The ancient Greek cy of Theb was surprisgly relaxed about gay relatnships, even tchg the attentn of famo Greek philosopher Plato, who
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- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- SACRED BAND OF THEB — AN ARMY OF GAY THAT DEFEATED SPARTANS
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
Durg the ancient Greece perd, the practic of gay were mon among emperors. It was later seen their ary forc. This practice was not forceful, but there was a motive. It was to… * homosexuality among spartans *
The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory. The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored.
Lbian and gay women’s relatnships Ancient Sparta.
SACRED BAND OF THEB — AN ARMY OF GAY THAT DEFEATED SPARTANS
The Muncie Spartans are such total fuckg fags, du. That whole entire school is gay, but the guys on the football team are the biggt homos of all. The Wtbridge High Panthers beat the Spartans four out of the last five gam, and the one we lost? That was when our quarterback, Kent, had the flu. * homosexuality among spartans *
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.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Historil battl fought by the gay ary force of Spartans and feat their enemi. Durg the vasn of the Persians * homosexuality among spartans *
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 preferable ncln is that the Spartans had no law on the subject of homosexual relatnships.
SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
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.