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| Sep 30, 2021 at 16:47 | comment | added | ypercubeᵀᴹ | @ValerieVoigt "Patroclus was, indeed, Achilles’s lover. The ancient Greeks were pretty clear about that." Well, Homer was very clear indeed. Iliad has no mention of eros between Achilles and Patroclus. Plato's Symposium was written centuries after Iliad so how can we be sure? (assuming that they existed and that they are not fictional characters) | |
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| S Jan 24, 2021 at 13:44 | comment | added | Valerie Voigt | Patroclus was, indeed, Achilles’s lover. The ancient Greeks were pretty clear about that. In the movie Troy he is referred to as his cousin (which he may also have been), probably because the writers and/or director and/or producers were too chicken to give the full story. Plato, in the Symposium, is quite explicit about it. Aeschylus wrote a play, of which only a few fragments survive, titled The Myrmidons. In it, Achilles professes his love (eros, the Greek word for specifically sexual love) for Patroclus, and specifies that the two have had, at least, specifically interfemoral intercourse. | |
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| Jan 17, 2021 at 21:21 | comment | added | Valorum | Ant-man was a throwaway hero created to fill a dozen pages in a pulp. He wasn't even a superhero when he was created, just a scientist guy who shrank down and got chased around by ants and bees. usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/… | |
| Jan 17, 2021 at 17:48 | comment | added | verbose | @Randal'Thor Zeus and Hera were siblings. I don’t think “relative” precludes “lover” in Greek and Roman myth .... | |
| Jan 17, 2021 at 13:14 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | TIL that Patroclus has been cast as Achilles's lover. I had thought they were relatives. | |
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