We Two Alone: Conjugal Bonds and Homoerotic Subtext in the Iliad.
This article argues that although the Iliad does not explicitly depict Achilles and Patroclus as lovers, the poem suggests an erotic dimension to their relationship by comparing them to husband-wife pairings in Homeric epic. Previous scholars have tended either to deny any erotic component to Achill...
| Publicado en: | Helios Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 115 - 140 |
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Texas Tech University Press
Fall2019
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