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Contents:
- SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
- THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY
- THE STORY OF THE SACRED BANDTHE GAY LOVERS THAT FEATED THE SPARTANSA RENAISSANCE WRER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED EXPLORG HISTORY·7 M READ·JUN 8, 2020--4SHAREAS A CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE, BUT LARGELY FOTTEN FIGHTG FORC HISTORY — THE SACRED BAND, A 300 STRONG THEBAN FORCE, MA UP ENTIRELY OF 150 PAIRS OF GAY, MALE LOVERS. WHILE THEIR PLACE HISTORY MAY LARGELY HAVE BEEN GLOSSED OVER, WE N STILL REMEMBER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THEIR TRAGIC END.ANCIENT THEB
- WHERE THE SPARTANS GAY?
SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
* spartans homosexual activities *
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.
THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY
Gay Greek army, the Sacred Band of Theb, beat the Spartans and end the myth of Spartan vcibily. Fd out about that and more here * spartans homosexual activities *
There is no evince of any law banng homosexual relatnships where one partner subms to the other, but Xenophon do mentn the forbiddg of physil perastic relatnships by the semi-mythil law-giver Lycurg. While much has been wrten on the topic of homosexualy, both Sparta and other Greek cy stat, the evince is often send-hand, open to terpretatn and / or que possibly a reflectn of an (ancient) thor's bias. Xenophon mak que a number of referenc to homosexualy Greece, ntrastg a Spartan man's appreciatn for a boy's character wh other Greeks' greater tenncy to physil relatnships.
Keepg the above md, Xenophon says that the Spartan (semi-mythil) law-giver Lycurg did not approve of physil homosexual relatnships between the erastēs ('lover', the olr partner ually aged 20 to 30) and the erōmenos ('beloved', the younger partner ually aged 12 to 18).
there was no law banng homosexual acts wh boys Sparta.
THE STORY OF THE SACRED BANDTHE GAY LOVERS THAT FEATED THE SPARTANSA RENAISSANCE WRER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED EXPLORG HISTORY·7 M READ·JUN 8, 2020--4SHAREAS A CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE, BUT LARGELY FOTTEN FIGHTG FORC HISTORY — THE SACRED BAND, A 300 STRONG THEBAN FORCE, MA UP ENTIRELY OF 150 PAIRS OF GAY, MALE LOVERS. WHILE THEIR PLACE HISTORY MAY LARGELY HAVE BEEN GLOSSED OVER, WE N STILL REMEMBER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THEIR TRAGIC END.ANCIENT THEB
Public DomaWhy do we see so many football and gby teams named for the Spartans, and only one for the Thebans, though Theb fact feated Sparta battle and end s reign as superpower of Greece? 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 * spartans homosexual activities *
the preferable ncln is that the Spartans had no law on the subject of homosexual relatnships.
McDowell's view is broadly le wh most other amic opn; see Brian Bertosa, 'Sacrifice to Eros and Homosexualy the Spartan Army' (2009) - the thor also c other amics this article. Note also that Xenophon c Lycurg only on perastic homosexual relatnships, not on relatnships between adult men. However, men were expected to marry and have children who would grow up to bee eher (for men) soldiers of the state or (for women) mothers of more soldiers, so seems unlikely that homosexualy was enuraged to the extent that was wh the Theban Sacred Band.
Did not officially enurage, let alone stutnalize, for ary purpos homosexual realtnships between two men of adult fightg age. Th, we nnot fer om this that Spartans practiced homosexualy eher more or ls than other Greek stat:.
WHERE THE SPARTANS GAY?
Five jok about Spartan homosexualy [ Lysistrata], then.
Athenian homosexuals, and ed about Athenian sexual. The Sacred Band of Theb feated even the SpartansGreek warrrs — artistic image (Image:Artstatn/@Aliaksandr Tryzon)The Sacred Band was an ele ary un om Theb prisg 150 gay upl. At the Battle of Lctra 371 BC, the 300 gay warrrs led the Theban army agast the Spartan army.