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19 - ALEXANR THE GAY AND THE GLORYHOLE THAT WAS GREECE
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ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
For ancient Greeks there was no ntradictn between youthful homoeroticism and predomantly or wholly heterosexual adult proclivy and activy.