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saul goodman was the reincarnated soul of a roman senator in the late roman republic lost generation and i'll die convinced of this

At some point in ancient history a moral shift happened before what we think bc in Daphnis and Chloe (a late Greek tale written around the 3rd century AD - very lovely btw) there's this kinda creepy guy who wants to make Daphnis his slave/concubine and the boy's reaction is not only fear and disgust (understandably) but he also explicitly states that kind of stuff is "against nature" - which sounds like a very traditionally christian thing to say. tho we're still very much in a pagan context mind you. maybe this is telling of the moral dichotomy between rural and rich environments, lower and upper class? (the two main characters are shepherds after all, while the other guy came from the city). idk I've always found this detail quite interesting

I hope it's interesting context and not annoying to add, but this comes up a lot in the Greek novels, where there is some sort of debate or questioning of loving women vs loving boys (achilles tatius has a famous one)! as you say there is definitely a class difference, which feels in line with Longus' exaggeration of the rural shepherds' ignorance compared to people from the city. When the same "against nature" point arises in other sources, other speakers answer by saying that humans are superior to animals and therefore shouldn't follow animals as examples. (And needless to say no part of this holds up today lol.) It's usually a philosophical exercise and statement on what the speaker individually finds appealing/acceptable, rather than reflecting an actual societal intolerance at the time. Sorry for the paragraph but I love daphnis and chloe and there are SO many fascinating details like this in the novel😭❤️i had to take the opportunity to talk about it :p