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Not quite the same, The Ancient Greek and much of the ancient world did not consider women to be the equal of man, and therefore undeserving of a man's love. Therefore the highest form of love was the love of a man for another man. But their idea of love and ours is not the same. More like companionship rather then love. Now was there alot of homosexual sex going on too? Yea, could be, but remember the Romans who borrowed heavily from the Greeks, despised homosexuals and killed outed homosexuals in their legions. Probably the most 'queer' city state was Sparta, not exactly Plato's home town.