Conversations: For the Love of a Good Man, Gays in the Ancient Greek Military w/ H. Voss

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Liv speaks with author, poet, and big ol' nerd H. Voss about queer relationships in the ancient Greek military and the way that aligns with the Roman story of Nisus and Euryalus from Virgil's Aeneid. Read more from H. Voss here, and find the Ancient World Magazine article about Nisus and Euryalus here. This episode was recorded a number of months ago. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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1:58.3	so you will have to forgive me. I am currently in between the two group
2:04.6	trips that we've had this year. We are rocking our way through Greece. It's so hot. And I've
2:10.9	just woken up, so excuse me for being bad at ad-living in this moment. Today I am here with
2:17.3	another conversation episode. Today I am here with another conversation episode.
2:20.3	Today I spoke with Harrison Voss about, well, gays in the military.
2:27.5	Gays in the ancient military. Gays in the ancient Greek military, if we're going to be really specific.
2:32.8	And we are, we talked about just generally
2:37.8	same sex, same gender relationships in the ancient Greek world, obviously applying to men,
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