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4 total sentences available.
I know that some "lesbians" in my Lulu Island neighbourhood are still attracted to me, being male. Sexologists know that most people are really bisexual, as in the ancient Greco-Roman times, bisexuality was the social norm. I think that the "gay-straight" paradigm is reinforced by Abrahamic religions.
Source: tatoeba (10623583)
In the 1980's, at my university library, I sometimes haunted the section on sexology during ancient times, as Greco-Roman.
Source: tatoeba (10623589)
Tom got into Greco-Roman wrestling.
Source: tatoeba (13076886)
In the beginning and height of the Greco-Roman civilization, everyone was expected to have courage, because it was deemed to be the First Virtue above all others.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include classical, ancient, ancient greek and roman, ancient-inspired style, antique.
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