Rigid “sexual orientation” is kind of a modern concept.
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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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 1 month ago
minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, brought about by the invention of procreation, which is a very recent the phenomenon.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 month ago
lol no
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Stupid procreating beings… Splits into two
j4k3@piefed.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Yeah, those nobles also owned humans so like, not really representative of most of the population of Greece, probably.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Most likely bisexual by our standards. But they viewed relationships a bit different than we do.
ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
“Bi our standards”… Get it???
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I give that one 69 out of 100.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 month ago
Nice score
idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Maybe a 6 or 7 out of 10