Is te that most Greek men are gay ? Greek Life
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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. 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.
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
Unfortunately, we know hardly anythg about female homosexualy.
Therefore, this article, we will have to foc on male homosexualy.
Let's start wh the word "homosexual".