Sex, Soldiers and Thebes

James Romm, Paul Cartledge, Helene Foley and Anya Leonard Discuss...

Aug 24, 2022

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Formed in 379 BC to combat the Spartan threat...

Hailed by Plato as a force that could never be beaten...

The last hope to preserve the freedom of Greece...

Buried together on the spot where they fell....

300 male lovers reveal a dramatic ancient tale whose story will leave you gripped to the end.

James Romm, chair of Classics at Bard College and author of "…

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