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[–] frog@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know this came from 300 but

Homosexual attraction sometimes existed in the form of pederasty, which influenced ancient Greek and especially Spartan military practices.[17] This usually consisted in romantic relations and mentoring by adult men with male youths. Pederastic relations are thought to have played some role with Sparta’s overarching “contest-system” or the agoge, which aimed to shape male Spartans into soldiers.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_militaries_of_ancient_Greece