Harmodi and Aristogeon were two of the the great gay hero of ancient Athens. Check out my blog post about them for the GLR!
Contents:
- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
- GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years. * ancient greece gay *
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. In the cultur of the ancient world, there was no need for signatns such as LGBTQ+ bee there was no difference noted between what is now fed as "homosexual" and "heterosexual" relatnships.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
There are not even words the ancient languag which translate to the morn-day "homosexual" and "heterosexual" which were only ed 1869 CE. The Greek term arsenoko, translated as "homosexual" the Bible for the first time 1946 CE, never existed until was ed by St.
Scholar Col Spencer not, "Bisexualy the male was accepted as natural and never drew adverse ment, but passive homosexualy ma the Egyptians feel uneasy.
GAY HERO OF ANCIENT GREECE
The tale of Sodom and Gomorrah om the Book of Genis is also monly ced attacks on the gay muny, but even Church Fathers such as Sat Ambrose (d.