1 - All About Achilles
from Little Queer Library Hosted by River Kero
SHOW NOTES: Trigger warnings: discussions of (literary) rape, gore/graphic violence, the death of LGBTQ+ people. What do video games, Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, and anime cat girls all have in common? If you guessed "ancient historical homosexual romance", you would be correct! Who better to start the show off with than the legend himself? This episode looks at the literary footprint of the famous Greek hero, from his debut in the Iliad to the modern retelling The Song of Achilles. Books Mentioned: Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg (writer) + Jim Cheung (artist) Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel The Iliad by Homer Plato's Symposium by Plato The Sex Myth by Rachel Hills Achilleis by Aeschylus The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker Achilled by Statius Inferno by Dante Alighieri Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Homosexuality in Greek Myth by Bernard Sergent The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller You can reach us at: River Instagram: @huckleberry.comics Wake Instagram: @notaclevernamer Show email: [email protected]
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