Netflix’s The Old Guard: A revolutnary, ancient gay romance - Vox

Contents:

• 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

But how has homophobia fluenced the readg of the Iliad?

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. 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.

THE PROFOUND GAY LOVE STORI OF THE OLD GUARD AND SONG OF ACHILL

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. ” Siarly the Hebrew Bible David breaks to a lament upon learng of Jonathan’s ath wh whom he had sworn a venant of iendship: “I am distrsed for thee my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonrful, passg the love of women” (2 Samuel 1:26) make Achill and Patrocl gay is not historilly false the way would be if they were given Facebook acunts or were discsg multiculturalism over ppucco. Makg them homosexual impos upon them a fixed inty, like a heavy armor, an ontologil sence foreign to antiquy and one that nstras behavr.

This was socially acknowledged by the ancient Greeks, whereas gay partnerships wh lovers who were too siar age would be nmned. Early archaeology took place durg an era which homosexualy was owned upon and regard as s. Homosexuals were sulted and regard as effemate (as this was also an age when women were still nsired "weak").

Homosexualy was not a pot of ntentn as has been the more recent past.

IS ACHILL GAY?

Achill Gay. Much of the ntemporary LGBTQ+ lerature we are exposed to today mak beg gay the only thg the book is about. Gay people didn’t jt happen to show up the past 100 years.

It serv as a great example of LGBTQ+ reprentatn that approach and treats gay romance the same way straight romance would be wrten about. For todays post, I want to explore the one of the first unrton of a gay relatnship the Iliad. However, many of the rears of Homer throughout time have had the terpretatns that Patrocl and Achill had some sort of homosexual or homoromantic relatnship.