The Sacred Band
Subtitle: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
Publisher: Scribner
Published: Jun 08, 2021
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781501198014
Description: Romm's dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.
Notes: Source title: The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom