The Myth Of The Ancient Greek 'Gay Utopia' - CURVE

Contents:

• WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
• THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
• 20 GAY GREEK GODS
• THE GREEKS "WERE NOT REALLY GAY"
• GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE

WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE

Historil Views of Homosexualy: Ancient GreeceThomas K. The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory. The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored.

THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’

Lbian and gay women’s relatnships Ancient Sparta.

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.

20 GAY GREEK GODS

Homosexualy: sexual attractn to persons of the same sex. Vlent bate, enthiastic wrgs, shamefaced silence, flights of fantasy: few aspects of ancient society are so hotly ntted as Greek perasty, or - as we shall see below - homosexualy.

THE GREEKS "WERE NOT REALLY GAY"

Dover published his fluential book Greek Homosexualy 1978, an avalanche of new studi has appeared. The synchronistic approach: scholars ncentrate upon homosexualy fifth and fourth-century Athens, where was tegral part of social life.

There are many sourc of evince: lyril poetry, vas, statu, myths, philosophil treatis, speech, scriptns, medil texts, tragedi, edi, curs (example), and anecdot which homosexual practic are mentned, ld, ignored, and sometim disuraged.

The often outspoken poems and the philosophy of Plato (427-347) have rulted our exprsn "Greek prcipl" to scribe male homosexualy. Unfortunately, we know hardly anythg about female homosexualy.

GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE

Therefore, this article, we will have to foc on male homosexualy.

Let's start wh the word "homosexual".