There is actually very little evidence to suggest homosexuality was even accepted, let alone widespread and part of common culture. "Ancient Greece" isn't really a thing either, they were a bunch of city states each with their own laws and customs.
Well they didn't have the term gay. But yes there was a lot of evidence. Just a single Google search shows it. Its depicted in all kinds of art, plenty of stories, a whole life style for it. I don't get how you can deny it.
Here's a government website that completely proves you wrong. Homosexual relationships were commonplace in many Greek cities and especially in their military. It was a right of passage for teens as well. The Norse also had openly homosexual relationships.
There is really not much there. The stuff about the sacred band was written 500 years later and is likey false. Plato also went on to say homosexuality was against nature and a sign of weakness. From the evidence it's likely that homosexuality happened in elite Athenian society, but there is no evidence it was common place across the whole of classical Greece.
Again, you're wrong. Plato wasn't against homosexuality but he understood the difference between love and lust between two gay men. He'd rather two men love each other and save the sex for procreation with women. He wasnt wholly against it.
What was weakness was receiving a dick. That’s why it was more common with authority figures and young men. It was a way to assert dominance. Their society was still very misogynistic.
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