Achilles and Patroclus were basically battle buddies in the Iliad, hence their close brotherly connection and the reason Achilles goes berserk when Patroclus dies. The people today that claim they were lovers are simply projecting as per usual. These type of people have clearly never experienced an actual brotherly connection (or even friendship) with someone so all they can think of is "tHeY mUsT hAvE bEeN GaY!" This also reminds me that they also pulled these wacky reasonings with Frodo and Sam in LOTR.
Achilles and Patroclus were basically battle buddies in the Iliad, hence their close brotherly connection and the reason Achilles goes berserk when Patroclus dies. The people today that claim they were lovers are simply projecting as per usual. These type of people have clearly never experienced an actual brotherly connection (or even friendship) with someone so all they can think of is "tHeY mUsT hAvE bEeN GaY!" This also reminds me that they also pulled these wacky reasonings with Frodo and Sam in LOTR.