where 300 Greek warriors from Sparta managed to delay the 60,000-strong Persian invading army. Historically, the Spartan army was made up in part by soldiers bound romantically to other soldiers fighting on the same battlefield.
As in many other historic films especially those about the ancient world or heroic warriors and there gay history has been erased from 300 and replaced with negative stereotypes. From Troy to Spartacus to Ben Hur, queer history is usually downplayed and has often gone missing entirely.
in the 2004 film Troy, starring Brad Pitt, Achilles and Patroclus were demoted from lovers to mere cousins. No doubt warriors usually become mad with grief every time one of their cousins is killed, as Achilles did when Patroclus was slain by the Trojan warrior Hector
We talk about our population having 5% or 8% of the people with homosexual tendencies. At one time in Sparta the men were 100% homosexual/bisexual
2007-03-07
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