@vriska I'm pretty sure he was bi?
Though I'm basing that entirely on "he was greek and that's how they roll"

@dhfir he was Gay as Fuck man. even for back then. also a bottom

@Nudhul @vriska "touch-starved" describes soldiers in the middle of a war pretty well.
Sparta had rampant homosexuality because well, keep a bunch of horny men in the same barracks without women, many will "find alternatives"
@dhfir @vriska you seem to have a very low opinion of them and their ability to maintain discipline

@Nudhul @dhfir @vriska the gay relationships were a feature, not a bug

they thought men would train/fight harder around their lovers

the girls exercised naked too

all testosterone shall be harnessed for the strength and glory of Sparta

@skells @Nudhul @vriska pretty sure you're thinking of the theban sacred band?
That said, nude exercise was the norm.
It's how they did the olympics too.
In the nude.

@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

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@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

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