Unver hidn love stori gay historil fictn about ancient Rome. Delve to trigug narrativ of sire, passn, and forbidn romance.
Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
- WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
- GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
- EXPLORG GAY HISTORIL FICTN ABOUT ANCIENT ROME: UNVEILG HIDN LOVE STORI
- 10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
- LOVER'S LEGENDS: THE GAY GREEK MYTHS
20 GAY GREEK GODS
The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years. * gay love stories in greek mythology *
But rerds of the LGBT romanc survived homophobic revisnists and still stand as celebratns of the origal Greek (and Roman) love. A seri of poems about Catull' gay love affairs has drawn more attentn ntemporary tim; some of gets outright vulgar.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
Harmodi and Aristogeon were two of the the great gay hero of ancient Athens. Check out my blog post about them for the GLR! * gay love stories in greek mythology *
Alexanr the Great and HephatnAlexanr III, the famed kg of Macedon, que likely mataed a gay relatnship wh his general Hephatn. Ined, two of the most famed generals of their day, Epamondas and Pelopidas, were lovers who fought wh this famo band of gay warrrs.
WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
* gay love stories in greek mythology *
Pdar and TheoxenThe most famo love poem wrten by Pdar to clare his love for the young Theoxen was scribed by gay rights scholar Magn Hirschfeld as "one of the most perfect love songs the Greek language. Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance. He lived wh longtime lover Psanias, who was quoted extensively on the subject of homosexual sire Plato's work.
A gay cupbearer on Mount Olymp?
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 LGBT 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.
GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
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. Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile 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. While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's progrs, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be seen wh today's world religns.
EXPLORG GAY HISTORIL FICTN ABOUT ANCIENT ROME: UNVEILG HIDN LOVE STORI
The persistent dream of a “gay utopia” is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years.
One place particular attracted the longgs of gays and lbians. This was the world of ancient Greece, a supposed gay paradise which same-sex love flourished whout discrimatn. It was a powerful, ptivatg dream, one which scholars of ancient Greece have started to pull apart, revealg a culture which homosexualy was much more regulated and ntrolled than prevly thought.
10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
Wil’s rponse has bee a classic of homosexual apologia:. In this spired fense of same-sex love, Wil created a genealogy of historil moments which homosexual love had blossomed.
LOVER'S LEGENDS: THE GAY GREEK MYTHS
From the days of the Old Ttament through to the flourishg of culture Greece and the Renaissance, Wil sought to bear wns to a gay past of ee romantic exprsn. Any ted homosexual the 19th century uld have given you a speech along much the same l, cg the same nonil figur and possibly a few more. Wil was tappg to a shared gay fantasy about the past, a fantasy which one culture stood out above all others, the world of Classil Greece.