Introduction

The ancient Greek civilization is one of the most influential and essential civilizations globally. Greek society is among the oldest civilizations, dating back 8500 years, and the richest culture in terms of achievements, with incredible architecture, art, literature, and science. An indication that the ancient Greek society was a society of free thinkers with great respect for the natural world. In the same sense, the ancient Greek civilization is famous for its mythological stories, attributed to rich mythology in the field of sexuality. The old Greek mythological tales of heroes, demigods, and gods have survived for centuries and fascinate modern audiences. They offer inspiration for writers and storytellers and provide a fascinating look into the culture of the ancient world. For example, many ancient Greek myths involve gods, goddesses, and mortals engaged in sex and getting it on to feature sexuality in some surprising ways. Denudating the love of sex in ancient Greeks society. Although ancient Greece society did not attach any religious importance to sex, it is arguable that sexuality was an essential part of life and was not only an expression of love and affection but also of power and respect.

The ancient Greeks were some of the most progressive thinkers of all time. The land of Ovid, Horner, Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates produced many great thinkers and scholars. 1Greek culture and society were unique, and their ideas and practices have impacted global civilization. In other words, the ancient Greek civilization has left an indelible mark on the world, and its mythology is one of the many ways the ancient Greeks have left their mark on history.

Nevertheless, in a society where art, mythology, and religion all played a part in shaping people's attitudes toward sex, sexual attitudes and practices were not always the same-a culture as grand and creative as ancient Greece was also rife with sexuality. From the infamous orgies and desires of Zeus to the sacred sexuality of the goddesses, ancient Greece was a hotbed of sexual exploration, ideas, and mythological themes.

Between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., Greek civilization achieved its pinnacle in writing, education, governance, mathematics, and crafts. In this way, the Greek society of this period largely refrained from enforcing moral or religious ideals of "proper sexual behavior" through the legal system. Instead, the emphasis of classical Greek morality and law looked at the impacts of an individual's behavior on the society or people around them. In this period, immorality depended on whether an individual's conduct was damaging to others or the community. Still, Eros, according to the ancient Greeks, was an essential element that permeated all aspects of existence. Accordingly, Greek mythology illustrates many stories of same-sex unions, love affairs, and various liaisons between males that fall outside our contemporary definition of homosexuality.  For instance, Zeus (Cronus), Poseidon (Neptune), and Hades (Pluto) were often accompanied by male companions whom they took as lovers and referred to  as their 'beloveds'; the reductive Greek word "eromenos" applied these terms both to the youths and to divine companions.

Sexuality, eroticism, and love existed in relationships between husband and wife and shared male lovers, sexual subordination, and hermaphrodites, among others. Some provocative examples of intersexual relationships or hermaphrodism through oral enhancement therapy.

Some have even identified Tantalus with a hermaphrodite role. All three of Zeus's male companions became able to father children, even though one or more of them would generally be sterile as a result of drinking from the spring Hippocrene on Mt. Helicon; this feature introduced them all to bisexuality 3•  In the same precepts, the myths relating to Socrates' relationships with young men appear in many different forms, explicitly permitting oral eroticism, which involved penetration and fellatio, two erotic traditions we previously saw not occurring together in Greece.

The Greek gods engaged shamelessly in sexual gratification. In Greek mythology, Zeus sometimes transformed into a bull, a swan, and sometimes-even precipitation with the intention of wooing humanity. Aphrodite was the divine feminine, goddess of love and erotic pleasure. Sex was "ta aphroclisiae" -"a pleasures of Aphrodite." scholars and studies assert that throughout the celebration of Aphrodite,  female high priests related to the divinity engaged in consensual sex entanglement with guests as a form of adoration 4 •  In this way, Aphrodite's sacred city, Corinth, was renowned for its temple prostitution, although this custom did not spread to Greece and Italy. While, in Rome, temple prostitution was forbidden by Hadrian and Antoninus Pius.

Greek mythology is filled with sexual themes in the temple. For example, in The Tale of Zulus and the Apple of Discord, egotistical beauty is pitted against the loveliness of action. Xenia is consistently treated as a special virtue in all these myths, while hubris is pronounced a vice that-­ unless richly compensated by years spent atoning can lead to terrible calamity if allowed to continue unchecked.

The Greeks viewed humanity without regard for the implicit humiliation associated with nakedness. The phallus became a strong emblem of fecundity, a fundamental subject in Greek religion. At practically every Athenian's front entrance sat a monument crowned with Hermes' hat and ornamented with private parts. Vases and terra cottas included graphic depictions of clitoral intimacy, anal intercourse, masturbation, and sex acts. Concerning obscenity, the term "obscene" was not yet a legal category in western society, likewise maintained no notion of obscenity and its domains. Hence, the term was common in Greek comedy for it to be somewhat risque. Aristophanes, a 4th-century B.C. dramatist, in all their various varieties, showed erotic connections. Aristophanes' play Lysistrata, about sex; a strike by women in protest against the Peloponnesian War has remained a staple of the modern stage. During a celebration of the god Dionysus, participants were encouraged to wear masks and were allowed to indulge any desires they might want. In many ways, minstrel shows of that day had more to do with public sex than they did with song and dance.

In the play "Knights" Aristophanes depicts sexual activity, fellatio, and anal intercourse between men. Among the protagonists in the play, one brags about hawking, not just pork, but also his "arse," whereas the other confesses to munching on "penis in the Prytaneum." Some erotic scenes deduce an illustration that in the Greek society there was an acceptance of sexual relationships between humans and non-human animals: deer, goats, sheep, bulls, and snakes. Homosexuality was also practiced openly and was associated with religious cults as much as heterosexuality. It would be probable that during the early years of Ancient Greece that it worked on an "oral" level giving many their first homosexual experience at an early age not necessarily as intercourse but strictly sensual in nature no less beneficial emotionally or mentally for those concerned than would have been later intercourse.

Throughout Greek literature, female figures were shown as having masturbated with fingers or with the use of a gadget suitable to the activity. Baubon or olisbos were the Greek names for such instruments 5• When two females in Herondas' "The Two Friends or Confidential Talk" discuss the "olisboi," it is clear that they are both delighted. The woman who does not have one rushes out to get one for themselves as soon as the talk is over. "Lysistrata," by Aristophanes, has the women of Miletus grieving the disappearance of their flawless cowhide olisboi. Every conceivable arrangement, location, and application of olisboi is shown on Greek ceramics.

A dominant and a submissive were the norm in most sexual partnerships in Ancient Greece, regardless of gender. In the study, the phrase "freeborn" has also been cited several times and has had a role in the kind of sexual interactions one may engage in. Sexual connections were also influenced by one's social status, according to one study. Nobles than by the average male citizen enjoyed freedom that is more sexual. Pedophilia, child molestation, or pederasty was a distinguishing aspect of traditional Greek sexuality. Many partnered and unmarried males had sexual encounters with youths as young as 15. In the precepts, post-pubescent teenagers often between the ages of 15 and 19 participated in such partnerships, and sex with preadolescent males was frowned upon, and punishable by the policies in the society6 •  Principally, the masculine youth epitomized the Greek ideal image of love, beauty, and eroticism. As mentioned earlier, many gods, poets, and lawmakers had young male sexual partners. For example, Solon, a poet speaks of his love for a "boy in the blossom of life, charmed by quads and by lovely mouth."

In ancient Greece, sexuality did not determine a person's personality, nor did it necessarily define a person's identity in the same way that it does in contemporary culture.