The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years.
Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
20 GAY GREEK GODS
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. Alexanr the Great and HephatnAlexanr III, the famed kg of Macedon, que likely mataed a gay relatnship wh his general Hephatn.
WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
Ined, two of the most famed generals of their day, Epamondas and Pelopidas, were lovers who fought wh this famo band of gay warrrs. 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.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance.