Were the Spartans Gay? Homosexualy Sparta, Ancient Greece | World History

Contents:

• WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
• SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
• SACRED BAND OF THEB — AN ARMY OF GAY THAT DEFEATED SPARTANS
• SEXUAL INTY, STIGMA, AND DEPRSN: THE ROLE OF THE "ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW" MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN MOSW, RSIA

WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE

The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory.

The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored.

Lbian and gay women’s relatnships Ancient Sparta.

SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY

Gay men and women ancient Sparta. Heterosexualy and homosexualy were both enuraged and expected at different stag life, wh homosexualy, mon wh prevalent ancient Greek thought, beg seen as the ial form of love and heterosexualy as sential for procreatn.

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.

SACRED BAND OF THEB — AN ARMY OF GAY THAT DEFEATED SPARTANS

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.

SEXUAL INTY, STIGMA, AND DEPRSN: THE ROLE OF THE "ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW" MENTAL HEALTH AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN MOSW, RSIA

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:. Five jok about Spartan homosexualy [ Lysistrata], then.