The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years.
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
* were greeks gay *
Historil Views of Homosexualy: Ancient GreeceThomas K. The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored.
20 GAY GREEK GODS
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.
THE GREEKS "WERE NOT REALLY GAY"
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.
GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
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.