The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers and the Last Days of Greek Freedom

by James Romm

Book Overview

From classicist James Romm comes a "striking...fascinating" (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the time, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.

The story of the Sacred Band, an elite 300-man corps recruited from pairs of lovers, highlights a chaotic era of ancient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501198025
• ISBN13: 9781501198021
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"