Hylas (John Cairney) and Hercules (Nigel Green) inside the Talos treasure in JASON & THE ARGONAUTS
Ruh roh! They just woke up Talos.
In Greek mythology, Hylas and Hercules were, hmm, you know...more than friends...of course, this family film didn't show this angle. Aha!
2 comments:
As my main subject in high school was Latin, we also studied the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece. It seemed that among young guys, the prospect of being the lover of a famous hero wasn't at all an odd consideration. Quite the contrary; relationships such as the one between Hercules and Hylas, or Achilles and Patroclus were looked upon as sublime and beautiful. But in films, I think Barry Purves stop-motion animation "Achilles" is the only exploration of the gay love life of a classic hero.
By the way, I've had absolutely no use for my training in classic Latin! We used to repeat this verse, to sum up our feelings for the subject:
The Latin language is dead,
As dead as it can be.
First it killed the Romans,
And now it's killing me!
We had a shorter version (which I do *not* agree with!):
Latin's as dead as an old oak tree.
It killed the Romans and it's killing me.
--gpm
Post a Comment