>>14927799>without reference to time or city is a rather useless generalization.Okay, both Athens and Sparta condemned homosexuality based on their legislations.
>there were obviously homosexuals in classical athens, but their homosexuality was radically different to the homosexuality of today (little to no anal sex).If you publicly said you were homosexual you'd lose your citizenship. The author of that book argues that depictions of homosexuals in vases is very rare and that thigh sex might have been a way to depict the scandalous act of anal intercourse.
>achilles and patroclus definitely jacked each other off a few times.Yes and no, masturbation was a means to reduce stress but never implied lust towards males.
