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Old 10-22-2009, 07:00 PM   #7
ZenGum
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There are scores of examples from Greek history to support this idea. Plato's comment above is just one.

The Spartans, terrors of ancient Greece, were largey bisexual. The emotional bonds between their soldiers were so strong they would be too ashamed to behave in a cowardly manner in front of their beloved.

The Spartans were finally defeated by the Theban "Sacred Band", a 300 strong force whose name was due to the fact that the greeks thought homosexual love was "inspired by god" (try telling that to a baptist preacher!) and the Sacred Band were all doing it with each other. Their esprit d'corps was even stonger than the Spartans'.

It is even recorded in Plutarch that Hercules and his companion Iolus were lovers, and even into the 4th century BC male lovers would exchange vows at their tombs.
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