Homosexuality in ancient Greece
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In classical antiquity, writers such as Herodotus, Xenophon, Athenaeus and many others explored aspects of same-sex love in ancient Greece. The most widespread and socially significant form of close same-sex sexual relations in ancient Greece was between adult men and adolescent boys, known as pederasty. (It is important to note, however, that marriages in Ancient Greece between men and women were also age structured, with men in their 30s commonly taking wives in their early teens.) It is unclear how such relations between women were regarded in the general society, but examples do exist as far back as the time of Sappho.
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See also
- Greek love
- Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece
- LGBT rights in Greece
- Malakos
- The Sacred Band of Stepsons
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