Gorgidas

Gorgidas (Ancient Greek: Γοργίδας) was the first known Theban military leader of the Sacred Band of Thebes around 378 BC.

Plutarch in his Life of Pelopidas credits Gorgidas with the creation of the Sacred Band, which he dispersed at first throughout the front ranks of the regular infantry, with the idea that they would inspire valour. However, they were later arrayed by Pelopidas as a unit in order to make their gallantry more conspicuous.

Cultural references

In the Videssos Cycle by Harry Turtledove, there appears as a main character a Greek physician named Gorgidas, who has much in common with the men of the Sacred Band of Thebes.

In the book My Fair Captain by J. L. Langley, the society mainly featured is based on and draws its roots from the Sacred Band of Thebes mentioning Gorgidas.

all of the distortions and Ideas about Homosexuality inn Ancient Greece come from Plutarch, a Man that was NEVER THERE in Ancient Greece, he came much later. the socalled Homosexuality of HERACLES, his "male lovers" is completely misunderstood and distorted, for HERACLES had Male followers, devotees to him, admirers if you will, but the whole idea of Homosexuality about HERACLES seems forever and counter to the mores of Ancient Greece, as so indicated by all of the sages... the same can be said about the Sacred Band of Thebes, wwhich is also a Plutarch distortion, by himself or by those reading his Ancient words.References==

• "The Theban Sacred Band". The Ancient World, XXIII.2, (1992), pp. 3-19.