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The Sacred Band of Thebes: Love and War in Ancient Greece
Lucas and Luna explore the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite military unit of 150 paired male lovers who dominated Greek warfare for four decades. From their creation by Gorgidas after the liberation of the Theban acropolis in 379 BCE to their legendary victories at Tegyra and Leuctra under Pelopidas and Epaminondas, and their final annihilation at Chaeronea in 338 BCE against Philip II and Alexander the Great. They discuss the role of erastes and eromenos relationships in fostering battlefield cohesion, the Spartan refusal to accept the Theban hegemony, and the archaeological discovery of the…
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