What did was a social and martial framework, which supported men who were active/top sexual partners for their wives and for their gay partners, who were slaves/male prostitutes’ or apprentice adolescent boys. The point of the blog is to delineate how homosexuality as we know it now ,did not exist in the ancient world. These fictions do a disservice no only to history but to our own perception of ourselves now as modern Queers. Many of these displayed ancient homosexuality through the comfortable lens of this recent acceptability. A fascination with all things Greek has crept in to pop culture in the form of movies, mythology and popular “history based” series. We are increasingly satisfied with our positive portrayal in the media. It fits nicely with the revisionist history of the gay community in the recent decade. If you are interested, but only in the Greeks, the Romans, the Criminal status of submissive gay sex, the Exceptions to the rule or the Conclusion then skip to that part you impatient homo.Ĭhrist there’s more to life than Xfactor, you might surprise yourself and read the whole thing!Ī romanticized, and in no small way fetishized, view of noble heroic homosexuality in the ancient world has been in fashion lately. You can GIVE it, but you cant TAKE it : the vilification of the Bottom in the Ancient World
