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Several prominent Ancient Greek statesmen and philosophers, such as Plato<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.%20Laws%20636c&lang=original</ref> and [[Lycurgus]]<ref>https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0210%3Atext%3DConst.+Lac.%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D13</ref> spoke out against homosexuality and pederasty, and more ancient writers such as [[Homer]] and [[Hesiod]] do not make mention of homosexuality. Because of this, and accounts from Plato and [[Aristotle]]<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0058%3Abook%3D2%3Asection%3D1272a</ref> regarding the origin of pederasty, it is believed that homosexuality and homosexual mythology was not native to mainland Greece but introduced to it by the Cretans and/or the peoples of the Near East during the late Archaic period.
Several prominent Ancient Greek statesmen and philosophers, such as Plato<ref>Plato (348 BC). [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.%20Laws%20636c&lang=original ''Laws'']. Reprinted at Perseus website (Tufts), book 1.</ref> and [[Lycurgus]]<ref>https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0210%3Atext%3DConst.+Lac.%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D13</ref> spoke out against homosexuality and pederasty, and more ancient writers such as [[Homer]] and [[Hesiod]] do not make mention of homosexuality. Because of this, and accounts from Plato and [[Aristotle]]<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0058%3Abook%3D2%3Asection%3D1272a</ref> regarding the origin of pederasty, it is believed that homosexuality and homosexual mythology was not native to mainland Greece but introduced to it by the Cretans and/or the peoples of the Near East during the late Archaic period.
Some historians also believe that homosexuality helped lead to the downfall of Ancient Greece, as the population was not growing so much and food sources were not being produced as a result and armies became small.
Some historians also believe that homosexuality helped lead to the downfall of Ancient Greece, as the population was not growing so much and food sources were not being produced as a result and armies became small.