• @apfelwoiSchoppen
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      213 months ago

      You should read the article, being bi was very much a part of their culture and not a trivial joke.

      • mozz
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        163 months ago

        I was being sarcastic but I was in no way whatsoever joking

          • mozz
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            163 months ago

            Ha, yeah, I get it. “lol they gay” is usually a joke. In this case it is not, as you mentioned:

            In Sparta […] the cropping of the bride’s hair and transvestism likely aimed to transform her temporarily into an adolescent Spartan boy – a less threatening figure to the groom, who probably had made his own transition to adulthood via a close emotional and sexual relationship with an older male

            It is just what was up

            • @VelvetStorm
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              43 months ago

              So the adult men fucked little boys and that was seen as a normal and good thing?

                • @VelvetStorm
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                  03 months ago

                  Super gross. I always heard the joke of Ancient Greece being very pedophilic but didn’t know it was true. Super duper gross. Thanks for the info, though.

                  • @Snowclone
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                    13 months ago

                    The Spartans actually typically denied this was a part of their culture, so they were pretty aware outsiders didn’t wanna hear about it.

      • I Cast Fist
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        13 months ago

        “Women? Ugh, take them away!” - The Greeks in BC times