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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''], book 1. Republished from ''Plato in Twelve Volumes'' (1967), translated by R. G. Bury. (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP), v. 10.  Reprinted at Perseus website (Medford, MA: Tufts U).</ref> and [[Lycurgus]]<ref>Xenophon (c. 400 BC). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0210%3Atext%3DConst.+Lac.%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D13 ''The Lacedaemonian Constitution''], book 2.  Republished from ''Xenophon in Seven Volumes'' (1925).  Translated by E. C. Marchant and G. W. Bowersock (Cambridge: Harvard UP).  Reprinted at Perseus website (Medford, MA: Tufts U).</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>Aristotle (c. 330s BC). [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0058%3Abook%3D2%3Asection%3D1272a ''Politics''], book 2.  Republished from ''Aristotle in 23 Volumes'' (1944). Translated by H. Rackham (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP), v. 21. Reprinted at Perseus website (Medford, MA: Tufts U).</ref> regarding the origin of pederasty, it is believed that homosexuality and homosexual mythology was not native to mainland Greece but was 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''], book 1. Republished from ''Plato in Twelve Volumes'' (1967), translated by R. G. Bury. (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP), v. 10.  Reprinted at Perseus website (Medford, MA: Tufts U).</ref> and [[Lycurgus]]<ref>Xenophon (378 BC). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0210%3Atext%3DConst.+Lac.%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D13 ''The Lacedaemonian Constitution''], book 2.  Republished from ''Xenophon in Seven Volumes'' (1925).  Translated by E. C. Marchant and G. W. Bowersock (Cambridge: Harvard UP).  Reprinted at Perseus website (Medford, MA: Tufts U).</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>Aristotle (c. 330s BC). [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0058%3Abook%3D2%3Asection%3D1272a ''Politics''], book 2.  Republished from ''Aristotle in 23 Volumes'' (1944). Translated by H. Rackham (Cambridge, MA, Harvard UP), v. 21. Reprinted at Perseus website (Medford, MA: Tufts U).</ref> regarding the origin of pederasty, it is believed that homosexuality and homosexual mythology was not native to mainland Greece but was 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.