[EDIT: I have been corrected, and indeed, a character in Plato's "Symposium" does assert that Achilles and Patrokles are lovers. Given Plato's tendency to put multiple contradicting arguments in the mouths of different characters, and to explore ideas without holding them, this view should not be taken as Plato's position, and the linguistic argument made here still stands.]
Today we go over a new theory in the world of the classics and evaluate its merits: were Achilles and Patrokles -- the great warriors in Homer's Iliad -- really gay lovers?
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