aware of who homosexuals are and how homosexuals were perceived throughout the human history. The earliest historical record concerning homosexuality can be dated back to second millennium B.C.E as Dr. David Greenberg, in The Construction of Homosexuality (1988), introduced recording of Hittite law concerning male homosexual marriages. Moreover, Almanac of Incantations written in Babylon contained prayers of blessing for both homosexual and heterosexual love. It is harder to make a definitive statement concerning a homosexual practice in ancient Egypt, one of the most prominent ancient civilization, even though there are lores of pharaohs being masturbated and sodomized by priests. Yet, many archaeologists believe such homosexual intercourse would have been considered as a great blessing ancient Egypt since it signified sexual union with a god.
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Kenneth James Dover, in Greek Homosexuality (1989), claimed that reference to a homosexual relationship can be found in graffiti on the rocks of Thera as early as seventh century B.C.E. Moreover, the existence of lesbian and male homosexual poetries of Sparta in sixth century further supports the practice of homosexuality in ancient Greek society. Most of all, we can also discover a positive impression which ancient Greeks had toward homosexuality in Plato’s Symposium as he
Kenneth James Dover, in Greek Homosexuality (1989), claimed that reference to a homosexual relationship can be found in graffiti on the rocks of Thera as early as seventh century B.C.E. Moreover, the existence of lesbian and male homosexual poetries of Sparta in sixth century further supports the practice of homosexuality in ancient Greek society. Most of all, we can also discover a positive impression which ancient Greeks had toward homosexuality in Plato’s Symposium as he