The Victor Gay Greek Army That Got Canceled by History

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• WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
• THE ELE GAY ARMY OF ANCIENT GREECETHE SACRED BAND OF THEB FEATED EVEN THE SPARTANSPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·OCT 11, 2020--3SHAREGREEK WARRRS — ARTISTIC IMAGE (IMAGE:ARTSTATN/@ALIAKSANDR TRYZON)THE SACRED BAND WAS AN ELE ARY UN OM THEB PRISG 150 GAY UPL. AT THE BATTLE OF LCTRA 371 BC, THE 300 GAY WARRRS LED THE THEBAN ARMY AGAST THE SPARTAN ARMY. THE THEBANS WON AND SHATTERED THE SPARTAN NTROL OF GREECE.THE GREEK VIEW ON GAY WARRRSA MALE UPLE ENGAGG TERCRAL SEX. DEPICTED ON ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)THE THEBANS BELIEVED GAY WARRRS FOUGHT BETTER ORR TO IMPRS AND PROTECT THEIR LOVERS. IF A LOVER FELL DURG A BATTLE, HIS PARTNER WOULD FIGHT EVEN HARR TO AVENGE HIS ATH.THREE THOAND YEARS AGO ANCIENT GREECE, BEG GAY OR LBIAN WAS NOT A CRIME. IN FACT, CERTA SUATNS, THE GREEKS EVEN ENURAGED HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.YOUNG BOYS EXCHANGED ROMANTIC FAVORS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE PROVID BY THEIR OLR TUTORS. FATHERS WOULD PRAY TO THE GODS FOR THEIR SONS TO BE ATTRACTIVE BEE MEANT A BETTER MENTOR. SUCH RELATNSHIPS LASTED UNTIL THE YOUNG BOYS REACHED ADULTHOOD.SOLDIERS WOULD FORM ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS WH ONE ANOTHER TO BOOST THEIR MORALE.THE GREEK SOCIETY DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ROL BOTH GENRS TOOK DURG SEX. AN ACTIVE ROLE, BEG A PERATOR, MEANT MASCULY, ADULTHOOD, AND PRTIGE. A PASSIVE ROLE, BEG PERATED, REPRENTED FEMY, YOUTH, AND SHAME.FOR A RECEIVG PARTNER, ANAL SEX WAS MEANG. INSTEAD, THEY ENGAGED TERCRAL SEX.THE MEMBERS OF THE SACRED BAND OF THEB WERE ROMANTIC PARTNERS. THEY LLED AN OLR PARTNER THE ERAST (‘LOVER’) AND A YOUNGER ONE THE EROMENOS (‘BELOVED’). EACH PAIR EXCHANGED SACRED VOWS AT THE TEMPLE OF IOLS, THE LOVER OF HERACL.FACTS ABOUT THE SACRED BAND OF THEB
• SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
• THE STORY OF THE SACRED BANDTHE GAY LOVERS THAT FEATED THE SPARTANSA RENAISSANCE WRER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED EXPLORG HISTORY·7 M READ·JUN 8, 2020--4SHAREAS A CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE, BUT LARGELY FOTTEN FIGHTG FORC HISTORY — THE SACRED BAND, A 300 STRONG THEBAN FORCE, MA UP ENTIRELY OF 150 PAIRS OF GAY, MALE LOVERS. WHILE THEIR PLACE HISTORY MAY LARGELY HAVE BEEN GLOSSED OVER, WE N STILL REMEMBER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THEIR TRAGIC END.ANCIENT THEB
• THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY

WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE

The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory. The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored.

THE ELE GAY ARMY OF ANCIENT GREECETHE SACRED BAND OF THEB FEATED EVEN THE SPARTANSPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·OCT 11, 2020--3SHAREGREEK WARRRS — ARTISTIC IMAGE (IMAGE:ARTSTATN/@ALIAKSANDR TRYZON)THE SACRED BAND WAS AN ELE ARY UN OM THEB PRISG 150 GAY UPL. AT THE BATTLE OF LCTRA 371 BC, THE 300 GAY WARRRS LED THE THEBAN ARMY AGAST THE SPARTAN ARMY. THE THEBANS WON AND SHATTERED THE SPARTAN NTROL OF GREECE.THE GREEK VIEW ON GAY WARRRSA MALE UPLE ENGAGG TERCRAL SEX. DEPICTED ON ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)THE THEBANS BELIEVED GAY WARRRS FOUGHT BETTER ORR TO IMPRS AND PROTECT THEIR LOVERS. IF A LOVER FELL DURG A BATTLE, HIS PARTNER WOULD FIGHT EVEN HARR TO AVENGE HIS ATH.THREE THOAND YEARS AGO ANCIENT GREECE, BEG GAY OR LBIAN WAS NOT A CRIME. IN FACT, CERTA SUATNS, THE GREEKS EVEN ENURAGED HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.YOUNG BOYS EXCHANGED ROMANTIC FAVORS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE PROVID BY THEIR OLR TUTORS. FATHERS WOULD PRAY TO THE GODS FOR THEIR SONS TO BE ATTRACTIVE BEE MEANT A BETTER MENTOR. SUCH RELATNSHIPS LASTED UNTIL THE YOUNG BOYS REACHED ADULTHOOD.SOLDIERS WOULD FORM ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS WH ONE ANOTHER TO BOOST THEIR MORALE.THE GREEK SOCIETY DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ROL BOTH GENRS TOOK DURG SEX. AN ACTIVE ROLE, BEG A PERATOR, MEANT MASCULY, ADULTHOOD, AND PRTIGE. A PASSIVE ROLE, BEG PERATED, REPRENTED FEMY, YOUTH, AND SHAME.FOR A RECEIVG PARTNER, ANAL SEX WAS MEANG. INSTEAD, THEY ENGAGED TERCRAL SEX.THE MEMBERS OF THE SACRED BAND OF THEB WERE ROMANTIC PARTNERS. THEY LLED AN OLR PARTNER THE ERAST (‘LOVER’) AND A YOUNGER ONE THE EROMENOS (‘BELOVED’). EACH PAIR EXCHANGED SACRED VOWS AT THE TEMPLE OF IOLS, THE LOVER OF HERACL.FACTS ABOUT THE SACRED BAND OF THEB

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 Sacred Band of Theb feated even the SpartansGreek warrrs — artistic image (Image:Artstatn/@Aliaksandr Tryzon)The Sacred Band was an ele ary un om Theb prisg 150 gay upl. At the Battle of Lctra 371 BC, the 300 gay warrrs led the Theban army agast the Spartan army.

The Thebans won and shattered the Spartan ntrol of Greek view on gay warrrsA male uple engagg tercral sex. Depicted on Ancient Greek pottery (Image: Wikimedia Commons)The Thebans believed gay warrrs fought better orr to imprs and protect their lovers. If a lover fell durg a battle, his partner would fight even harr to avenge his thoand years ago Ancient Greece, beg gay or lbian was not a crime.

SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY

In fact, certa suatns, the Greeks even enuraged homosexual boys exchanged romantic favors for the knowledge provid by their olr tutors. Stat of homosexualy ancient Sparta? The distctive part of the hero was their gay relatnships not only wh the soldiers but outsi their troops.

Jt bee they were gay do not mean that the cy of Spartan did not have women and children. This trend of gay soldiers the ary forc was implemented for a specific reason. The ma motive for velopg gay soldiers.

THE STORY OF THE SACRED BANDTHE GAY LOVERS THAT FEATED THE SPARTANSA RENAISSANCE WRER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED EXPLORG HISTORY·7 M READ·JUN 8, 2020--4SHAREAS A CELEBRATN OF PRI MONTH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE, BUT LARGELY FOTTEN FIGHTG FORC HISTORY — THE SACRED BAND, A 300 STRONG THEBAN FORCE, MA UP ENTIRELY OF 150 PAIRS OF GAY, MALE LOVERS. WHILE THEIR PLACE HISTORY MAY LARGELY HAVE BEEN GLOSSED OVER, WE N STILL REMEMBER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THEIR TRAGIC END.ANCIENT THEB

Gay bonds are nothg new the Greek history of ancient tim. The battle of Thermopylae was one of the historil battl fought by the gay ary force of Spartans and feat their enemi. Dpe beg gay they had proven mted to their duty and relatnships.

The relatnship of the Spartans gays was te and mted as the force had 150 pairs, and a total of 300 warrrs. Spartans’ gay bondg has been a great example of mment and power. The ancient Greek cy of Theb was surprisgly relaxed about gay relatnships, even tchg the attentn of famo Greek philosopher Plato, who noted that opns on the matter his cy of Athens were plited.

As mentned, the un was ma up entirely of male lovers, to a total of 300 (leadg them to sometim be lled the Theban “gay 300”). In addn, is believed that unrlyg homophobia at the time and throughout history has led to the actns of the ele Theban un beg downplayed or pletely ignored. Plato explaed that the Theban emphasis on gay relatnships was bee they were poor at sctn, unlike Athenians, who perceived themselv as more sophistited.

THE VICTOR GAY GREEK ARMY THAT GOT CANCELED BY HISTORY

Meanwhile, Xenophon downplayed gay relatnships among Spartan troops, explag that they may fall love but do not engage sexual ntact. Acrdg to ancient sourc and var historians, all of them were homosexual lovers, 150 exceptnally well-traed pairs of them. Among historians, however, one of the most hotly bated qutns is whether the men were really all homosexuals.

The Battle of Lctra helped Theb reassure s pennce, sealed the fame of s homosexual factn, and marked the end of Sparta’s domn of ancient Greece. Sculpture pictg the Sacred BandThe gay lovers that feated the SpartansAs a celebratn of Pri month, I wanted to talk about one of the most formidable, but largely fotten fightg forc history — The Sacred Band, a 300 strong Theban force, ma up entirely of 150 pairs of gay, male lovers.