The rage of Achilles arose from love madness. Clarifying the Iliad, the Roman de Troie showed Achilles’ mad love & treacherous reason to marry Polyxena. … Read the post reason and rage of Achilles after gazing on Polyxena
In meeting the Trojan woman Briseida, the ruthless, brutal Greek warrior Diomedes asked to be subservient to her in love and begged her for mercy. … Read the post Greek Diomedes madly loved Trojan Briseida during Trojan War
Medea takes the initiative in love with a possibly impotent Jason in Benoît de Sainte-Maure’s innovative 12th-century Romance of Troy {Roman de Troie}. … Read the post Jason’s impotence in love with Medea in Benoît’s Roman de Troie
Guido delle Colonne’s 13th-century Historia Destructionis Troiae indicates that men’s lack of sexual entitlement fundamentally caused the Trojan War. … Read the post Guido delle Colonne described fundamental causes of the Trojan War