Graeme O'May

A Band of Lovers (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This must-read book shares the fascinating history of the Sacred Band of Thebes - an elite infantry unit in Ancient Greece. The most capable fighting force of its time, it was uniquely comprised 150 male couples. Formed in the aftermath of Thebes' liberation from Spartan occupation in early 378 BCE, the Sacred Band inflicted on the Spartans their first-ever defeat by a numerically inferior force at the battle of Tegyra in 375 BCE and was instrumental in Thebes' astonishing victory at the epoch-making battle of Leuctra four years later. 'A Band of Lovers' tells the story-the valor and accomplishments-of a truly remarkable army, and their influence was instrumental in the author's ability to overcome shame and finally accept his identity as a gay man.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781098378158
• Artikelnr.: 62096814

Autorenporträt

Graeme O'May, a native of the village of Sauchie in central Scotland, received his BSc (Hons) from Edinburgh University and his PhD from the University of Manchester, both in microbiology. His professional background is in the life sciences, in which he has twenty-plus years of experience. He has published a number of articles in academic journals and authored several book chapters on a variety of aspects of microbiology, and he holds a patent on a vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus. He now works as a medical writer for the FDA, and in his spare time enjoys reading and writing about ancient history. His interests center on ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE and the opinion, societal role, and military function of same-sex relationships during the period.