Ep 111 - The Sacred Band of Thebes - Ancient Heroes, Epic Battles, & Gay Love - Feat. Casie Ropski

Willing & Fable

Casie comes back to the show to share the fascinating story behind the Sacred Band of Thebes. She goes into the queer history behind the most powerful group of gay soldiers in Ancient Greece

Sources

Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boeotian-League

History of War

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/peace_antalcidas.html

The Ancients podcast, The Sacred Band of Thebes

https://www.worldhistory.org/Pelopidas/

Plutarch’s writing http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/pelopida.html

https://youtu.be/ju8PQcvlq00

World History

https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Leuctra/

Heritage History

https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=haaren&book=greece&story=epaminondas

NEH

https://www.neh.gov/article/lovers-and-soldiers

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes

Legacy Project Chicago

https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/sacred-band-thebes

Heritage Daily

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-sacred-band-of-thebes-the-elite-military-unit-of-same-sex-lovers/139599

Invicta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWsZwlN1j3c

NEH

https://www.neh.gov/article/lovers-and-soldiers

History Today

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/army-lovers-sacred-band-thebes

Greek Reporter

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/15/sacred-band-of-warriors-part-of-classical-era-greece/

https://www.greece-is.com/day-ancient-greece-battle-leuctra-371-bc/