Hi Everyone, For todays post, I want to explore the one of the first unrton of a gay relatnship the Iliad. When Patrocl di, Achill his ath as an extreme motivator for fightg on. The realy is that war is an extremely emotnal time and while there is so much gog on, …
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- ACRDG TO HISTORY, WAS ACHILL GAY? HERE IS WHY THE LEGENDARY WARRR MAY HAVE BEEN A HOMOSEXUAL
- THE PROFOUND GAY LOVE STORI OF THE OLD GUARD AND SONG OF ACHILL
- IS ACHILL GAY?
ACRDG TO HISTORY, WAS ACHILL GAY? HERE IS WHY THE LEGENDARY WARRR MAY HAVE BEEN A HOMOSEXUAL
* achilles gay patroclus *
But how has homophobia fluenced the readg of the Iliad?
THE PROFOUND GAY LOVE STORI OF THE OLD GUARD AND SONG OF ACHILL
However, when examg the relatnship between Achill and Patrocl, scholars over the centuri have bated whether their relatnship fs wh our nceptn of homosexualy today – many scholars argue that the Greeks did not have the same labels for sexualy that we do now. She embellish the ambigui of the Iliad, takg Homer’s plot and clarifyg a morn light, whilst avoidg the specific label of ‘homosexual’ the narrative - arguably this is never clarified, though is certa that Miller tends for Achill and Patrocl’ relatnship to be more timate than mere pannship.
IS ACHILL GAY?
Even DC Comics, Achill is rurrected as Wonr Woman’s male homosexual unterpart and has a relatnship wh the rernatn of Patrocl. Neher Achyl, nor Plato, nor Xenophon uld have imaged Achill and Patrocl as gay.
Patrocl’ self-doubts show that his (gay) sexualy is trapped a morn tensn between ncealment and Wolfgang Petersen, Pels and Thetis would not have been disturbed by the erotic turn of their son’s iendship.