There were no words in ancient Greek for 'homosexual' and 'heterosexual' and in classical Athens relationships between older, often married, men and younger men were a normal part of social life. In ancient Greece it was common for men to have sexual relationships with both men and women. Photo: Johannes Laurentius.Īlthough Homer doesn't explicitly cast them as lovers, their intimate relationship is crucial to the plot of the Iliad, and in other works of ancient literature the relationship between the two men is more explicitly referenced as a love affair. ©ANTIKENSAMMLUNG, STAATLICHE MUSEEN ZU BERLIN – PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ. Drinking cup showing Achilles bandaging Patroclus' wound.
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