{"id":5432,"date":"2019-03-11T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T19:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oscarwildetours.com\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2021-01-20T20:56:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:56:34","slug":"whats-so-gay-about-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oscarwildetours.com\/whats-so-gay-about-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s So Gay About Greece?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is Greece a great place for travel<\/a>? Well, it doesn’t hurt that Greece has some of the world’s most beautiful beaches and that some of them–especially Mykonos–have a wild gay club scene. But there is another, fascinating level to Greece for the gay traveler<\/a><\/strong>, because travel to Greece is all about its ancient culture and the glorious ruins it left behind. <\/p>\n

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And that culture was about the gayest culture ever! Many cultures through history have allowed male-male relations, but only a few have praised them to the skies\u2014but according to the Greeks, it was from his male lover that a young man learned all the essential masculine virtues, like courage, self-restraint, and loyalty. Really, only in Ancient Greece<\/strong><\/a> can you talk about gay gods and heroes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And though evidence on the female side is less rich, still Sappho did sing her poems about the women she loved on the island of Lesbos<\/strong><\/a>. So all in all, you couldn’t find a country with a more interesting gay past, more art inspired by gay love\u2014and of course there are still the gorgeous beaches….<\/p>\n

Learn more about our upcoming art history tour of Gay Greece<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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