Wonder Woman sets Achilles up on a gay blind date!
Matchmaker matchmaker, make me a match…
In the latest issue of Wonder Woman (#41), Diana arranged a meeting between the king of the Gargareans known as Achilles a.k.a. Warkiller and a Real Estate agent. After Achilles makes an impressive entrance on his 2-trunked, 3-eyed flying elephant, he agrees to buy the property (which is apparently the Playboy Mansion) in exchange for many “buckets of gold.” Those well versed in their ancient Greek mythology will notice the similarity between the name of the real estate agent … Patrick Cleese and Achilles’ beloved Patroclus. It wasn’t lost on Achilles either. He voices gratitude to Diana for the set up and decides he isn’t alone in “Man’s World.”
The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the myths associated with the Trojan War. Its exact nature has been a subject of dispute in both the classical period and modern times. In the Iliad, it is clear that the two heroes have a deep and extremely meaningful friendship, but the evidence of a romantic or sexual element is equivocal.
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Commentators from the classical period to today have tended to interpret the relationship through the lens of their own cultures. Thus, in 5th century BC Athens the relationship was commonly interpreted as pederastic. Contemporary readers are more likely to interpret the two heroes either as non-sexual “war buddies” or as an egalitarian homosexual couple.
Isn’t it sweet of Diana to set Achilles up with (I’m guessing) his true love reincarnated? Since she first announced his orientation, I was wondering how Gail Simone was going to work Achilles being gay into her storyline but now we know. I’m equally thrilled at the idea of the Playboy Mansion being their gay love nest.
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