(mythical) ancient Greece, a land where even Zeus took male lovers, Sexual identity, simply what one did (in addition to taking a wife, of course). We today would call “homosexual” was not considered part of one’s What I was hoping for: an honest exploration of the ancient GreekĬonception of sexuality, taking into account that homoeroticism that Relationship between Achilles and Patroclus-taking what The Iliad only implied and putting it to paper. I started the novel with high hopes, as The Song ofĪchilles promised to be an exploration of the romantic Stopped reading The Song of Achilles a third of the way Sexualization, exotified ethnicity, character death Warnings: rape, rape culture, explicit sex scenes, child
