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Achilles and Patroklos | "This unique scene on Attic red-figured cup must refer to time before the start of the events in the Iliad. It shows a rarely represented episode from the Trojan war. The two figures are identified by inscriptions: Achilles looks after his friend Patroklos, wounded in the left arm by an arrow. Patroklos turns his head away, twisted with pain, while his friend bandages his wound. " From T.H. Carpenter’s book “Art and Myth in Ancie... Sacred Band Of Thebes, Ancient Greek Vase, Homer Iliad, Greek Vase, Ancient Greek Pottery, Greek Heroes, Vase Painting, Achilles And Patroclus, Greek Pottery
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From Iliad IX - Achilles and Patroklos.

Kylix tondo: Achilles bandages Patroklos' arm. Patroklos, who has been wounded in the upper left arm, sits on his shield, his right knees splayed outward and his left leg extended with his foot braced against the outline of the tondo. The elbow of his injured arm is supported on his left thigh. He holds the bandage with his right hand, and turns his head away from the injury. Achilles stoops at his friend's side, wrapping the bandage around Patroklos' arm with both hands, his full attention…

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The Sacred Band of Thebes: Elite Fighters… and Lovers!

The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite fighting unit consisting of 300 Theban soldiers who were not only warriors but coupled lovers as well. According to the scholar Plutarch, the creation of the unit took place sometime between 379 and 378 BC, the brainchild of Gorgidas, a military leader who believed that those who were lovers would fight more ferociously to keep each other alive than those who were not.

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The Sacred Band of Thebes Entirely Made Up of Male Lovers

In the 4th century B.C., for a period of 50 years a small force of 300 elite Theban soldiers dominated Grecian battlefields. What makes this band of brothers unique in history is that it was comprised entirely of male lovers. The Elephant in the Room – Pederasty in Ancient Greece The classical Greeks tolerated a wide range of sexual appetites. [...]

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