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Ancient Greece

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The Sappho Project aims to reveal the life and creative work of Sappho, the famed 7th century BCE Greek poet from Lesbos.
http://www.lesbian.org/sappho-project/index.html

Synopsis of paper by Georges Devereux.
http://www.ethnopsychiatrie.net/actu/homoabstract.htm

Graduate paper by Paul Halsall on the topic of male love in ancient Greece.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/greekeros.html

Debate on Greek homosexuality, between a lover of women and a lover of boys, dating to the fourth century CE.
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/lucian.shtml

Pairs of homosexual lovers from ancient Greek history.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/gkcouples.html

Exploration of idealized friendship as coded reference to homosexual desire, with examples from Greek mythology.
http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/pastor07.htm

Book on homosexual Greek mythology, illustrated with vase paintings, sculptures and frescoes. Story of Tantalus, Pelops and Poseidon on line.
http://www.haidukpress.com/LoversLegends/

Thorough presentation of the Zeus and Ganymede myth, its roots and its complex meanings.
http://www.hephaistosforge.org/zeusganymede/