11-12-2004, 02:54 PM
Greetings boys, I'm new here and an upcoming novel writer. Right now, I'm working on an epic/fantasy. One of the portions of the plots is based as a Greek-Type army...foot soldiers, except these are noted for their ability to cover great distances. They're runners, and they're fighters, but the combination-in my book-is what makes them so effective; flanking maneuvers, discipline, and so on and so on.<br>
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My question, to the scholarly folks that know of this sort of thing is this; "Was homosexuality mandantory in the military?" Seems like I once heard a narrarator say that it WAS? I heard it on the history channel. Is this true? Can anyone confirm or deny this for me?<br>
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Of course most publishing houses wouldn't try to publish something with homosexual foot-soldiers in it, due to the genre and the audience expectations. Also, in some aspects, the writer (me) has to conisder what the audience wants. Hard as it is to admit, homosexual heros would not be someone that a straight individual would want to poster his walls with.<br>
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I could picture it now. "Hey, is that the poster of General Rricates from that novel you been reading? You're a fag!" Reader "No...I'm not, I swear it!" "Yeah, well I heard that he was gay, and if you have his poster on your wall that means you're in love with a gay man. You're a FAG!" Reader "Okay, fine I'm just gonna tear it up?" A devilish grin breaks across the guy who has been harrassing the reader, he says to the reader "Tear what up? The poster? ? ? OR General Rricates BUTT?" Reader "The poster DAMN YOU....THE POSTER!" Then the Reader grabs a dirk and pokes a hole in the arm of the his irrascible friend. "How's that for funny!" As blood leaks out, the reader has a last laugh. He says "It wasn't his "GAYNESS" I admired, it was the fact he'd stab anyone without second thought! Whose the fag NOW?" In the end, the reader takes his buddy to the hospital. He promises to take down the poster, in return his friend promises not to file assault charges. And to think, all because I used a homosexual army as my characters.<br>
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So, with that being said, I still need the answer. Was homosexuality mandantory in the Greek Army?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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-Sansoucio <p></p><i></i>
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My question, to the scholarly folks that know of this sort of thing is this; "Was homosexuality mandantory in the military?" Seems like I once heard a narrarator say that it WAS? I heard it on the history channel. Is this true? Can anyone confirm or deny this for me?<br>
<br>
Of course most publishing houses wouldn't try to publish something with homosexual foot-soldiers in it, due to the genre and the audience expectations. Also, in some aspects, the writer (me) has to conisder what the audience wants. Hard as it is to admit, homosexual heros would not be someone that a straight individual would want to poster his walls with.<br>
<br>
I could picture it now. "Hey, is that the poster of General Rricates from that novel you been reading? You're a fag!" Reader "No...I'm not, I swear it!" "Yeah, well I heard that he was gay, and if you have his poster on your wall that means you're in love with a gay man. You're a FAG!" Reader "Okay, fine I'm just gonna tear it up?" A devilish grin breaks across the guy who has been harrassing the reader, he says to the reader "Tear what up? The poster? ? ? OR General Rricates BUTT?" Reader "The poster DAMN YOU....THE POSTER!" Then the Reader grabs a dirk and pokes a hole in the arm of the his irrascible friend. "How's that for funny!" As blood leaks out, the reader has a last laugh. He says "It wasn't his "GAYNESS" I admired, it was the fact he'd stab anyone without second thought! Whose the fag NOW?" In the end, the reader takes his buddy to the hospital. He promises to take down the poster, in return his friend promises not to file assault charges. And to think, all because I used a homosexual army as my characters.<br>
<br>
So, with that being said, I still need the answer. Was homosexuality mandantory in the Greek Army?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
-Sansoucio <p></p><i></i>