The whole point of the Iliad was an argument over who was entitled to keep a captive sex slave.
I know it was a quarrel between two chieftains but doubtless the same thing applied to the rank and file when they had the opportunity.
And even though there are strong hints that Achilles and Patroclous were lovers, Homer is careful to give each one a sex slave to sleep with after the embassy to Achilles proves unsuccessful.
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u/Swimming_Bag7362 Aug 05 '26
They also took slaves from Troy and raped them. Not to mention Odysseus fucked Circe and Calypso