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Author:

Romm, James S., author.

Title:

Sacred band : three hundred Theban lovers fighting to save Greek freedom / James Romm.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribneran imprint of Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvii, 298 pages ; illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Homosexuality--Greece--History.
Greece--History--Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C.
Greece--History--Boeotian War, 378-375 B.C.
Greece--History--Third Sacred War, 355-346 B.C.
Greece--History, Military.
Thebes (Greece)--History.
Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Romm's 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 age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.

ISBN:

1501198017
9781501198014

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1201299906

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)