Mythology & Homosexuality

MYTHOLOGY and HOMOSEXUALITY
Homosexuality was accepted and accommodated as a part of life in the ancient world, certainly in Athens. There were no prevailing hostile religious views that condemned it as a sin. Yet there were serious moral codes of behavior, mostly unwritten, that had to be pursued to confer respectability upon homosexual relationships and individuals who were homosexual. Female homosexuality in Greek and Roman mythology and society is as important theme as male homosexuality, but it not nearly as visible.
It is very delighting to know that homosexual relationships in Athens were taken into actions ser...