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memes @lemmy.world PugJesus @lemmy.world 1 wk. ago

LET'S GO GAY THEBANS

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The biggest media fantasy was that the Spartans weren't gay themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Greece
- Pretty much all the Greeks were aggressively gay unless I’m forgetting something, been a hot minute since I took a classics course
  
  I don't think they were gay in the modern meaning of the word, many of the men had wives and children, but they had sex with each other for fun.
  
  If I recall, gay greeks existed but not the same as today since they did not have husbands and it was no where near as common as homosexuality today.
  
  I remember reading somewhere that it was still frowned upon but idk if that's true. I might be mixing up the Roman's. Take this comment with less than a grain of salt and if anyone knows otherwise I'd be interested to hear if I'm wrong.
- Unlike the Thebans, Spartans kept their socks on.
- In Plato's Symposium they say something along the lines of "You fuck a man for the soul, a woman for the body (Ew disgusting)"
  
  For children, a woman; for pleasure, a young boy; but for true paradise, a melon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tegyra

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