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Sacred Band of Carthage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Sacred Band of Carthage was the elite military force guarding the city of Carthage itself. The Sacred Band of Carthage was also used as a unit of Royal Guards of sorts for members of the Carthaginian Government as well as important people like Hannibal Barca. The band usually formed a phalanx formation of spearmen or pikemen, on the Greek model. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Carthage   (213 words)

Sacred Band of Thebes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Sacred Band of Thebes (in ancient Greek ἱερὸς λόχος/ hieròs lókhos) was an elite Greek troop of 150 pairs of homosexual lovers, according to Plutarch (in the Life of Pelopidas) formed by the Theban commander Gorgidas.The motivation for the use of such an "Army of Lovers" in battle is also stated by Plutarch: According to Plutarch, Gorgidas initially distributed the Sacred Band of Thebes throughout his battle lines as an elite to strengthen the others' resolve, but later Pelopidas, after the Band had fought successfully at Tegyra, used it as a sort of personal guard. Memorial to the Sacred Band of Thebes at Chaeronea, marking the communal grave (πολυανδρειον / polyandreîon) in which they were buried. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes   (354 words)

Thebes, Greece - Thebes (in modern Greek: Θήβα — Thíva, in ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Θῆβαι — Thēbai or Thívai) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia; but an unsuccessful revolt in 335 against his son Alexander was punished by Macedon and other Greek states by the severe sacking of the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar. The record of the earliest days of Thebes was preserved among the Greeks in an abundant mass of legends which rival the myths of Troy in their wide ramification and the influence which they exerted upon the literature of the classical age. psychcentral.com /psypsych/Thebes_(Greece)   (1397 words)

Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Sacred Band 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. Deploying the Sacred Band on his front left wing, "Epaminondas made his left wing fifty deep and flung it forward in the attack." The "extra weight" of this wing and the "fanatical bravery of the Sacred Band" broke the Sparta right wing, which contained their best warriors. 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. andrejkoymasky.com /liv/fam/bios1/sacr1.html   (951 words)

The Sacred Band of Thebes The Sacred Band of Thebes was defeated by Phillip of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Geat, at the battle of Chaeronea. According to Greek legend, the Sacred Band of Thebes was an army of 150 pairs of homosexual lovers, or a total of 300 men. Sparta- speak of a Spartan counterpart to the Sacred Band of Thebes where homosexuality was encouraged. members.aol.com /matrixwerx/glbthistory/thebes.htm   (233 words)

Untitled Document The Sacred Band was the cornerstone of the Theban army that enabled the state to establish Theban hegemony in the Greek world from 371 to 362 BC. The Sacred Theban Band was a crucial part of the Theban army that was responsible for the states dominance over the Greek world in the 4th century BC. The Sacred Theban Band could be created because Thebes was a particularly open state and homosexual relations in general throughout Greece were accepted. w01.middlebury.edu /EL032A/Glossary.html   (11661 words)

Homosexuality in Ancient Greece The Sacred Band of Thebes was the pinnacle in Gay history in the tradition of heroism, and the greatness of love between men. Though largely hidden from history, The Sacred Band of Thebes was not an exception to the deep, passionate, and sexual love bonds that some men are drawn to form with each other. It was at the Battle of Mantinea in 362 B.C.E that the Band and the army of Thebes defeated the Spartans. www.15grant.com /mchoward/greece.html   (916 words)

Thebes on Encyclopedia.com Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus ; the Seven against Thebes ; Epigoni). When the Persians were defeated, Thebes was punished, and only the intervention of Sparta, which saw in the city a balance to the power of Athens, saved it from destruction. THEBES [Thebes] chief city of Boeotia, in ancient Greece. www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/thebesg1r.asp   (957 words)

SCC Forums -> The hopeless armies of Carthage The sacred band is able to hold its ground vs anybody, and it has excellent flanking calvery, and ongers.... the best strategy for carthage, by far is an army of 1 general, 9 units of sacred band infantry, 7 units of sacred band cavalry, 3 units of elephants. What I have found is that Carthage except for their elephants seem to be one of the weaker sides. www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2714   (2285 words)

A History of Africa, Chapter 3 Hannibal returned to Carthage and disbanded his army when he was done with Himera, but the Syracusans didn't know when to quit; they raided the territory of Motya and Panormus after the Carthaginians departed. Carthage had come close to conquering all of Sicily before, only to be defeated by unforseen circumstances, so at this stage the main Carthaginian concern was to keep anybody else from getting involved on the other side. Carthage immediately sued for peace, and Gelon chose to be lenient; instead of demanding land, he asked for two thousand talents of silver. xenohistorian.faithweb.com /africa/carthage.html   (9490 words)

SCC Forums -> Carthaginian Unit Profiles And Pics Sacred Band cavalry are the elitist of the Carthaginian warfare society. The Sacred Band Infantry is the elite of their type, and are very much effective on the battlefield. The Peasants of Carthage fought for their homeland mainly, so they could be as fierce as any warrior, only they were not as well equipped, however to make up for lack of armor/weapons, they would use their massive numbers. www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=387   (1328 words)

ka.txt The latter was the osprey, sacred to the Sabine deity Sancus. The plain near Cirrha was sacred to Apollo and was not to be cultivated. At the oracle of Zeus at Dodona, prophecy was associated with the sound of brazen gongs, oak leaves rustling in the wind, with the cooing of doves, and with the sound of the water of the sacred spring. www.grazian-archive.com /quantavolution/QuantaHTML/plaintext/ka.txt   (22246 words)

Epaminondas on Encyclopedia.com 'An army of lovers:' the Sacred Band of Thebes. Agesilaus II of Sparta therefore excluded Thebes from the peace. As the Theban delegate to the peace conference of 371 BC he refused to surrender his claim to represent all Boeotia. www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/Epaminon.asp   (297 words)

Alexander The Great - Crystalinks The cavalry wing led by Alexander annihilated the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite corps previously regarded as invincible. Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia and leave a Macedonian garrison in the citadel.In 336 BC, Philip was assassinated at the wedding of his daughter Cleopatra to King Alexander of Epirus. The end of Thebes cowed Athens into submission and readily accepted Alexander's demand for the exile of all the leaders of the anti-Macedonian party, Demosthenes first of all. www.crystalinks.com /alexanderthegreat.html   (3823 words)

Sacred band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sacred Band can refer to one of two elite military units of the ancient world: In modern Greek history, the name has been used to denote two military units: en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred_band   (205 words)

Imprint: November 09, 2001 One of the oldest records of gay military service is the sacred Band of Thebes, comprised of 150 gay couples from Greece, whose pledge was to stand together or fall together. The band was undefeated for years, but was eventually slaughtered in 338 BC. World War II contributed to the development of gay culture in North America and Europe by bringing men together in wartime and landing them in urban areas after the war. imprint.uwaterloo.ca /story.php?f=2&t=468&i=&v=f&story=468   (515 words)

Eros His connection with homosexual love may have derived from his supposed relationship to Ares, for he was the patron divinity of the Sacred Band of Thebes, which was a group of one hundred and fifty pairs of lovers who were all killed by the Macedonian army at the battle of Chaeronia in 338 BC. As the youmgest of the gods and the companion of Aphrodite, he appeared to enjoy making as much mischief as he could by firing his arrows of passion into the hearts of gods and humans alike. www.factophile.com /show.content?action=view&pageid=310   (141 words)

Liturgical Calendar Part IV Alexander confronted the Sacred Band of Thebes, the elite corps of 300 homosexual lovers who were the most respected soldiers in the world at that time. The battle was won because of the courage of the Sacred Band, also known as the Army of Lovers, a corps of 300 homosexual lovers. In 1881, the shattered fragments of this Lion were discovered, surrounded by the bones of 254 pairs of men with their weapons, arranged in a phalanx of seven rows, the battle formation of the Sacred Band. www.antinopolis.org /litcalendar-4.html   (8653 words)

Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business But this was a gallant band similar to the sacred band at thebes or the black hand sarajero. Early last century a band of young men took an oath to free Sri Lanka from the yoke of the foreigner. There was another gentleman who gave this band a great deal inspiration at the risk of his job. www.sundayobserver.lk /2003/10/19/fea10.html   (1667 words)

BC (Before Christ) 338 BC The Sacred Band of Thebes is annihilated by Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander at the Battle of Chaeronea. The Band was annihilated by Philip of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great, during the Battle of Chaeronea. This military unit consists entirely of 150 male couples and is based upon the belief that men fighting alongside their lovers would die rather than shame one another. www.jahsonic.com /BC.html   (1174 words)

Sacred Band of Thebes -- At Swim, Two Boys Sacred Band of Thebes -- At Swim, Two Boys What happened when one of a pair in the Sacred Band of Thebes died in battle? mayb with this disregard for life, they will be more couragoues and fierce in battle..mayb that might have been the basis the band was formed, the ultimate love to disregard life and chose death to alleviate the grief of the lost love www.voy.com /178082/118.html   (486 words)

Secretmotive.com - Forums - Shark Tale Promotes an Anti-Family Agenda Also to ponder: The Sacred Band of Thebes was destroyed by Phillip II and his son, Alexander the Great, at Thebes. The Sacred Band of Thebes historically was a military organization--but it was not a state organization so far as I know. A few additional notes on the Sacred Band of Thebes: There were only about 300 gay individuals in this band, and the band itself was a military organization used by the state of Thebes. www.secretmotive.com /community/discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6567&whichpage=3   (3193 words)

Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: a sourcebook of basic documents in translation This passage discusses the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite military unit organized in 378 BCE. [18.1] The Sacred Band, they say, was first organized by Gorgidas out of 300 picked men, who were trained and fed at the city’s expense. They camped out on the Theban citadel, the Cadmeia, and for this reason they were called the "City Band," for in those days the term "city" was generally applied to the citadel. www.utexas.edu /courses/cc348hubbard/readindex.php?view=26   (805 words)

Demosthenes (385 - 322 B.C.) The "sacred band" of Thebes, the old companions of Epaminondas, died to a man, and 1000 Athenians lay beside them. The crowning triumph of the patriot orator was when he confronted the ambassadors of Philip at Thebes, and by his glorious eloquence prevailed on the old enemies of his city to forget their grudge and join with Athens in striking a last blow for the liberties of Greece. Side by side stood the citizen soldiers of Athens and Thebes on the fatal field of Chæronea, and together they went down before the trained battalions of Macedon, the genius of Philip, and the fiery valour of the youthful Alexander. www.usefultrivia.com /biographies/demosthenes_001.html   (537 words)

The Grecian Empire At Memphis Alexander sacrificed to Apis, the Greek term for Hapi, the sacred Egyptian bull, and was crowned with the traditional double crown of the pharaohs; the native priests were placated and their religion encouraged. When the Thebans refused to surrender, he made an entry and razed their city to the ground, sparing only temples and Pindar's house; 6,000 were killed and all survivors sold into slavery. From age 13 to 16 he was taught by Aristotle, who inspired him with an interest in philosophy, medicine, and scientific investigation; but he was later to advance beyond his teacher's narrow precept that non-Greeks should be treated as slaves. www.chn-net.com /timeline/grec_emp_alex.html   (4162 words)

Livy's History of Rome At Menturnae the temple of Jupiter and the sacred grove of Marica were struck with lightning, as were also the wall of Atella and one of the gates. When his thoughts became wholly occupied with the performance of his sacred duties he threw off his former character so completely that amongst all the young men in Rome, none held a higher place in the esteem and approbation of the leading patricians, whether personal friends or strangers to him. The Fregellans, however, though abandoned by the Etruscans, maintained the conflict as long as the consuls were unwounded and able to cheer them on and take their part in the fighting. mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Livy/Livy27.html   (21212 words)

Knowledge Base: Carthage F.A.Q. Carthage is given a lot of crap on the forums, and in many cases they do deserve it. Carthage is a strong city with good stone walls along with a nice harbor. In the middle phase, Carthage will need to establish a standing army and finally conduct an offensaive against the Romans bringing her armies to the gates of Rome itself. www.twcenter.net /articles/link.php?id=54   (3926 words)

Golden Bough Chapter 31. Adonis in Cyprus. Again, the goddess Ma was served by a multitude of sacred harlots at Comana in Pontus, and crowds of men and women flocked to her sanctuary from the neighbouring cities and country to attend the biennial festivals or to pay their vows to the goddess. In this manner Paphos, and perhaps all sanctuaries of the great Asiatic goddess where sacred prostitution was practised, might be well stocked with human deities, the offspring of the divine king by his wives, concubines, and temple harlots. Thus at Babylon every woman, whether rich or poor, had once in her life to submit to the embraces of a stranger at the temple of Mylitta, that is, of Ishtar or Astarte, and to dedicate to the goddess the wages earned by this sanctified harlotry. www.sacred-texts.com /pag/frazer/gb03100.htm   (2463 words)

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