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Achilles and Patroclus

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Achilles and Patroclus
beloved friends and constant companions, especially during the Trojan War. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 194]


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A key shared subject is the familiar story of the friendship between Achilles and Patroclus, told in Homer's Iliad and finely detailed on one exceptional vase, the Sosias Cup in Berlin.
The final chapter examines depictions of male-male love in Shakespeare's plays, arguing that while relationships such as that of Troilus and Cressida's Achilles and Patroclus reveal same-sex desire (89), other queer readings merely 'mirror the preoccupations of their interpreters' (66).
Alexander and lifelong pal Hephaistion (Jared Leto) make a lot of goo-goo eyes at each other and talk a lot about the love of warriors Achilles and Patroclus.
 
 
 
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