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Achilles Tending to Patroclus
Achilles and Patroclus were frequently identified as lovers in Greek art and literature. The bond between the two men was held up as an example of an ideal pederastic relationship by philosophers like Plato and was consciously imitated by Alexander the Great and his lover Hephaestion. This vase painting depicts Achilles carefully tending to the wounds of Patroclus, who was wounded by an arrow. Attributed to the Sosias Painter, c. 500 BCE. Vulci, Italy.
Altes Museum, Berlin.
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