It's worthwhile to make this point -- that homosexuality was never the norm in ancient Greece, and was never widely accepted by the Greek peoples.
Remember the line in the movie 300 where Leonidas, the King of Sparta, makes a mocking reference to the "boy lovers" in Athens? His attitude was the common attitude toward homosexuality across ancient Greece. It was discouraged and disparaged.
It's worthwhile to make this point -- that homosexuality was never the norm in ancient Greece, and was never widely accepted by the Greek peoples.
Remember the line in the movie *300* where Leonidas, the King of Sparta, makes a mocking reference to the "boy lovers" in Athens? His attitude was the common attitude toward homosexuality across ancient Greece. It was discouraged and disparaged.
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