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THIS ANCIENT GAY LOVE STORY WAS ONCE AS POPULAR AS OUR ROMEO AND JULIET
But rerds of the LGBT romanc survived homophobic revisnists and still stand as celebratns of the origal Greek (and Roman) love.1. 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.
Ined, two of the most famed generals of their day, Epamondas and Pelopidas, were lovers who fought wh this famo band of gay warrrs. Pdar and TheoxenThe most famo love poem wrten by Pdar to clare his love for the young Theoxen was scribed by gay rights scholar Magn Hirschfeld as "one of the most perfect love songs the Greek language." Pdar tells how the son of Hagilas uld make him "melt like the wax of holy be stung by the sun's heat."12. Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance.
He lived wh longtime lover Psanias, who was quoted extensively on the subject of homosexual sire Plato's work. I’m talkg about the love affair between Patrocl and Achill, whose iendship was tablished Homer’s epic poem the “Iliad” but was immortalized as a homoerotic relatnship by the ancient playwright, Achyl.