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 It is not really a debate  you're not trying to state falsely that Solon had nothing to do with homosexuality, saying it would be awful, scandalous, stupid, or something like that, denying the historical evidences ; you're obviously not homophobic. But I disagree with your terms  what you're calling ""gossip"", a tabloid term used today to call the rumours on homosexuality of famous people, is actually a solid ""tradition"" if you want, based on historical facts -it is not oral tradition, but recorded tradition-, not only known by Plutarch, but by several authors and believed by them. I would add it is not believed blindly, but believed because of Solon's own writings, especially his poetry and certainly his laws. I think that no serious scholars could claim that Solon didn't write on homosexuality, we even have fragment of his poetry ; this fact is not mentioned in the article, I wonder why. It would be good to say, to be complete that Plutarch use Solon writings to state that when he was old, he insisted on marriage rather than homosexuality. But implying that Plutarch and other authors are gossipers is not serious and, one more time, used in the field of homosexuality, I am forced to note that. Have a nice day. 

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