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
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- SACRED BAND OF THEB — AN ARMY OF GAY THAT DEFEATED SPARTANS
- THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY
- SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
SACRED BAND OF THEB — AN ARMY OF GAY THAT DEFEATED SPARTANS
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The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory.
THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY
* spartan army homosexuality *
The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored. Lbian and gay women’s relatnships Ancient Sparta.
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SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
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Spartans was one of the ary forc that has a historil imprsn of the gay was the Sacred Band of Theb, the soldiers who feated the Spartans the 4th century BC. It is possible that the fluence of homosexual nnectn showg a sign of had Homosexualy their armySculpture of Band Of Theb | Image Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe history of the Theb warrrs still mentns the 150 warrrs who were male lovers who fought the battle of Lctra and feated the Spartans.
He was the lear that end the domance of the creatn of the Sacred Band was by Boeotarch Gidas between 379 to 378 BC, which slowly extend s soldiers to 300 was not that the Gay ary forc were limed to the Theb, but the Spartans' ary forc were followg siar strategi.
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.