The Legend of the Heterosexual Hercules

[+ Avalon]

http://everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-legend-of-heterosexual-hercules.html

 

I was unfamiliar with Nireus

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nireus

[+ ArVaGuy]

Achilles killed Hector in the Trojan War because he, Hector, killed Patroclus.

 

Patroclus was Achilles lover.

[+ Avalon]

Achilles killed Hector in the Trojan War because he, Hector, killed Patroclus.

 

Patroclus was Achilles lover.

 

And Paris killed Achilles with the help of Apollo.

 

It is said that Apollo hated Achilles because Achilles had killed his son Troilus.

[+ José Soplanucas]

Patroclus was also Achilles mentee. Back then an older warrior would mentor younger ones into adulthood as a rite of passage. They would leave the polis and spend weeks in the wilderness learning how to hunt and how to fight. Once the mentee mastered the skills that would make him an adult, his mentor would gift him with weapons, armor, and a cup.

I strongly recommend Robert Graves' "The Greek Meeths". He collected all the classical myths and annotated them with anthropological and historical references. I read the Spanish translation 20 years ago, I am sure the English original is beautifully written.

Edited February 5, 2018 by latbear4blk

[+ Avalon]

Patroclus was also Achilles mentee. Back then an older warrior would mentor younger ones into adulthood as a rite of passage. They would leave the polis and spend weeks in the wilderness learning how to hunt and how to fight. Once the mentee mastered the skills that would make him an adult, his mentor would gift him with weapons, armor, and a cup.

I strongly recommend Robert Graves' "The Greek Meeths". He collected all the classical myths and annotated them with anthropological and historical references. I read the Spanish translation 20 years ago, I am sure the English original is beautiful written.

 

Thank-you for the book recommendation.

[TruthBTold]

OK, how about Franco Corelli (6' 2") as Hercules romancing Tristan Baldwin (5' 8/9") as his chauffeur. Voila', movie.

 

http://daddysreviews.com/images/tristan_Baldwin_boston_20130415.jpg