r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

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u/sarma55 13d ago

genuine question: why does casting a trans actor make sense?

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u/SosseV 13d ago

Achilles is described as a very beautiful, feminine man. His mother didn't want him to go to war, because of a prophecy that said he wouldn't return, so hid him in a temple among women and Odysseus, who was charged with recruiting him, needed a ruse to find him, because he was not able to recognise him amongst them.

Also, he only decided to go back to war when his lover Patroclos was killed by Hector, after refusing to fight anymore because of a conflict with king Agamemnon.

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u/icancount192 13d ago

There are no descriptions of Achilles portraying him as feminine.

Also his relationship with Patroclus is hinted as homoerotic but never specifically said.

There's plenty of homosexuality in ancient Greece among warriors but it's not the Roman ideal of masculine top and feminine bottom.

The homosexuality among warriors found in Sparta and Thebes was akin to two gym bros admiring each other's physique and courage.

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u/deaglebro 13d ago

Not uniformly, but yes it is stupid to claim that it was purely admiration and they did not take catamites.

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