>>13955720>There's really no evidence of this though (afaik) and people often misinterpret the fondness with which male friends spoke of each other in the past for homosexuality. Men were more affectionate with each other back in the day, because traditional society churned out Chads like a factory assembly line, and Chad loves his bros and crushes so much pussy he's not insecure about it.We are talking about ancient Greece anon, with its custom of paiderastia. The point of the anecdote in Symposium is that Alcibiades (the eromenos) expects that Socrates (his erastes) will want to be gratified (charidzesthai) as compensation for his aristocratic patronage. Socrates then surprises Alcibiades by refusing sex -- he does not want to be gratified like a typical 'lover'. He loves Alcibiades' soul over his body (though comments in Protagoras indicate he was not insensitive to the charms of his body either). This only makes thematic sense in Symposium because it is contrasted with the rest of the dialogue's discussion about when it is virtuous for eromenoi to gratify their erastai (with everyone offering different answers).
>>13955726Debunked, see pic related
