The LGBT muny says Greece is a macho untry where beg gay means beg anti-Greek. Greece currently holds the EU princy, and activists are g that to spotlight their stggle.
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20 GAY GREEK GODS
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While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn’s advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today’s world religns. The LGBTQ+ Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn. While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr.
Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea.
You may have heard that homosexualy was celebrated ancient Greece more than any other place and time. Some scholars have even lled ancient Athens a gay paradise, where same-sex romance flourished whout discrimatn and prejudice. * gay greek gods pride same sex *
(Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger Sargent)AphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods. (Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris [1904])ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god — the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid — later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn.
Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea.
The dream of a “gay utopia” is a nstant gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years. But the Greek attu to same-sex attractn was not nearly as permissive as many have assumed. * gay greek gods pride same sex *
While the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods. While the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god — the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid — later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. Many scholars today suggt that while all matters of sex were treated as somewhat taboo, tolerance of homosexualy seemed such a foreign ncept that no rerds show the practice as forbidn.
But many stori show that while Seth uld be lled a villao figure, his homosexualy was not what ma him so.