Contents

1

Attraction Between Males: the Need for Maps – 1

2

The Myths of Eros and the Uses of Myth –18

3

“The Friend” – 36

4

Apollo: Beauty, and the Boyhood Friend – 72

5

Athena, Mentor and Protegé – 88

6

Zeus and Ganymede –108

7

Shadow – 129

8

Phallos – 149

9

“Platonic” Love – 161

Interlude

San Diego and the Prince of Spain – 176

10

Rumi and Shams – 182