reading some of my favorite tumblr posts under the iliad tag

wtf is my brain
i edit so bad lmao
this is the trash content you subbed for
if you're reading this patrochilles is canon

[@jillidan0286]

Damn Patroclus really boutta hit Achilles with that +4 card shit it really do be like that sometimes

[@greencyy]

Achilles: Patroclus, please... After everything we’ve been through... Patroclus: I’m sorry Achilles Achilles [through tears]: I’m begging you, don’t do it. Patroclus: It has to be done... Achilles: Patroclus: Achilles: Patroclus: **places 4+ card** Patroclus: [tearfully] uno

[@jillidan0286]

greencyborgninjadude IM SCREECHING

[@maisey-oliver2844]

greencyborgninjadude I'm screaming omg no

[@mothersandfuckersofthejury5416]

@@greencyy i screeched so hard i sounded like a pterodactyl bruh

[@mysincerestcondolences]

@@greencyy ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I'VE READ EVER

[@milicastepanovic5477]

how to enrage classics student: the movie Troy

[@greencyy]

11/10 will always work

[@mothersandfuckersofthejury5416]

_i swear on Hera's head that i'll burn the producers and bathe in their fresh blood_

[@greencyy]

My internal monologue 99% of the time

[@festethephule7553]

@@mothersandfuckersofthejury5416 Why her head?

[@greencyy]

Feste the Phule alliteration

[@noel-fo4mr]

If there’s any moral lesson to learn from the Iliad, it’s not to let your boyfriend borrow your clothes.

[@isarki09]

Lmao

[@foothecookie2160]

This hurted

[@itsyagurl_mari]

Should I cry or laugh?

[@Rosa-ol3pv]

@@itsyagurl_mari do both

[@Child.DazaiOsamu]

HA

[@Emma-jh2kn]

This entire video is literally Achilles undying love for Patroclus

[@-stargaze]

Isn’t that what the Iliad is about anyways?

[@noelvesbody]

as it should be

[@lathyrusloon]

I mean, the Iliad is literally Achilles u dying love for Patroclus.

[@carmelhashmueli7751]

Do you know where I can find the book?

[@SakiBlablabla]

@@carmelhashmueli7751 probably in every book shop ever... there must be a copy on the Internet to !

[@Carols989]

saying achilles and patroclus were just bros is like saying sapho just really liked her gal pals

[@greencyy]

adventures of sappho and her best gal pals ft. Aphrodite

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

Just gals being pals

[@kittyplayz1480]

The woman is the reason Lesbians are called Lesbians and Historians claim she's straight and had a husband. We, as a species, are just thick headed.

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@kittyplayz1480 yea, but her "husband"'s name translates to Husband Allcocks from Man Island or something like that. It was how she was able to deny being pals with her gals, because she supposedly had a husband. Historians saying she had a husband are either moronic or have their tongue planted so far in their cheek they can taste the wallpaper next to them.

[@JuanJose-fw1eg]

@@CoRLex-jh5vx She said "Uhu I have a husband... but he goes to another school!" and the historians deadass believed her lmao

[@cheriketsu9827]

achilles: literally says when he dies he wants his ashes mixed with patroclus's, kills an entire army after his death, etc. historians: F iS fOr FrIeNdS wHo Do StUfF tOgEtHeR-

[@greencyy]

bEsT bRoS fOrEvEr

[@mothersandfuckersofthejury5416]

sUcH bR0mAnCe

[@veronica-fp7cz]

U IS FOR the undying love Achilles and Patroclus shared, and with their ashes mixed, they will be in the underworld together.

[@greencyy]

N is for (totally) Not fucking-

[@cheriketsu9827]

@@greencyy this has been a beautiful collaboration

[@bananapuding866]

Patroclus and Achilles: *exist* Every Literature teacher ever: *ThEy wErE jUsT cOuSiNs yOu gUyS, jUsT hOmIeS tHaT wErE pLaToNiC sOuLmAtEs*

[@broseidon1658]

Hyacinth and Apollo were just cousins. WAIT-

[@parkchimmin7913]

banana puding **screams into a mic** *bROOMAAANCE! NOTHING REALLY GAY ABOUT IT! NOT THAT THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING GAY! BRO-O-MANCE! SHOULDN’T BE ASHAMED OR HIDE IT! I LOVE YOU IN THE MOST HETEROSEXUAL WAY!*

[@greencyy]

ryan higa ftw

[@parkchimmin7913]

greencyborgninjadude Hell Yeah!

[@LadyMythos315]

@@broseidon1658 i mean i wouldn't be surprised if Apollo dated his cousin. I mean Zeus married Hera

[@greencyy]

this just turned into patrochilles trash and I’m not even mad at it

[@rosabellelove9]

greencyborgninjadudeb : why would you be mad its one of the otps of greek mythology

[@greencyy]

they’re my favorite pair, I meant to say this was originally supposed to include the entire iliad cast

[@broseidon1658]

Best gay couple ever to exist in Ancient Greece.

[@samsummers2015]

Just subscribed and Oh Ma God is that Namjoon fam 😍

[@marghen8295]

PLEASE do more Partochilles trash.

[@mariisnugget8406]

Someone should make another Trojan War movie but Gay™️

[@greencyy]

**writes on notepad** on it chief

[@hannahb4737]

Not sure if you've seen it but the series Troy: Fall of a City actually makes Patrochilles canon because unlike the people behind Troy (2004) they aren't cowards

[@jsunshine5761]

@@hannahb4737 when you watch fall of a city for patrochilles

[@jsunshine5761]

@@greencyy I'll help

[@miamafalda1118]

@@hannahb4737 ARE YOU SERIOUS????? I N E E D I T.

[@smolbluegoblin]

I feel like the romance between Achilles and Patroclus is really the Trojan horse of Illiad There were gay inside all along!

[@sero.toniii]

Near the end of my year as a sophomore, my teacher decided to play the movie “Troy” instead of discussing the Iliad due to time constraints. I was legit as mad as Achilles when Agamemnon took Briseis away, if not more, so just like Achilles, I decided to be a huge bitch about it. I drew and slept for the entirety of the movie and only looked up to say things like “MENELAUS DID NOT DIE”, “THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GOD IN THIS PART”, and “PATROCLUS AND ACHILLES WERE LOVERS, NOT COUSINS”.

[@greencyy]

u did god’s work good job

[@sero.toniii]

greencyborgninjadude Ten-piece chicken mcsCUSE ME, I DID *_ZEUS’_* WORK-

[@thatb1h855]

@@sero.toniii nO-

[@parkernagle54]

Overly sarcastic productions’ 11 minute summary could’ve taught the class better 😂

[@hailghidorah2536]

When you can hire Brad Pitt but ran out of funds for actual brains.

[@pLanetstarBerry]

The year Troy came out: Hollywood: "And they were cousins" My HS history teacher to the class: *mockingly* "omigawd they were cousins- ha, NOOOOO! I want you all to know they were hella gay for each other." He was normally very chill about all other topics in history and literature, but this was the hill he chose to die on.

[@Daelyah]

Mad respect for your teacher ✌️

[@forester2845]

haha love your expression, “The hill he chose to die on”.

[@aquaaria3489]

My teacher also had that kind of big of a reaction watching the movie... But instead she talked about the *REAL* "relationship" that Achilles and Briseis had 😂😂😂

[@Kittymouth]

I can respect that.

[@joeyfax4645]

And rightfully so

[@morganash1095]

I'm damn happy that we're finally getting some Greek mythology content that isn't Percy Jackson

[@greencyy]

:D

[@alecLogan]

“Finally” Like, from this channel specifically or in general? Because boy howdy, I’m mostly sure there’s more general greek mythos content than there is PJ content.

[@dx.feelgood5825]

@@alecLogan ironic with my account, but yeah there is, lmao

[@opalholland1402]

im babey I’m sorry to ruin the none Percy Jackson but. ...............it’s DAM. 😂. I’m sorry I had to

[@avriiile]

me, who only read the illiad because i thought that patrochilles fanart was solangelo 👁👄👁

[@brettshair3151]

I'm here for the memes and Patrochilles Was not disappointed

[@nothankyou4752]

hold up - achilles and patroclus got sailor moon’d?

[@greencyy]

um if you put it like that...

[@Jono997]

@@selfcompassionate I suspect there were a *few* Alabamians on the writing staff.

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

“He’s like 85% of my impulse control” omfg I can’t

[@SofiaAndalus]

Me: not a historian or classics student Me: not gay Me: CAN STILL SEE THEY WERE IN LOVE, EACH THE HALF OF THE OTHERS’ SOUL Troy writers: they was cousins

[@eliasapollo4131]

Pretty sure most of us knew that patrochilles was canon even before reading the description lmao

[@greencyy]

You have no idea how many people out there believe them to be best bros

[@azzy9132]

@@greencyy fr 💀.....like.......just how homophobic can u be?

[@shadowcloak2505]

K, this is for the Percy Jackson fans: So Achilles and Patroclus are basically a cannon couple yeah? In the Battle of Manhattan, Selena Beauregard can't convince her best "friend" Clarisse to fight. So she dresses in her armor and poses as her, leading the Ares cabin into battle - and died doing it, sending Clarisse into a rage, making her single handedly take out like, half of Kronos' army. JUST. LIKE. ACHILLES. AND. PATROCLUS. So basically, I'm calling it. Selena and Clarisse are a cannon ship, and ya'll can't change my mind.

[@LadyMythos315]

I ship it!

[@mehwishmanha9250]

Can't we just have an OT3 with Charles Bekendorf, Silena AND Clarisse

[@tessamtd]

The fact that Rick Riordan made them be only friends in canon ENRAGES ME and I shall never rest until I get a FORMAL APOLOGY from Rick Riordan

[@zaffrei3171]

AND Clarisse literally dragged that drakon around, the same drakon that killed Selena and Clarisse slaughtered, therefore truly making this Patroclus/Achilles with a side of Hector parallel

[@shadowcloak2505]

@@zaffrei3171 YES! I never noticed that!!

[@runamukherjee3047]

I actually just had a major argument with my Dad today cuz he think's he's some expert on Greek Mythology and the Illiad after watching that shit 'Troy' movie, and my actual study of the myths and history over years is 'shabby'.

[@greencyy]

Tell him to stop being ignorant and slam those sources on his table

[@brettshair3151]

So..... Did green's advice work?

[@hanaomer4419]

I’m honestly wondering what happened as well

[@nivrrtakr2891]

updates? lol

[@edwardboatman4554]

I really want to know what happened.

[@raptorcharly8055]

I have No Idea why this was in my recommended but it's literally perfect so

[@carolineramey8858]

"IT REALLY DO BE LIKE THAT SOMETIMES" -ODYSSEUS

[@saraisaza5697]

I was talking with my dad about what a shitty movie Troy was and he was like "YEAH! THEY FUCKING MADE ACHILLES AND PATROCLUS COUSINS!" and then we said "BUT THEY WERE LOVERS" AT THE SAME TIME lmao

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Achilles and Patroclus: love each other with all their heart The Ancient Greek Gods: extreme pansexuals Literally all of Ancient Greece: hella gay Movie Writers: they were cousins Edit: it's also bold of Movie writers to assume being cousins would stop the raging horniness of ancient greece

[@maks-tldr56]

Lol

[@subhashbiswas8697]

zues and hera were literallysiblings

[@netnet_in_a_sweater9351]

Some of yall: Achilles and Patroclus were cousins so they weren't gay Me: It was ancient Greece

[@SonofSethoitae]

Ancient Greece wasn't actually as openly gay as people in the modern day like to think. It was still pretty shameful to the the passive partner in same sex relations, for example. Passive partners are frequently derided in Greek sources, and it was expected that one would grow out of it. Even relationships like Achilles and Patroclus are a weird example; the words for lovers ( _erastes_ / _eromenos_ ) are not actually used in the Odyssey to describe their relationship. The closest we get is Patroclus being referred to as a _polu philtatos hetairos_ which simply meant a "well-liked military commander" without any specific sexual connotation. It wasn't until the classical period that writers like Aeschylus started referring to them as such.

[@corbeaudejugement]

@@SonofSethoitae their ashes were mixed in the same urn tho. like i know it was shameful but they were hella gay

[@chopstick1671]

@@SonofSethoitae finally someone that also noticed the erastes/eromenos thing. I believe it is outside of the Iliad that Patroclus and Achilles are named as lover and loved one, Patroclus being called the older one, and Achilles the younger one. Iirc this was at Plato’s Symposion that it came up, or atleast we treated it while we were busy with that. It is highly likely that to express a point in that time the story was altered to suit a narrative. Which is not uncommon, since the Iliad is an oral tradition and thus there is no ‘true’ version. It also makes me wonder why so many patrochilles proposers seem to be so sure about their case, when we literally can never know for sure...

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@corbeaudejugement That could well be, but the point was that "it was ancient Greece" doesn't mean much in this context. Ancient Greece was just as shitty as our modern day can be for gay people. Plus, it's worth noting that group burials weren't uncommon in the Mycenaean and Homeric eras. Family members were frequently buried together, and that's actually the ghost of Patroclus' reasoning when he appears to Achilles; Achilles' father raised them both as his own, therefore he wanted to be buried in the urn Achilles' mother gave him.

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@chopstick1671 The first specific designation of Achilles and Patroclus and Eromenos and Erastes that we have a record of was a lost work by Aeschylus called The Myrmidons, but Plato did reiterate it in his Symposium.

[@georgewashingmachine3957]

But man, can you really blame Achilles for dragging Hector's deadass corpse through the mud to avenge Patroclus tho? I mean, if somebody kill my lover, I would do the same to them too.

[@RaxusXeronos]

I'd probably do it while he was still kicking.

[@rogueflare4929]

@@RaxusXeronos I'd do the same if I was Achilles only I'd keep him alive with all of his tendons cut so that he wouldn't be able to run if he got freed and have him beaten shitless,whipped and finally tie his body to my chariot and lay out sharp pieces of blades on the path so that he can be shredded until he bleeds to death with chest being shredded skinless. Yeah......I'm a very dedicated person and if I couldn't save my lover from my enemy.....I'd go on a pissed yandere's vegeance killing spree!?!?😒😑

[@silvercandra4275]

If someone killed my lover, this world would end and not only for me.

[@troublemaker833]

I don’t know, you guys. I feel like the whole avenging your lover thing is kind of sweet, but maybe since we do live in a very different time and also in the real world, we should probably stick to basic laws of human interaction like NoT MuRdErInG pEoPlE?! I mean there is such a thing as the police that you could call if someone murdered your lover... Maybe that’s just me though.

[@georgewashingmachine3957]

@@troublemaker833 this is all just a joke lmao, ever heard of humour? Of course nobody is murdering anyone 🙂

[@phoos4029]

Never in my wildest dreams i would've though that i would go like: Yup. Achilles was a yandere.

[@hannahz3377]

I-

[@NAJ0202]

I mean, you're not wrong.

[@victorlannister5606]

Historians really said, “I love you in the most heterosexual way.”

[@Neon_Swing]

My brothers one time where telling me how to write a convincing opening line and used the Iliad as a reference. Rory: Ok, take the Iliad for example. ‘RAGE: Sing, Goddess, Achilles' rage, Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls Of heroes into Hades' dark, And left their bodies to rot as feasts For dogs and birds, as Zeus' will was done. Begin with the clash between Agamemnon-- The Greek warlord--and godlike Achilles.’ Rory: **turns to reid** What does that tell you? Reid: there this guy, Achilles Rory: and what else Reid: He is fucking pissed.

[@greencyy]

Reid ain’t wrong tho ahahah

[@ΚικηΑντιπατη]

There;'s a movie that called them cousins? It's Sailor Moon all over again, jfc

[@talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967]

*_Its mothereffin' encantadia all over again_*

[@WarMonger_the-One-and-Only]

"Sailor Moon got Achilles'd." FTFY

[@corbeaudejugement]

@Supriya Finch i mean. considering zeus married his actual sister i'd say cousins isn't _too_ bad for the time

[@ungabungainc.1691]

Achilles and patroclus: portrayed as both gay lovers and cousins Alabama: *confused screaming*

[@tessamtd]

They aint confused, they're the only ones who're understanding

[@rubyj3287]

0:17 Look, Achilles and Patroclus were DEFINITELY gay, but I would drag the body of the crown prince behind my chariot for days on end if he killed any of my friends.

[@juanferrer5924]

I would argue bisexuality, since people tend to think it’s just one or the other these days.

[@duckinaswing]

and some ppl think spirk was the original otp, like oh shit dog, they got Nothing on patrocilles

[@makarisland]

this is the content we need but we don't deserve

[@greencyy]

;-;

[@Jay-to7yz]

after troy the movie i really do think we deserve it

[@greencyy]

i have commissioned myself to take over the task of personally recreating the Trojan war as a movie by being the director, producer, writer, editor, screenplay writer, cast, extras..

[@pollux_the_insufferable.]

@@greencyy i can help , im only 14 but i can help .....my hyperfixation with achillies come down created a movie that is extremely detailed an i cant get it out of my head

[@crimsonetta13]

@@pollux_the_insufferable. Fuckin’ do it Queen. 👍👍👍

[@butasimpleidiotwizard]

Listen the thing that makes Achilles and Patroclus the subject of so much debate is that the ancient Greeks did not have the concept of love as we see it today so while yeah it's obvious they deeply loved each other in a way that could really only be present in a romantic relationship today the fact remains that the ancient Greeks did not necessarily see that love and closeness as inherently romantic so the debate isn't "were Achilles and Patroclus basically soulmates that were super deeply in love" it's "did Achilles and Patroclus believe their relationship was something romance adjacent or did they simply see each other as really close friends?" The ancient greeks didn't see that deep and intense love as inherently romantic and/or sexual, they believed that you could theoretically love anyone like that, which meant that a bunch of homophobic scholars sort of ran with it and said they weren't in love like a bunch of absolute fools. They would be considered gay by the modern sense of the word to anyone with half a brain cell, it's just that the greeks didn't have a concept like that.

[@butasimpleidiotwizard]

Like these scholars really saw a society in which male homosexual desire was seen as not just okay but so normal that it was kinda weird to not be a little bit gay and decided that Achilles and Patroclus were completely 100% heterosexual, what idiots

[@swedisheek]

PA👏🏽TRO👏🏽CHIL👏🏽LES

[@whitneywilson7182]

[Achilles goes absolutely feral when people try to take Patroclus' rotting corpse out of his embrace] Odysseus: What's better than this: guys being dudes?

[@princesseuterpe8647]

Achilles and Patroclus: *look at each other with so much love and desire and sExUaL tEnSiOn* Everyone: they love each other. Achilles and Patroclus: yes, we do. Historians: *nO tHeY dOn’T, dOn’T bE sToOpId, ThEy ArE ‘cOuSiNs’!*

[@rosabellelove9]

tbh i did think that partoclus and achilles were cousins until i searched it up..... i really hate that they censored their gay love now ;-;

[@greencyy]

Right? :(

[@hannahb4737]

@carolina hernandez If you're referring to Briseis, she was a spoil of war given to Achilles, and he refused to fight because when Agamemnon took her it showed a lack of respect for Achilles, and he only claimed to love her to make Agamemnon's slight appear worse.

[@Sephirajo]

​@carolina hernandez also, warbride isn't like a literal bride, in this case it's more like a sex slave, and yeah he was talking smack to make Aggy look bad but that aside, he might not have even been taking her home for him as it was common to gift male relations with slaves you got while raiding.

[@Sephirajo]

@carolina hernandez if youre talking is wife wife gay people marry all the time, karen.

[@GreebleClown]

@Supriya Finch So?

[@weirdoland5633]

On the last one, the baby shark song was going through my head the entire time.

[@greencyy]

baaaabyy shark doododododododoo

[@cassiehosh1677]

The funniest part is the voice thing reading "odysseus" as "a decease"

[@beckylyn_9228]

10/10 I stan one (1) couple

[@OsmSkylandersCheats]

Funny enough, the idea of Achilles and Patroclus being romantically involved isn’t modern. Aeschylus, Plato and Aeschines all portrayed them as such.

[@owlpip8992]

oh my god this is everything I could ever want and more

[@megand1609]

*me, slamming my fists on to the table repeatedly* WE NEED ANOTHER ILLIAD MOVIE *me, picking up the table and throwing it across the room* WHERE PATROCHILLES IS CANON

[@alphonseelric4811]

Mood -patroclus (my nickname )

[@mirandabee2323]

I love how this video quickly spirals into people being angry about the r/SapphoAndHerFriend treatment of Patroclus and Achilles.

[@babur3646]

"My dog stepped on a bee" "What has Hector ever done to me?" "OH, SHIT, he stole my boyfriend from me!" "So I'll just drag his dead body around the city" "I fought with the river, killed Hector but I'm still angry!" "OH NO, Paris killed me" "Thetis turned out to be a softie" "Yeah this is the end of the story"

[@Xman34washere]

(cannibalism is usually reserved for the gods, therefore Achilles would give up his humanity) _give up his humanity_ *"I REJECT MY HUMANITY, HECTOR"*

[@brettshair3151]

I'm a simple girl. I see the thumbnail, I click.

[@lauren1695]

this. this is why I signed up for KZbin.

[@poofgirlproductions7263]

I watched the movie Troy over a year ago and I still feel mad about it sometimes. Thank you for producing the Good Content and cleansing me of bad interpretations 🙌

[@npc6817]

Yeah but sometimes it be like Historians: here we have a letter saying "hope this message finds you well, all the work is proceeding according to schedule, best regards, ya boy marcus" Tumblr, collectively: *_OH THEY FUCKED 24/7 AND Y'ALL KNOW IT_*

[@goldenhoneyFTW]

You know how Tumblr is, with all the yaoi fangirls.

[@ava_ruth_wagner]

I love how we all can agree on three things: 1. Patroclus controlled Achilles's anger and self-control 2. Historians and people are dumb 3. F*ck Hollywood for that movie

[@warmbre4d]

achilles vs patroclus : who was the top

[@brettshair3151]

Plato: It's Patroclus

[@warmbre4d]

@@brettshair3151 ngl i always felt like it was achilles

[@greencyy]

they switch

[@Jay-to7yz]

its gotta be pat

[@SashyyKane]

I feel like its pat lmao achilles screams lil twink bottom

[@gayfish9238]

I’m not in the right grade to learn about Greek mythology but oh boy when it comes up and it’s about Achilles and Patroclus you know I’m gonna keep saying there gay.

[@hideakisorachi3953]

we had to watch troy and our english teacher literally said "btw hes supposed to be gay but Brad Pitt didnt wanna play as anything as straight". idk if that's true or not but I'm glad my teacher at least acknowledged that they weren't straight lmao

[@brainrot8802]

I read about half of the Iliad during an ancient greek philosophy class this last semester at my University. It was interesting, but I didn't think too much of it afterwards. Then I started reading The Song of Achilles in my free time and quickly realized that the book was speedrunning its way to the events of the Iliad... The gut twisting feeling when I would turn each page knowing the tragedies to come was a rough experience

[@cjn8719]

Okay so I love you?!? I didn't know I needed this in my life and am deeply upset that it took this long for KZbin to notify me about your video. Rest assured I will be peeking around your channel to make sure it doesn't happen again. Again, I still love you and never stop making these! PS: Achilles was a power-bottom and no one can convince me otherwise.

[@cjn8719]

@@greencyy OMG YOU ACTUALLY RESPONDED AND AGREED WITH ME?!?!? Guess we're ALL really Patrochilles trash, huh? PPS: I still love you! :)

[@cowpoke1425]

that first post was intense

[@panainpublic]

"if you're reading this patrochilles is canon" It Fucking *Is*

[@alyssaboyles9793]

Roses are red, we first kissed by the sea, "what has Hector ever done to me?" CRYING

[@vickytaa1]

I love how half of this was Patrochilles: [are absolutely the love of each other's lives] Historians: sUcH a nICe frIENDsHIP

[@iamvoidnoodle]

Patroclus And Achilles - Literally requested to have there ashes in the same urn so they could be together for eternity Historians - And they were just very good friends

[@hello-gk5cz]

It's fine to interpret it as platonic. I mean, I personally think they were lovers, but it's never explicitly stated in the Iliad so it's ok to think that they weren't

[@nanaw4725]

This is the content I need after reading The Song of Achilles :""))))

[@alphonseelric4811]

"The last thing i think is : Achilles. " - me ( patroclus) :)

[@Starry_Tones]

The movie tried to get rid of the gay by make patroclus and achilles cousins but they forgot that ancient Greece was the embodiment of sweet home alabama

[@meanangeI]

some of y’all rlly aren’t gay historians who speak truth and facts only and it _shows_

[@jambaninaaa]

I just finished the book and i am devastated. This is a welcome distraction and laugh.

[@victorlannister5606]

I clicked on this video by accident and was still looking for the video I was really trying to watch but then I heard Achilles call Patroclus Pretty handsome dude and knew I was in the right place.

[@trollkienofficial1225]

Last week I had to explain the Iliad to a fellow student. This is how it went: Student: And why Achilles was so sad about Patroclus' death? Me: ... Me: * wanting to explain the romantic relationship between the two but also not wanting to confuse her even more * Me: Well uhhhh... sooooo.... that's a fun story...

[@esirex7371]

THIS IS NOW MY FAVORITE THING ON THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!

[@greencyy]

YAY!!!!

[@esirex7371]

greencyborgninjadude YEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[@Overlordough1201]

Imagine Homer is brought back to life and he just says, "They were just best friends, like the best. Total besties. There has never been a pair of besties as bestest as these boys. I can't even begin to tell you how ramrod, gravitationally straight these boys were."

[@strawberrykoolaid8820]

Dont you love such good close friendships like if my homies dont keep my corpse in their tent for a few days amd then avenge my death by killing thousands of enemy soldiers, fighting a god and winning, then dragging my killers corpse around behind a chariot for days were we even pals

[@rokeyabegum508]

The editing in this video is not even gold, it's diamond

[@AJ-lz1nf]

I don’t know much about Greek mythology but here’s what I got: Achilles is a simp for Patroclus and Odysseus is the best friend who’s like “why won’t you too kiss already????”

[@greencyy]

Yes

[@holier_than_thou0102]

That was the funniest shit I’ve ever read lmao

[@Grimsded]

Tbh Achilles weren't lying. The gods and demigods were literally just "Ey yo no matter what I do ppl gonna hype me for it." they were the cockiest shits ever and needed someone else to remind them if that was reaaaally a good idea. Ain't no wonder most their shits end in tragedies 😂😂

[@potatoprodutions7871]

Something that happens in the Iliad: Doesn't have anything to do with Achilles and Patroclus' relationship People on Tumblr: Wow, I can almost imagine a version of the world where I care

[@sophiellama2449]

Achilles and Patroclus being the cute gay couple Is a favourite of mine 😂

[@yaboi3912]

Literally last night I was Menelaus in the final performance of Iphigenia in Aulis at my school and this comes up in my recommended?? I approve jkdfrjw Also on Tuesday I’m gonna see the Orestaia B)

[@greencyy]

Sounds dope, hope u have fun!

[@yaboi3912]

greencyborgninjadude Ah thanks dude, but it was last night. There’s a bit where Achilles is like “lol I’m not mad I’m not gettin married, countless girls are vying for my hand” and the entire chorus is like “suuuure.... 👀” segfikkgwefkjg

[@greencyy]

Ahhahaha I meant for seeing oresteia on Tuesday- and wow omg we looooove a straight™ Achilles 😂😂

[@yaboi3912]

greencyborgninjadude our classics teacher at school is v v Christian and was like “haha yeah achilles n patroclus!! buddies! good friends! keep that in mind bc what im abt to read to u will change ur view” and then did the whole,, thing and she, COULDNT ACCEPT THEY WERE IN LOVE,, BITCH the entire class disowned her, and myself, a known gay, sipped my water in Gay Judgemental SilenceTM

[@greencyy]

I actually yelled at my professor bc he said they’re best buds and he was like show me the sources I pulled up around 9 of them and my class backed me up and he was like “hhhhh ok if u say so”

[@jaden3898]

One time I dreamt there was a patrochilles animated show titled "Achilles and Patroclus"

[@talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967]

*[Meanwhile In Mount Olympus]* Hera & Artemis : **had some epic fight scenes on the cloudy day skies** Hera, grabs Artemis' arrows and hurt her ears : Artemis, then cries : Also Hera : _you were a bastard one_ Artemis, crying out in pain and sadness from hera being the cruel stepmother : _why are you like this?_

[@varundewan81]

Me, knowing I've already seen and like all of these already: WHA? OMG!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! SO RELATABLE!!!

[@nehakhanom2293]

ok but why did i spend literal minutes trying to read your channel name and my brain cells only limping back with ‘greency borgn jadude’

[@mangopie6670]

Same..

[@Sephirajo]

Found this looking for iliad memes and was NOT disappointed. Shared it with a classics facebook group and used it to intro my son to the story who was like 'AND PEOPLE SAY THEY WERENT GAY?!' Thank you for this :3 FEED ME MOAR MEMES

[@discogoth]

Honestly, historians are the most likely to point out that Achilles and Patroclus were most likely dating, it's Hollywood, Christianity, and conservatism that most often endorse the notion that they were friends or cousins.

[@greencyy]

My professor must’ve been a Hollywood writer in disguise then

[@discogoth]

@@greencyy or following the guidance of religion or conservatism. Historians are not immune to their personal beliefs affecting their work, just as any other person. But we are more likely than the general public to see Achilles and Patroclus and recognize there is romantic love there as well as friendship. All of the professors I’ve had have endorsed the idea that while we don’t know the true nature of their relationship and can’t make any hard assertions, there is textual evidence to back up that they were dating.

[@cutefun5212]

Huh Homer really did wrote a homosexual fanfiction

[@georgewashingmachine3957]

The Bermudick triangle had me ded

[@Jay-to7yz]

4:14 ... pyrrhus- that-thats... what he did... (ok yes he smashed astyanax against a wall but yknow what no)

[@greencyy]

ahahahahahahhah I don’t need this pain it’s 7 am ahahahhahahahahahahahahah ow ow ow ow **cries**

[@Crosshill]

i was honestly kinda miffed that we had to stop reading the iliad for classical class just to make room for an inflated ego by the name of plato when we could be talking about the implications of the ancient greek equivalent of a bible being a story about the lust for glory and the soul-wrenching tragedies of war, the dilemma of duty between achilles and agamemnon, of vindictive rage and the value of forgiveness and some thrashy gay romance and now im just waiting for fry guy to release his book on the iliad

[@zaara5609]

patroclus really made achilles weep in that uno game

[@karan.kk.h]

Help this these posts are the only thing keeping me sane after reading song of Achilles

[@knightelm]

Hades by super giant games is a gateway drug to Greek mythology istg

[@froggyfun1830]

Fun fact!! So basically. In the original Iliad there was no explicit romance (although honestly there don’t need to be the actions speak louder than words, like god the subtext is writhing) BUT there were adaptions of the Iliad in Ancient Greece that explicitly had them as lovers and everyone was like I q u I t e l I k e t h a t. And those adaptions were also very successful! Idk I just find it really cool cause even if it wasn’t explicit in the Iliad there were still many gay adaptions and idk it just makes me feel happy that ancient Greeks straight up wrote Achilles and patrocles fan fiction.

[@oatmeal_101]

Damn could I get someone who loves me as much as Achilles loves Patroclus 😔

[@hello-gk5cz]

Honestly same

[@JKatniss]

This is now my absolute favorite thing on the internet. Thank you

[@dokidoki719]

The best thing about this is the computerised narration. ❤️

[@carlosvaldez4356]

Damn, that movie gave Patrochilles the Sailor Moon treatment.

[@naniandrea3344]

I was part of the people that was informed by the movie that they were in fact "really close budies" but the internet has blessed me with its truth

[@NikKnows404]

Well I've laughed until I'm crying and can't catch my breath. This was absolutely brilliant. Nothing less than brilliant. I really needed that kind of laughing in my life today. Thank you, greency. A tip of the hat to your creation!

[@melissagranieri8543]

i return here on daily basis i just can't help it, i need this p.s. love ya, never stop

[@greencyy]

Thank you so much

[@martinapincione6429]

I'm here to tell you that more than a year later, this made my entire day!!!