Achilles (right) binding the wounds of Patroclus. Some critics believe that Homer intended for readers to perceive these two characters from the Iliad (ca. 800-750) as lovers, though scholars continue to debate the question.
Adapted from a photograph in Licht, Hans, pseudonym of Paul Brandt. Sittengeschichte Griechenlands in Zwei Bänden und Einem Ergänzungsband. Dresden und Zürich: Paul Aretz Verlag. 1925-1928.
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