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[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 81 points 3 months ago

On the other hand, he did have a partner with whom he got children, but that might be a lavender marriage. Or maybe he was bisexual, idk.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 81 points 3 months ago

Most likely bisexual by our standards. But they viewed relationships a bit different than we do.

[-] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 months ago

"Bi our standards"... Get it???

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 months ago

I give that one 69 out of 100.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago

Maybe a 6 or 7 out of 10

[-] CidVicious@piefed.zip 55 points 3 months ago

Rigid "sexual orientation" is kind of a modern concept.

[-] j4k3@piefed.world 23 points 3 months ago

Greek culture lacked any binary distinction.

I'm no expert on the subject, but reading Plato's dialogues lately, the Athenians of the era just before Alexander had no preclusive prejudice for gendered relations. That said, the human demographic in Plato's dialogues is very much biased towards the upper class of society, and I believe that has always slanted towards social exception through hierarchy, with a special place for the rogue aberrant who strings the bow of dogma at the edge of the tribe.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Yeah, those nobles also owned humans so like, not really representative of most of the population of Greece, probably.

[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Didn't they have a distinction as in, "who tops/bottoms whom and where are they on the social&/age ladder"?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

I imagine that regardless of your orientation, if you’re a leader in that time period, you’re living with the undercurrent of “You MUST create an heir!”

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