Thebes was one of the three cities that shared the hegemony of the Greeks before the rise of Philip of Macedonia. The hegemony of Thebes, although shorter than that of Sparta and Athens, was brilliant and was accompanied by the rise and brilliance of two extremely capable men, who were two of the most decisive figures in Greek history, Pelopidas and Epamineondas.
At the height of Theban power, the main expression of the power and grandeur of the Boeotian city was the famous Holy Corps.
The Holy Corps of Thebes was one of the leading military units operating in Ancient Greece. It was founded in 379 BC. from Gorgidas and consisted of a body of 300 Thebans, in number, from the most prominent young people in sports and especially in wrestling.
They were all from aristocratic families, while their unity and cohesion as a body was ensured by unbreakable bonds of friendship and camaraderie that connected the 150 "pairs" of priests. He was constantly under intensive training and permanently under arms, at public expense. It is probable that it existed in an earlier era and then it was reorganized and gained maximum fame under Pelopidas.
The Holy Corps was completely destroyed in the battle of Chaeronia (338 BC)
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1) One is the personal opinion of Plutarch.
2) The second passage comes from the same chapter, but is a statement of Philip II of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great, regarding the Holy Corps.
Next, let everyone choose what suits them best.
1) Plutarch's opinion on the Holy Corps of Plutarch Pelopidas chapter 18, verses 1 - 3 (18, 1 - 3)
Ancient text
Gorgidas, the first of three hundred men, who had been exercising and dieting in Kadmeia, was encamped by the fourth company as a phage. and for this the company from the city was called. The acropolises were indulgently named after the cities. One system is born of lovers and lovers, this system is born, and Pammenos remembers what is said after a child. ου γάρ έφη τατικόν είναι τόν Ημήρου Νέστορας, κελεύοντα κατά φύλα και φρήτρας συλλοχίζεσθαι τους Ελληννας, ως φρήτρη φρήτρηφιν αρήγη, φύλα δέ φύλοις, δέον εραστήν παρ 'ρωμενον τάττειν. φυλέτας μέν γάρ φυλετών και φρατόρων <φράτορας> ου πολύ λόγον έχειν εν τοίς δεινοίς, τό δ 'εξ ερωτικής φιλίας συνηρμοσμένον στίφος αδιάλυτον είναι και άρηρηκτον, που οι μέν αγαπώντες τους ρωμένους, οι δ' άσχυνόμενοι τους ερώντας, εμμένωσι τοίς δειλώνς.
Cactus Translation
The sacred company, as they say, was first formed by Gorgidas from three hundred selected men, who encamped in Kadmeia and the city provided them with the means to exercise and maintain and that is why it was called the city company. Because then the citadels were mainly called cities. Some say that this group was formed by lovers and lovers. And there is a reason mentioned by Pammenis jokingly, that it was not a good tactic of Nestor's that he asked the Greeks to line up by tribes and factions, so that the factions would help the factions and the tribes the tribes, but he had to place the lover near to the lover. Because in the dangers no one cares much for those who belong to the same race or to the same faction as him,
2) Philip's opinion on the Holy Corps of Plutarch Pelopidas chapter 18, verse 7 (18.7)
An ancient text
is said to remain unbeaten until the battle of Chaeronia. until after the battle of the tax collectors the dead, Philip stood in this village, while he was gathering the three hundred, against whom he answered the saris, all of them in their [narrow] arms, and with each other mixed up, love of this company, cry and say. "These people misunderstood what they were doing or suffering from infamous implication".
Cactus Translation
It is said that the company remained undefeated until the battle of Chaeronia. and that as after the battle, Philip, looking at the dead, stood at the place where the three hundred were lying, all together like a body, dead from the saris they had received and all with their weapons, he marveled and learned that this was the company of lovers and of the lovers, he wept and said: "Let those who imply that they did or suffered something filthy find a bad end". So here we have two conflicting positions. The first is that of Plutarch himself who tries to establish his position that immediately the Holy Corps of Thebes consisted of lovers and lovers, while Philip II of Macedonia was angry with this position and according to the common saying "sent to the crusaders" those support this position.
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