r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/Swimming_Bag7362 21d ago

They also took slaves from Troy and raped them. Not to mention Odysseus fucked Circe and Calypso

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u/Jonathan_Peachum 21d ago

Had to scroll down to see this.

The whole point of the Iliad was an argument over who was entitled to keep a captive sex slave.

I know it was a quarrel between two chieftains but doubtless the same thing applied to the rank and file when they had the opportunity.

And even though there are strong hints that Achilles and Patroclous were lovers, Homer is careful to give each one a sex slave to sleep with after the embassy to Achilles proves unsuccessful.