Achilles_and_Patroclus
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Achilles bandages the arm of Patroclus The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the stories associated with the Trojan War. In the Iliad, Homer describes a deep, meaningful relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, where Achilles is tender toward Patroclus, but callous and arrogant toward others. Its exact nature—whether homosexual, a non-sexual deep friendship, or something else entirely—has been a subject of dispute in both the Classical period and the modern era. Homer, in the original epic, never explicitly casts the two as lovers,[1][2] but they were…
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