num_pages: 230
description: Achilles Loves Patrolcus, but Antilochus loves Achilles.They are all fighting to capture Troy in this exciting gay novel set during the Trojan War.Achilles: A Love Story is the first modern novel (2010) to to re-imagine the story of Achilles and Patroclus as what ancient readers knew it to be: not only a tale of battles and exemplary heroism, but the love story of Achilles, unrivalled hero and the most beautiful man in the world, and the handsome and heroic Patroclus. Their passionate and tragic tale is one of the greatest and earliest gay love stories ever told. But in the "Iliad" Homer also hints at another love story: that of the handsome Prince Antilochus who also loves for Achilles."Achilles: A Love Story," a gay novel of the Trojan War, movingly creates their erotic and tragic passion as it plays out against the legendary battles of the Trojan war.
language: English
title: Achilles: A Love Story
publisher: Perigord Books