Original sentence: Another mythical pair of coeval friends are Orestes and Pylades.By the beginning of the Classical era (480 BC) the Iliad’s heroes Achilles and Patroclus were intentionally interpretated as pederastic icons, eventhough Homer's works have no such implications.Other ancients admitted that Achilles and Patroclus were simply close friends.The first recorded appearance of a strong bond of friendship between adult men (of non-sexual nature) in ancient Greek culture was in the Iliad (800 BC)
Edited sentence: An abundance of evidence exists that by the beginning of the Hellenistic era (480 BC) the Iliad’s heroes Achilles and Patroclus were pederastic icons.Another mythical pair of coeval — though non-sexual — lovers are Orestes and Pylades.Other ancients claimed that Achilles and Patroclus were simply close friends.The first recorded appearance of non-sexual love between adult men in ancient Greek culture was in the Iliad (800 BC)