@dhfir he was Gay as Fuck man. even for back then. also a bottom
@dhfir @vriska @Nudhul definitely Sparta, Thebes' Sacred Band was after the Peloponnesian (yes I had to look up how to spell that) War and Athens was on the downtrend after Sparta defeated them
they were all into it - in Sparta it was about martial discipline whereas in Athens it was about intellectual education of younger men via romantic (not necessarily sexual) relationships
@dhfir @vriska @Nudhul Thebes were the 3rd guy to the party once the War was over, the rest were in deep with either Athens or Sparta by that point and Thebes was the only one strong enough to stand up to Sparta (as I recall, it's been a while)
Check out Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas for an awesome story