Rigid “sexual orientation” is kind of a modern concept.
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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 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.
CidVicious@piefed.zip 2 months ago
minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, brought about by the invention of procreation, which is a very recent the phenomenon.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 months ago
lol no
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Stupid procreating beings… Splits into two
j4k3@piefed.world 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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!”
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 months ago
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Most likely bisexual by our standards. But they viewed relationships a bit different than we do.
ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
“Bi our standards”… Get it???
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I give that one 69 out of 100.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 months ago
Nice score
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe a 6 or 7 out of 10