#Im a fucking classicist i LIVE for these parallels

[ciospola]

HEAR ME OUT so the chapter in which enjolras and grantaire die and have that fucking tragically epic homoerotic moment is called "Orestes fasting and Pylades drunk". STAY with me yet: according to its etymology, the phrase "like Orestes and Pylades" is usually used to describe two inseparable friends OR to SUGGEST AN HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEN! (this if anyone needed ulterior confirms on the nature of their relationship beside the Achilles AND Patroclus one)