Achillies

By barrypurves. Bary Purves' puppet animated dramatisation of the Achilles and Patroclus love story.Year: 1995Director: Barry Purves

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Film & Animation

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[Greensery]

Guys: actually creek mythology is full of homoerotism. In ancient Creek and Rome, probably most men had sex with both men and women. "Sexual orientation" such as straight, gay or bi, is the product of the modern age.

[DCLsMusic]

Aquillies was indeed bisexual. As most of the greeks... just think of the Symposium by Plato for God's sake... all men there but one thought love between men was superior to straight love... why is it so hard to believe?? Ohhh today's society .... sooo corrupted by Christian moral..

[howcca02]

There was also supposed to be no penetration on the youth. They had a set rules that they had to follow and it was even considered taboo to talk about it.

[howcca02]

Achilles wasn't gay. Whoever made this didn't read the Iliad. There is no mention of Achilles and Patroklos being gay in the Iliad. Achilles was younger than Patroklos, so I don't know why the showed Achilles with the beard. Achilles was also planning to marry Briseis. Achilles was thought to be gay during the 400 something B.C.E. Athens that did practice homosexuality between man and teenage boy among the rich influential class, but the teenage boy wasn't supposed to enjoy it.

[AshwinKennethSantos]

That was a very interesting 11minutes...

[AraTheOutstand]

if my dad came in the room while i was waching this video he would think im wacthing a gay porn

[Flameboy4130]

I used to be immortal like you, then i took an arrow to the heel.

[AMaleConfessor]

This is just awesome

[xHugoxN7]

gay



[fanmovie357]

@lalalaurrenn one question: have you ever read about the greek and roman society¿?