ancient greece

We’re taking a slight departure from our Gender Rebels series to tell you the story of Zeus and Ganymede. This is the story about the time Zeus kidnapped a teenage boy [...Read More...]

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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 [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgis (Bernadotte Perrin translation) Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas (Bernadotte Perrin [...Read More...]

In our last episode, we told you the story of how the Spartans took over the city of and how an intrepid and very queer group of Theban rebels, led by a firebrand named [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgis (Bernadotte Perrin translation) Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas (Bernadotte Perrin [...Read More...]

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 [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources include: Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgis (Bernadotte Perrin translation) Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas (Bernadotte Perrin [...Read More...]

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 [...Read More...]