IntroductionRed-figure and black-figure pottery styles were prevalent in ancient Greece around 600 BC. Black figure was a style that preceded red figure pottery in which the artist left the bottom of the pot the color of the clay and the figures were painted with slip and incised into the pot so that after a 3 part cooking process, the figures would come out black and the pot red. Red-figure pottery followed this style in which the artist painted the bottom of the pot in slip and detailed the figures in diluted slip, leaving the majority of the figures' bodies the color of the clay and therefore the figures were red and the background was black. Red Figure and black-figure pottery, particularly kraters, feature numerous depictions of men pursuing other men and phallic symbolism that seem to point to open homosexuality in Greece. These images can be seen as a widespread taboo and orientation towards male dominance in Greece. These depictions, along with gods and humans openly engaging in these same-sex romantic relationships, on a piece of pottery displayed as a centerpiece, suggest that Greece was an openly sexual society. Male homoeroticism There has been the establishment of two different approaches to open sexuality. homosexuality in Greece: historical approach and synchronistic approach. The historical approach involves researching the roots of pederasty in ancient civilizations to reconstruct a timeline on the subject, while the synchronistic approach, which will be discussed in this article, focuses on pederasty in Athens of the 5th and 4th centuries in terms of belonging to society. life of Greece. Using synchronism, we can narrow the scope of homosexuality in Greece to focus on homosexuality as a part of social life...... middle of article ......ory. org/gay-history/gay-literature/gay-mythology-folktales/homosexual-greek-mythology/zeus-ganymede-gay/zeus-ganymede-gay.htmlKatz, Marilyn. “Feminist History and Theory.” History and theory. Wesleyan University: Wiley, 1992. Print."lesbianism." Dictionary.com full version. Random House, Inc. April 25, 2014. .Powell, Jim. Sappho's poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print. Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin and Lisa Auanger. Among women: from homosocial to homoerotic in the ancient world. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Print.van Dolen, Hein. “Greek homosexuality”. (2013): no. page. Internet. April 12, 2014. .Walter, Lynn. “Feminist anthropology? Gender and Society 9.3 (1995): 272-288. jstor.org. Internet. April 16. 2014.