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Ancient and modern

Transgenderism and the Iliad

5 May 2018

9:00 AM

5 May 2018

9:00 AM

A couple of weeks ago a reader (Emma Lyons) queried Taki, the High Life professor of ancient Greek culture and society, who had argued that Achilles and Patroclus, heroes of the Trojan War, were not gay, and implied that Greeks did not do transgenderism. On both counts a little clarification is required.

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