some of this is from historical sources and some is me fully making shit up
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The heroes of the past are always fertile ground for discussion, every detail of their lives held in public common, to be picked apart and specified. These things are no longer gossip; they are the honourable pursuit of the academic.
The question, then, began to be asked: who was erastes and who was eromenos? Erastes, older, protector, fiercer in battle, taking another under his wing, the active partner; the lover. Eromenos, younger, more delicate, learning, the passive partner; the beloved. Paederasteia was understood and codified, but fitting Achilles and Patroclus within its bounds proved problematic.
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Or, half of Greece— alive and dead— wants to know who tops, and Achilles and Patroclus stolidly pretend the argument isn’t happening.