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
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
- WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
- 10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
- MSO: A GREEK MYTHOLOGY GAY RETELLG (BOOK 1 OF THE MYTHOLOGAY SERI) KDLE EDN
- WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
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 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.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
Gay greek mythology books reprents LGBTQ+ aspects of Greek mythology, offerg sights and analys wh ancient Greek society. * gay stories in greek mythology *
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
Mso: A Greek Mythology Gay Retellg (Book 1 of the Mythologay Seri) eBook : Irons, B.J.: Kdle Store * gay stories in greek mythology *
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.
Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance.
10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
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.
MSO: A GREEK MYTHOLOGY GAY RETELLG (BOOK 1 OF THE MYTHOLOGAY SERI) KDLE EDN
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. 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.
WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
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. 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.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
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. 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.