The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years.
Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- 10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
- GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
20 GAY GREEK GODS
Gay greek mythology books reprents LGBTQ+ aspects of Greek mythology, offerg sights and analys wh ancient Greek society. * gay greek god stories *
A gay cupbearer on Mount Olymp?
While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today's world religns.
10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
Harmodi and Aristogeon were two of the the great gay hero of ancient Athens. Check out my blog post about them for the GLR! * gay greek god stories *
The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn.
While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr.
Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea. Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods.
GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris (1904)ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god -- the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid -- later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. But rerds of the LGBT romanc survived homophobic revisnists and still stand as celebratns of the origal Greek (and Roman) love.1.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
A seri of poems about Catull' gay love affairs has drawn more attentn ntemporary tim; some of gets outright vulgar. Alexanr the Great and HephatnAlexanr III, the famed kg of Macedon, que likely mataed a gay relatnship wh his general Hephatn.