The Sacred Band of Thebes was a troop of select soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC.
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”
— Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius (via philosophybits)
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