It has been argued that it is unlikely that Virgil intended this pair to be seen to be in a homosexual relationship due to the Roman feeling that this sort of relationship was taboo, even when Virgil himself wrote of homoerotic themes in his Eclogues.
Virgil intended this pair to be seen to be in a homosexual relationship due to the Roman feeling that this sort of relationship was taboo, even when Virgil himself wrote of homoerotic themes in his Eclogues. This was what it has been argued. This is unlikely.