Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles Could Rock a Dress
Achilles is so often portrayed as the most masculine of heroes, but those portrayals generally leave out that he spent a few years of his life passing as a girl. Today, we’re going to explore that tim...
14 Huhti 202259min
Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles x Patroclus
In the first part of our Gender Rebels series, we talked about queer history—queer women, Intersex people, transgender people, and eunuchs. Now, we’re going to begin another series that takes that len...
7 Huhti 20221h 22min
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 3)
Last week, we told you about the Sacred Band’s first important military victories—victories that depended on the intense trust and love the Sacred Band members had for each other. Victories that showe...
24 Maalis 20221h 2min
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 2)
In our last episode, we told you the story of how the Spartans took over the city of Thebes and how an intrepid and very queer group of Theban rebels, led by a firebrand named Pelopidas, took it back ...
17 Maalis 202247min
The Sacred Band of Thebes (Part 1)
The time was the 300s BC. The place was Thebes. And in this place, in this time, there was an elite military force—the best of the best special ops shock troops—made up of 150 male lovers. Their love ...
10 Maalis 202255min
Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Eunuchs (Part 2)
Last week, we focused on people who chose to undergo castration for religious reasons. But this probably wasn’t the most common experience most people had who were castrated. Enslaved people were cast...
3 Maalis 202256min
Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Eunuchs (Part 1)
In ancient Rome, there were a lot of eunuchs. Some were enslaved, some were free; some were members of religious cults, some were not. No study of queer history in ancient Greece and Rome would be com...
24 Helmi 202250min
Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Intersex People
Intersex people are sometimes featured in Greek mythology in a positive way—for instance, the beautiful child of Aphrodite who became an important part of her entourage. But the ancient Romans saw Int...
17 Helmi 20221h 6min
