The Sacred Band of Theb was an ele un of the Theban army prised of 150 gay male upl totalg 300 men. They were formed unr the learship of...
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- THE ORIGAL QUEER VETERANS: THIS ANCIENT GAY ARMY WAS AN ELE & UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
- THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY
THE ORIGAL QUEER VETERANS: THIS ANCIENT GAY ARMY WAS AN ELE & UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
* the gay army of thebes *
The Sacred Band of Theb was an ele un of the Theban army prised of 150 gay male upl totalg 300 men. The once-famo troop of hero is often passed over discsns of Greek history bee they were gay and the ncept of a victor un of gay warrrs is at odds wh the prevalent homophobia of the prent day.
It is entirely possible there was an earlier un of exclively gay lovers, however, & the Sacred Band was simply the most famo groupg. If an army of lovers existed before the Sacred Band, then Plato may have been referencg them, but do not seem the earlier un referenced by Herodot and others fs Phaeds’ suggtn as there is no mentn of that group beg exclively gay. It is entirely possible there was an earlier un of exclively gay lovers, however, and the Sacred Band was simply the most famo groupg.
The Sacred Band of Theb was ancient Greece’s savage gift to anyone still facg opponents of gays the ary today.
THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY
Formed wh the ia that only love whstands war, the Sacred Band of Theb was liberately prised of 150 gay or bisexual upl. * the gay army of thebes *
Formed unr the hypothis that only love whstands the horrors of war, the Sacred Band was liberately prised of 150 gay or bisexual upl. And they suggted purposely makg the force as gay as possible. It’s possible the Sacred Band was not the only all-gay fightg force, jt the one wh survivg documentatn and a solid prs package penned by Plutarch.
Homophob mocked wh fake verified acunts as Twter scend to chaos. 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. The Theban “gay 300, ” as some have cheekily lled them, are ltle known today, spe of the fact that they too, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, were stroyed to a man as they fought a hopels stggle.