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In classical antiquity, writers such as Herodotus, Plato, Xenophon, Athenaeus & many others explored aspects of same-sex love in ancient Greece. The most widespread & socially significant form of close same-sex sexual relations in ancient Greece was between adult men & adolescent boys, known as pederasty. The most common form of same-sex relationships between males in Greece was "paiderastia" meaning "boy love". It was a relationship between an older male & an adolescent youth. In Athens the older man was called erastes, he was to educate, protect, love, & provide a role model for his beloved. His beloved was called eromenos whose reward for his lover lay in his beauty, youth, & promise.
When the topic of homosexuality in the militaries of Ancient Greece is discussed, the Sacred Band of Thebes is usually considered as the prime example of how the Ancient army use homoerotic or homosexual relationships between soldiers in a troop to boost the fighting spirit of their militaries. These bonds, perhaps somewhat inspired by episodes from Greek mythology, such as the heroic relationship between Achilles & Patroclus in the Iliad by Homer, were thought to boost morale as well as bravery.
Male lovers Aristogiton & Harmodius. 447 BC
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Many philosophers wrote on the subject of homosexuality in the military as well as warriors.
Plato on the strength of male sexual bonds in this case being used to overthrow a tyrant in Athens.
When the love between Aristogiton & Harmodius grew so strong that it shattered their power.
Wherever, therefore, it has been established that it is shameful to be involved in sexual relationships with men, this is due to evil on the part of the rulers, & to cowardice in the part of the governed.
Phaedrus on the power of male sexual relationships to improve bravery in the military:
... he would prefer to die many deaths: while as for leaving the one he loves in a lurch, or not succoring him in peril, no man is such a craven that the influence of Love cannot inspire him with a courage that makes him equal to the bravest born Xenophon while not criticizing the relationships themselves ridiculed militaries that made them the sole basis of unit formation:they sleep with their loved ones, yet stations them next to themselves in battle ... with them (Eleians, Thebans) it’s a custom, with us a disgrace ... placing your loved one next to you seems to be a sign of distrust ... The Spartans ... make our loved ones such models of perfection that even if stationed with foreigners rather than with their lovers they are ashamed to desert their companion.
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Young man & teenager engaging in intercrural sex, fragment of a black-figure Attic cup, 550 BCE–525 BCE, Louvre
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Notable ancient Greeks who had same-sex love relationships
Aristomenes Prince of the Messenians & Arcadians
Cimon leader of the Delian League forces & the Athenian navy
Asopichus great warrior & lover of Epaminondas
Caphisodorus warrior & lover of Epaminondas
Cleomachus led Chalcis in the Lelantine Wars & introduced pederasty to the area
Pammenes
Theron
Harmodius
Aristogiton
Pelopidas general of the Sacred Band of Thebes
Epaminondas Theban general & commander of the Boeotian
Gorgidas established the Sacred Band of Thebes selecting male couples within the Theban army
Meleager infantry commander under Alexander
Hephaestion top general & alleged lover of Alexander