#tzetzes

Yes I know many people made commentary on this and honestly I am not expecting many people to see this but here are my two cents because I seriously find it fascinating to say the very least as an idea haha

For once I dunno which is funnier; Achilles actually be portrayed to have wet dreams or that he either literally comes to the enemy territory under the walls demanding for a woman arguably married to their freaking prince to come out so he could see her (or that it freaking WORKED?!) or that he literally sees her, THEN starts having some intense thoughts about her and asks his mother for goodness sakes to bring her to him! Or bring him to her! And Thetis literally seeing that such thing might not happen (or did she really know or fear that Achilles would get badly rejected?! Haha) and literally indulging a dream to her son?! Honestly this story doesn't get enough love for what it is hahahahaha

For once it shows Achilles's personality and how he probably falls in love or desires people like a freaking lion in heat almost literally so! Or that he is arguably an eternal teenager (not to mention how the story about desire that takes over him in a second reminds me of Deidamia story among others) Second of all is yet another underrated story that explores other aspects of Achilles's personality as impulsive (yes his sexuality too but honestly I am more interested at how he is actually working with his emotion more than what he works with his mind haha Also to imagine Achilles being all distracted because he is always thinking of some woman he saw only once and then had wet dreams of is sooooo funny in my head!

Now which of the two seems more "realistic" from that point of view? Well the second one I would say. To see a dream of someone it means you have seen that someone so unless some god sent him the image of Helen, whom he hadn't seen before, to his mind, it makes more sense that Achilles got a glimpse of Helen first before actually dreaming about her. After that I am sure he had several wet dreams about her and to be fair is so funny to see Achilles approaching the walls with a giant white flag like

"Yeah I just wanna see her! Bring her out"

Hahahahaha and the Trojans actually do?! Paris is eating his hat behind for sure hahaha but there isn't much he can do about it haha (imagine if the Trojans thought that if Achilles demands her in return for finishing the war they would literally send her down for him hahaha). Maybe Menelaus is eating his own hat behind too! What a mess! Was Helen even given an explanation when she was led at the walls or she was just brought there and she looked down to see that tall blonde lovesick puppy underneath?! Hahahaha honestly I can imagine her reaction;

Or the fact that Thetis was like "man there is no way this would work! Aphrodite would make a huge mess afterwards, Helen probably would choose her husband over my son and he is already restless! What do I do? Oh I know!" and literally sends him the most vivid lucid dream hahahaha like she brings a new level to the term "overprotective mother" doesn't she? (Also Achilles sharing everything with his mama is always interesting and underrated subject!)

Patroclus probably heard Achilles make some interesting noises those nights, I must say! Hahahahaha

Tzetzes has some rather...well...interesting takes on myths haha and that was one of those he has written down as some explanation for Achilles being associated with Helen (even mentions Helen as "his wife in a dream") but man talk about some spicy origins of the "Once Upon a Dream" right?! Hahahahahahaha