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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Having now read through Book 9 though it seems that Homer portrayed Achilleus openly as either gay or bisexual? It seems clearest when Agamemnon, in order to make amends to Achilleus, offers him not only one of Agamemnon's daughters, but also his son Orestes.
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Heh, it's funny but here's another place where I interpreted it differently than you. I'm not reading any notes (I will read those after I'm done). Let me say that I too see a lot of bisexual context in the Iliad, and when I first read that line, I thought the exact same thing as you.
I had to re-read it though, not because I was surprised at the bisexual context, but that a king would give his son a noble prince away in that manner. So I read it again:
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I will honour him with Orestes my growing son, who is brought up there in abundant luxury.
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And I took it to mean that he will honour Achilleus the same as he honours his son, since if Achilleus takes one of his daughters for a bride he will also be his son, so the "with" would mean he would honour them together as sons of his.