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60 GAY ROMANCE NOVELS THAT ARE THE BT THE GENRE: THE ULTIMATE GUI
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. Ined, two of the most famed generals of their day, Epamondas and Pelopidas, were lovers who fought wh this famo band of gay warrrs.
20 GAY GREEK GODS
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. He lived wh longtime lover Psanias, who was quoted extensively on the subject of homosexual sire Plato's work.
Homosexualy ancient Rome was a large part of society and of sexualy general. The ancient Romans also had a very different unrstandg of homosexualy than we do morn society. Male wh male relatns were the most mon and prevalent type of homosexualy ancient Rome.
The homosexualy of women was viewed a pletely different light then that of men ancient Rome. As a rult of this women who engaged homosexual activy were ually portrayed as participatg mascule activi such as bodybuildg and drkg and eatg excsive amounts. Overall the view of homosexual women was a negative one the ancient world.