This ic book seri ntas a world fed wh Greek Mythology along wh male and female gay hero!
Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
- LOVER'S LEGENDS: THE GAY GREEK MYTHS
- MSO: A GREEK MYTHOLOGY GAY RETELLG (BOOK 1 OF THE MYTHOLOGAY SERI)
20 GAY GREEK GODS
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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. 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.
WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
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. 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. The Song of Achill tak this story and foc on Achill and his iend/lover Patrocl, fully embracg the homosexualy of their relatnship that so many other retellgs ignore.
LOVER'S LEGENDS: THE GAY GREEK MYTHS
Please be aware, however, there is some vlence this story, as well as homophobia at some plac.
One of the most asked qutns of all time is: was Achill gay? One of the ma arguments that suggt he might have been gay is the exprsn of love between Achill and his clost iend Patrocl, who he had known sce childhood. Some thk he was bisexual, sce there is evince of his romantic attachments to both men and women, while others see his ep attachment to Patrocl as a nfirmatn that he was gay.
Is was gay acrdg to Greek Mythology. While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's progrs, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be seen wh today's world religns.
MSO: A GREEK MYTHOLOGY GAY RETELLG (BOOK 1 OF THE MYTHOLOGAY SERI)
The earlit forms of the myth have no erotic ntent, but by the 5th century bc was believed that Ganyme’s kidnapper had a homosexual passn for him; Ganyme’s kidnappg was a popular topic on 5th-century Attic vas. Wh their medieval walls are rvgs pictg homosexual sex, cludg scen wh multiple lovers volved at once.
Historian Harbans Mhia explas "The Brish brought their own l to India, cludg the Sectn 377 which banned homosexualy and ma a crimal act. This law [didn't] nform wh India's attu toward homosexualy. "Khav SuriIn 2018 homosexualy was crimalised across India and Profsor Mikah scrib this as "we revered what we had lost durg lonial tim - a more open attu toward the LGBT muny.
While many ntemporary gay men thk of Ancient. Greece as an idyllic time for unbridled homosexual behavur, the. The study of male homosexualy Ancient Greece only began.