Posted on 04/22/2015 7:33:23 AM PDT by Perseverando
sorry but the facts are literally etched on stone. Men who were caught lying with a boy were stoned to death in ancient Athens. (this means Pericles reign etc) Adult males were exiled caught together were to be exiled for life.
They were considered “abnormal”.
The myth of acceptance was strictly a late 20th century academic creation of the university system.
An American academic who tried to argue alexander the great’s father (and by extension his son) were homosexuals had to flee for his life during his conference presentation.
"A Macedonian, Pausanias by name, from the Orestis district, had been a member of the king's bodyguard. Because of his attractiveness, Philip became his lover. When Philip then turned his attentions elsewhere (to another man named Pausanias), the first Pausanias mocked the second by saying he was androgynous and promiscuous. Cut to the quick by this slur, the second Pausanias secured his own death in a sensational way, after confiding in Attalus what he was intending to do. For, some days later, during a battle with Pleurias, an Illyrian king, Pausanias shielded Philip's body with his own, and died from fatal wounds so received."
"The incident was widely reported. Attalus, a man of standing and influence in the court of Philip, thereupon invited the first Pausanias to dinner. Having gotten him drunk on undiluted wine, he then handed him over nearly unconscious to be raped by his mule-drivers. Pausanias, once sobered up, was deeply aggrieved by the assault on his person and denounced Attalus to the king. Philip, however, although outraged at the brutality of the deed, did not choose to bring Attalus to account because of their affiliation and because he had need of the man's services at the moment: Attalus was the [uncle] of Philip's new wife, Cleopatra, and, owing to his valor, had just been appointed general of the forward forces in Asia. Thus, Philip instead tried to quell Pausanias's justifiable rage over his injury by giving him gifts and elevating his position in the corps of his personal bodyguards."
http://www.holoka.com/diodorus%20on%20philip.htm
BTW, that modern Greeks are offended by claims that Philip or Alexander might have been bisexual proves exactly nothing about whether they were or not.
it was an academic conference discussing exactly this erroneous “knowledge”. Much due to outright intent and the rest due to piss poor translations of ancient Greek to other languages. ie ancient greek to german/French/England English to us English.
BTW: we should set this academic discussion aside and focus of the criminal conduct on the here and now of these despicable acts of these fetishists who are destroying the lives of children in the name of THEIR so called right to recreational sex at the expense of minors.
“Oh He does! I have heard that he kicks kittens to death and the things he does with gerbils! UGH!”
He hasn’t PROVEN you are wrong about that and he hasn’t PROVEN he isn’t guilty of it either.
Hey, it’s the same logic standard Dirtbag Harry Reid held Mitt Romeny to. Say anything you want and let the other guy PROVE if it is the truth or a lie.
I overheard a few people talking and I think I heard that Reid secretly wanted the US to return to go back to the slavery of blacks practiced prior to the Civil War. He should address this. It might not be true but who knows.
This could go on and on and on. He asked for it. I say giving to him by the megaton.
I overheard a few people talking and I think I heard that Reid secretly wanted the US to return to go back to the slavery of blacks practiced prior to the Civil War. He should address this. It might not be true but who knows.-—That’s true, I heard him and Ben Affleck Have hoods and ride out burning crosses.
He fell off a horse and lost an eye.
And he got a slap in the face, I am guessing?
At the same time, though, they weren’t so crazy about guys kissing guys, but according to the Greeks and a lot of cultures nowadays (Russia, Europe, etc.) A guy kissing another guy does not mean they are homosexual.
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