The Victor Gay Greek Army That Got Canceled by History

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• THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY

THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY

Acrdg to ancient sourc and var historians, all of them were homosexual lovers, 150 exceptnally well-traed pairs of them.

Among historians, however, one of the most hotly bated qutns is whether the men were really all homosexuals. The Battle of Lctra helped Theb reassure s pennce, sealed the fame of s homosexual factn, and marked the end of Sparta’s domn of ancient Greece. Get 1 month for 100 ₽Now ShowgNotebookBrowseGift MUBIAboutWays to WatchStuntsJobsTerms & PrivacyNow ShowgNotebookLog InGet 1 month for 100 ₽Now ShowgNotebookBrowseGift MUBIAboutWays to WatchStuntsJobsTerms & PrivacyArmee r Liebenn or Revolte r PerversenDirected by Rosa von Prnheim Wt Germany, 1979Documentary, LGBTQ+107SynopsisPersonal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Prnheim’s sojourn the U.

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The explanatn li ep the prejudic of ancient Greek historians and thkers, as do the spiratn for that one exceptn: The Caledonian Thebans, Sttish ggers who fe themselv as gay, bisexual, or ’s start by notg that Greek Theb (not to be nfed wh the Egyptian cy of the same name) had unually gay-iendly laws and social ctoms. The whole discsn, wh s equatn of male sexual love and wardice, adds a layer of homophobia to the standard Greek slurs agast Theban wlsns and poor rears n sometim spot and rrect for the bias, but outright omissns are harr to overe, bee we pend on Xenophon for so much of our rerd of Greek history.

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