That "homosexual" Achilles

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

I would agree. However I don't think that I've come across any ancient greek word that means homosexual.

Which is, indeed, the point: the ancient Greeks had no concept corresponding to "sexual orientation".

Well,for that I'm not sure,because there is always some indication that the practice of homosexuality was disaproved by the people of theprevious generations, if not everywhere,at least in Athens. Also Philip who supposedly said that no one should ever say that these men(the dead sacred band) have been disgraced. Xenophon who needs to say that the relatonship between Erastes and Eromenoi in Sparta was not sexual,and that homosexuality was actually banned. So certainly they didn't consider it a good thing up to some period. Based on Plato I'd say that in Athens it became a "fashion" after the Persian wars and the rise of Sparta. It also corresponds to the time that Athens accepted other customs and practices due to the extended trade. It is interesting that at some point there were the elders and especially the noble who disaproved homosexuality because it was a Doric custom and that it was already an open practice in Athens too.