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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Most likely bisexual by our standards. But they viewed relationships a bit different than we do.

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  • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    “Bi our standards”… Get it???

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I give that one 69 out of 100.

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      • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Nice score

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• CidVicious@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Rigid “sexual orientation” is kind of a modern concept.

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  • minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, brought about by the invention of procreation, which is a very recent the phenomenon.

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    • MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      lol no

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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!”

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• j4k3@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, those nobles also owned humans so like, not really representative of most of the population of Greece, probably.

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pictured: Alexander the Great announcing his victory to the citizens of Issus

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