Meet the Sacred Band of Theb, a fearsome army of gay lovers

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The ancient Greek cy of Theb was surprisgly relaxed about gay relatnships, even tchg the attentn of famo Greek philosopher Plato, who

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THIS FEARSOME, ANCIENT ARMY WAS MA UP ENTIRELY OF GAY LOVERS AND ENDORSED BY PLATO

In the fourth century BC, a fearsome army named the Sacred Band of Theb was formed, and was ma up entirely of gay upl. * theban gay soldiers *

In the fourth century BC, a fearsome army named the Sacred Band of Theb was formed, and was ma up entirely of gay upl.

SACRED BAND OF THEB: AN ALL-GAY ARMY BATTALN ANCIENT GREECE

In formg the 300-strong army, Gidas took an unual approach; he personally chose each member based on mer and abily, rather than social stat, and only selected gay upl. The ancient gay army was offered the chance to surrenr, but as Plato predicted, they refed to give up ont of their lovers. It is believed that the Sacred Band was entirely posed of 150 gay male upl.

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In "Symposium, " Plato promot the ia of an army of lovers, but also impli that the men of Theb were so bad at flirtg wh women that they had to make homosexualy legal. As noted by History, is possible that the 300 soldiers the Sacred Band were chosen partially bee they were gay and possibly already romantic relatnships wh other soldiers.

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