To clarify, by Ancient World, I don’t refer to any single region but the entire ancient world. Ancient China, Rome, Egypt, America, Australia, all of it.

What prompted this was Plato’s homophobia. Early in his life, he praised homosexual relationships, but later he would describe them as unnatural and comparable to incest. Since Ancient Greece is considered a bastion of homosexuality this surprised me a lot. It got me thinking, what exactly was homophobia like in the ancient world, across all cultures? What were the justifications, actions taken, etc?