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To: the_daug

Or pre-Greek.
Not much is known for a fact about the Minoans as there are no deciphered texts from them. The bits and pieces we do know are largely archeological. What they thought of homosexuality is a total blank.


14 posted on 02/22/2015 4:31:39 PM PST by buwaya
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To: buwaya; the_daug

The Minoan civilization was not Greek. It had its origins, apparently, somewhere to the East.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization

However, the Cretan civilization that succeeded the Minoans was Greek-speaking. And the Greeks apparently learned from the Minoan civilization, whose legacy became part of Greek civilization.


19 posted on 02/22/2015 4:57:41 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: buwaya

I disagree. You should watch the video at the link posted with the article. Dr. Collins goes to great length to show the link between Minoan Pederasty and Sodom.


24 posted on 02/22/2015 5:42:10 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: buwaya

{Not Much Is Known of Minoan practices} :

recorded by Ephoris (a 4th century B.C. historian) and preserved by Strabo (a 1st century B.C. historian). The rite of passage Ephoris describes began when Minoan boys were segregated into agelae (“herds”), to prepare them for manhood and to train them as soldiers. when an older young man, called a philetor (“lover”), saw a youth who attracted him by his beauty, courage, and manners, he would “capture” his chosen one, called a parastatheis. Taking him to the local andreion (male dining club) where he was a member, the suitor would give the youth presents and then take him into the country for two months hunting and feasting. Thereafter, returning to the dining club, the beloved would tell whether he was happy with how his lover had treated him; and the lover, if accepted, would present the youth with military garb, an ox, and a drinking cup, along with other costly gifts.


28 posted on 02/22/2015 8:08:39 PM PST by Phosgood (Send in the Clowns...but Wait, they're here!! >..<)
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