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	Gorgidas
		Gorgidas was a Theban military leader of the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite corps of paired Theban gay lovers.
		The Sacred Band was 150 pairs of lovers or best friends, a total of three hundred men, led by Gorgidas to their gallant end on the blood-drenched field of Chaeronea, in 338 BC.
		Gorgidas, around 378 BC first established the Sacred Band by choosing couples from his army.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/Gorgidas.html (554 words)

	Gorgidas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sacred Band was 150 pairs of lovers or best friends, a total of three hundred men, who found their gallant end on the blood-drenched field of Chaeronea, in 338 BC.
		Gorgidas, around 378 BC first established the Sacred Band by choosing couples from his army.
		The Sacred Band was at first dispersed throughout the front ranks of the regular infantry, with the idea that they would inspire valour, but they were later arrayed as a unit in order to make their gallantry more conspicuous.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gorgidas (478 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Pelopidas by Plutarch
		Epaminondas and Gorgidas brought forth Pelopidas and his party, encompassed by the priests, who held out garlands, and exhorted the people to fight for their country and their gods.
		Gorgidas, according to some, first formed the Sacred Band of three hundred chosen men, to whom, as being a guard for the citadel, the State allowed provision, and all things necessary for exercise: and hence they were called the city band, as citadels of old were usually called cities.
		Gorgidas distributed this Sacred Band all through the front ranks of the infantry, and thus made their gallantry less conspicuous; not being united in one body, but mingled with so many others of inferior resolution, they had no fair opportunity of showing what they could do.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/pelopida.html (6128 words)

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		Gorgidas, according to some, first formed the Sacred Band of three hundred chosen men, to whom, as being a guard for the citadel, the State allowed provision, and all things necessary for exercise: and hence they were called the city band, as citadels of old were usually called cities.
		With a view to this they did well, again, to make Harmony, the daughter of Mars and Venus, their tutelar deity; since, where force and courage is joined with gracefulness and winning behaviour, a harmony ensues that combines all the elements of society in perfect consonance and order.
		Gorgidas distributed this Sacred Band all through the front ranks of the infantry, and thus made their gallantry less conspicuous; not being united in one body, but mingled with so many others of inferior resolution, they had no fair opportunity of showing what they could do.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/sacredband.html (310 words)

	Sacred Band of Thebes - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The holy crowd was an elite unit of the antique thebanischen armed forces, which consisted of 150 male Liebespaaren and was based by the thebanischen field gentleman Gorgidas.
		Already under Gorgidas the holy crowd formed an elite unit within the thebanischen troops.
		Under Pelopidas, after the holy crowd had triumphed with Tegyra, it became later a kind personal body guard of the Pelopidas and played for 33 years one mean-ends role in the Greek infantry.
	cleverpedia.com /Sacred_Band_of_Thebes (237 words)

	Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas
		Epaminondas and Gorgidas brought forth Pelopidas and his party, encompassed by the priests, who held out garlands, and exhorted the people to fight for their country and their gods.
		[18] Gorgidas, according to some, first formed the Sacred Band of three hundred chosen men, to whom, as being a guard for the citadel, the State allowed provision, and all things necessary for exercise: and hence they were called the city band, as citadels of old were usually called cities.
		With a view to this they did well, again, to make Harmony, the daughter of Mars and Venus, their tutelar deity; since, where force and courage is joined with gracefulness and winning behavior a harmony ensues that combines all the elements of society in perfect consonance and order.
	www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com /plutarch/pelopidas.htm (6139 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 285 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When the first step had been taken towards the recovery of the Cadmeia from the Spartan garrison in b.
		379, and Archias and Leontiades were slain, Epa meinondas and Gorgidas came forward and joined Pelopidas and his confederates, solemnly intro ducing them into the Theban assembly, and calling on the people to fight for their country and their gods, (Plut.
		378, Gorgidas and Pelopidas were Boeotarchs to gether, and Plutarch ascribes to them the plan of tampering with Sphodrias, the Spartan harmost, whom Cleombrotus had left at Thespiae, to induce him to invade Attica, and so to embroil the Athe nians with Lacedaemon.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1393.html (1064 words)

	Sacred Band of Thebes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was organized in 378 BC by the Theban commander Gorgidas.
		During their early engagements, in an attempt to bolster a general morale, they were dispersed by their commander Gorgidas throughout the front ranks of the Theban army.
		After the Theban general Pelopidas recaptured the acropolis of Thebes in 379 BC, he assumed command of the Sacred Band in which he fought alongside his good friend, Epaminondas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes (640 words)

	Pelopidas
		But Pelopidas and Gorgidas, holding the office of captains of Boeotia, designing to breed a quarrel between the Lacedæmonians and Athenians, made this contrivance.
		One Sphodrias, a Spartan, a man famous indeed for courage in battle, but of no sound judgment, full of ungrounded hopes and foolish ambition, was left with an army at Thespiæ, to receive and succour the Theban renegades.
		But Pelopidas, having sufficiently tried their bravery at Tegyræ, where they had fought alone and around his own person, never afterward divided them, but, keeping them entire, and as one man, gave them the first duty in the greatest battles.
	www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Plutarch/pelop.html (6182 words)

	Pelopidas - Plutarch's Lives
		This done they joined Melon, and sent to hasten the exiles they had left in Attica: and called upon the citizens to maintain their liberty, and taking down the spoils from the porches, and breaking open all the armorersâ shops that were near, equipped those that came to their assistance.
		But Pelopidas and Gorgidas, holding the office of captains of BÅ“otia, designing to breed a quarrel between the LacedÃ¦monians and Athenians, made this contrivance.
		One Sphodrias, a Spartan, a man famous indeed for courage in battle, but of no sound judgment, full of ungrounded hopes and foolish ambition, was left with an army at ThespiÃ¦, to receive and succor the Theban renegades.
	www.constitution.org /rom/plutarch/pelopidas.htm (6008 words)

	USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Ancient Greek Military:Mercenaries ~ December 16, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Remarkable was that the Theban army only consisted of citizens at the first stage of the Theban hegemony, while the rest of the ancient world became more and more dependant of mercenaries.
		The Sacred Band was 150 pairs of lovers, a total of three hundred men led them to their gallant end on the blood-drenched field of Chaeronea, in 338 B.C.E. Plutarch chronicled their exploits.
		Gorgidas, around 378 BC first established the Sacred Band by shoosing couple from his army.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1041201/posts (7174 words)

	Epaminondas Summary
		In 379 BC a small group of exiles, led by Pelopidas, infiltrated the city and assassinated the leaders of the pro-Spartan government.
		Epaminondas and Gorgidas led a group of young men who broke into armories, took weapons, and surrounded the Spartans on the Cadmea, assisted by a force of Athenian hoplites (heavy infantry).
		In the Theban assembly the next day, Epaminondas and Gorgidas brought Pelopidas and his men before the audience and exhorted the Thebans to fight for their freedom.
	www.bookrags.com /Epaminondas (4755 words)

	Thebes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		At the end of this war, the "Peace of the King" imposed by the Persians, required the autonomy of all Greek cities, thus leading once again to the dissolution of the Boeotian Confederacy that was at the root of Thebes' power.
		Yet, Thebes managed to once again reconstruct the Confederacy and, under the leadership of Gorgidas and, above all, Epaminondas, reached the peak of its glory.
		In 371, Epaminondas defeated the Spartan army at Leuctra, putting in effect an end to Sparta's hegemony and reputation of invincibility.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/thebes1.htm (710 words)

	Homosexuality in Ancient Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Sacred Band of Thebes was the pinnacle in Gay history in the tradition of heroism, and the greatness of love between men.
		Assembled by Gorgidas, this group of men attached to the Theban army was comprised of three hundred pairs of male lovers.
		Every reference to the Band points out the Greek awareness that a fighting force of men bound to each other by love, will fight more valiantly; in order not only to defend one's own life and that of one's beloved, but to also not shame him by turning cowardly.
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		The Sacred Band originally was formed of picked men in couples, each lover with his beloved, selected from the ranks of the existing Theban citizen-army.
		They were housed and trained at the city’s expense.[3] During their early engagements, in an attempt to bolster a general morale, they were dispersed by their commander Gorgidas throughout the front ranks of the Theban army.
		After Thebes was conquered in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, bands of guerilla troops fought with the Spartan troops, becoming fierce warriors.
	forum.surfermag.com /forum/showflat.php?Number=1113278 (1178 words)

	On Love, Part Three: A Response to Plato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Such an army was created years later, and became known as the Sacred Band.
		The historian Plutarch spoke of this "Army of Lovers", brought together by the Theban Gorgidas in 378 B.C., which consisted of 150 pairs of homosexual men.
		The pairs would be spread throughout the ranks of the army as a whole to strengthe nthe resolve of the other men.
	www.framingbusiness.net /onlove03.htm (4529 words)

	Ioläus, An Anthology: I. Friendship-Customs in the Pagan and Early World
		"Gorgidas, according to some, first formed the Sacred Band of 300 chosen men, to whom as being a guard for the citadel the State allowed provision, and all things necessary for exercise; and hence they were called the city band, as citadels of old were usually called cities.
		For men of the same tribe or family little value one another when dangers press, but a band cemented together by friendship grounded upon love is never to be broken, and invincible; since
		"Gorgidas distributed this sacred Band all through the front ranks of the infantry, and thus made their gallantry less conspicuous; not being united in one body, but mingled with many others of inferior resolution, they had no fair opportunity of showing what they could do.
	www.sacred-texts.com /lgbt/iol/iol03.htm (5581 words)

	Positive Infinity News and Blog
		Lest we think that the Greeks restricted homosexual activity to men and boys, we need to examine Plutarch's account of the Sacred Band, Thebes'; crack military unit:
		The Sacred Band, we are told, was originally founded by Gorgidas.
		Here we see a prototype of both gays in the military and gay marriage at the same time!
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		For while Delphi partially sprang from the same roots as Amen-Ra, they had twisted the true meaning of faith and the Gods.
		King Gorgidas had sent many messages out to the other OD nations.
		Yet when he received word from a distant nation to the South, he knew the time to strike was now.
	www.throneworld.com /lords/lote34/turn006.html (9568 words)

	A Problem in Greek Ethics: X. Dorian Customs--Sparta and Crete--The sacred band--Alexander the Great
		The practical outcome of these national institutions in the chief town of Bœotia was the formation of the so-called Sacred Band, or Band of Lovers, upon whom Pelopidas relied in his most perilous operations.
		Plutarch relates that they were enrolled, in the first instance, by Gorgidas, the rank and file of the regiment being composed of
		Report goes that they were never beaten till the battle of Chæronea.
	www.sacred-texts.com /lgbt/pge/pge12.htm (3456 words)

	The John Addington Symonds Pages
		The practical outcome of these national institutions in the chief town of Boeotia was the formation of the so-called Sacred Band, or Band of Lovers, upon whom Pelopidas relied in his most perilous operations.
		Plutarch relates that they were enrolled, in the first instance, by Gorgidas, the rank and file of the regiment being composed of young men bound together by affection.
		Report goes that they were never beaten till the battle of Chaeronea.
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		In their furs and leathers, Gorgidas, Goudeles, Skylitzes, and Psoes' soldier -his name was Narbas Kios-might have been Kha- morth, if odd ones.
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	Right Reason: The Princeton Principles - Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On a side note: Its somewhat amusing that in our country we don't allow gay men into the military, and in ancient Greece same-sex relationships were thought to strengthen the military (e.g.
		That is because we cannot segregate them all into their own battalion like the Theban commander Gorgidas did with the Sacred Band of Thebes.
		Posted by: Matt at June 25, 2006 9:53 PM
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