Rodrigues, Nuno Simões2022-08-252022-08-252022N. S. Rodrigues, «The Sacred Band of Thebes and Alcibiades’ Exemplum (Plutarch, Pel. 18-19 and Alc. 7.3-6)», in D. Leão, D. Ferreira, N. S. Rodrigues, R. Morais (eds.), Our Beloved Polites. Studies presented to P. J. Rhodes, Oxford, Archaeopress Archaeology, 2022, 51-64.http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54202This essay aims to contextualize Alcibiades exemplum as Socrates lover, as referred by Plu. Pel. 18-19 and Alc. 7.3-6, within Greek sources references to the Sacred Band of Thebes. Alcibiades becomes then evidence of how in Athens not only the so-called ‘pederastic model’ was in practice, but also what we may call the ‘military model’. Therefore, regarding homoeroticism and same-sex male sexuality, when compared with other regions in Ancient Greece, Athens seems not to have been an exception.engAlcibiadesSacred Band of ThebesGreek pederastyGreek homosexualityjournal article