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vincoug t1_j6l1746 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:57 AM

Reply to comment by IllinoisWoodsBoy in Dickens' David Copperfield: Were men more affectionate with each other in the 18th century? by angelojann

Is it ironic that you say Achilles and Patroclus were affectionate in a platonic way and that it's a modern projection to view their relationship as gay when Plato argued that they were lovers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium_(Plato)