with a toy hoop, symbol of his youth, and a cock, a traditional gift given to boys by their male suitors. [8] The two images taken together convey the pederastic or sexual nature of the relationship.

Zeus
Ganymede

References

  1. ↑ Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks By Edward M Plummer; p50
  2. ↑ Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity: Being Studies in Religious History from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D. by Francis Legge; 1915 p. 125
  3. ↑ "Hippocrates recommended playing with a hoop as a cure for weak people" Psychoanalytic perspectives on art: PPA, Volume 1 - Page 97 by Mary Mathews Gedo
  4. ↑ The ancient Olympics By Nigel Jonathan Spivey; p48
  5. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/153553844/Sexuality-in-Greek-and-Roman-Culture
  6. ↑ http://www.homoerotimuseum.net/eur/eur07/329.html
  7. ↑ http://www.mam.gov.mo/photodetail.asp?productkey=2008041201094&lc=3
  8. ↑ http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/attic-red-figure-bell-krater

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