Regardless I think it’s a bullshit rumor and people are running with it. The sad thing is how believable the rumor is.
Odd. Remind me, wasn't it Achilles who spent a couple of years cross dressing as a girl while hiding out to avoid a fight?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_on_Skyros
Buenos noches Senores y Senoras Bienvenidos
La primera pregunta es: Que es mas macho, pineapple o knife?
Well, let's see
My guess is that a pineapple is more macho than a knife
Si! Correcto! Pineapple es mas macho que knife
La segunda pregunta es: Que es mas macho, lightbulb o schoolbus?
Uh, lightbulb?
No! Lo siento, Schoolbus es mas macho que lightbulb
Gracias. And we'll be back in un momento
It's not some new DEI post-WWII crazy.
... frequently interpreted and depicted as lovers in the classical period of Greek literature, particularly in the works of Aeschylus, Aeschines and Plato.
Other writers at the time, such as Xenophon in his Symposium, say that their relationship was not sexual, but instead an intense friendship.
Ancient writers referenced both sides, and additionally debated whether and how the relationship fit into the scheme of pederasty in ancient Greece.
I'm pushing 70, don't much care one way or the other, but can state it's been cast as a very probably just another example of Greek lovers since I was in school .. and, as linked above, thought to be as such since the Classic Era writers.
You're certainly entitled to the opinion that pederasty wasn't a thing in ancient Greece, multitudes of texts and vases from the period wear that down somewhat.
That's not really a gotcha.
Given that I'd say there's a lot of latitude for directors to portray the character .. as has been done in a few opera's over the past century or so.