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4 months ago

Wikipedia: Homer hid the love of Achilles and Patroclus

Wikipedia literally five lines ago: The relationship between Patroclus and Achilles is one of the main factors that drive the plot in the Iliad. Homer described the friendship between the two as close and emotionally intense. When Patroclus is killed, Achilles says that his pain is greater than he would have felt from the death of his father or son. Apollo comments that Achilles' feelings for one another are out of the ordinary, even between siblings or parents and children.


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4 months ago

What if I write a book about actors that play in a TV show about the iliad, and then the actors of achilles and pat start dating

What if


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2 months ago

time: 11.50 pm what should i do: probebly sleep what am i doin: cryin again about two dead ppl from the iliad


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2 months ago

"draw closer to me, let us once more throw our arms around one another, and find sad comfort in the sharing of our sorrows"


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2 months ago

Me, 3 years ago: i have these two characters in my book✨️

Me last year: they are also dating

Me now: omg achilles and Patroclus but girl version????


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Hear me out

The iliad, but they all 5 and fight over a toy Menelaus showed them

Nestor is the old man cause hes 6 and like, super smart

The gods are their parents/older siblings who took them to the park


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I need what achilles and pat have

Not even in a romantic way, i just need to be able to feel as strong as they did for someone


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Whenever I remember that Achilles in book 23 saw Patroclus in his dream and was described to be in his best look (his height, his hair, wearing the clothes he likes to wear, etc) I just fall down to my knees


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9 months ago

I finished The Song of Achilles, then I got sad, so I drew this.

I Finished The Song Of Achilles, Then I Got Sad, So I Drew This.

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9 months ago

“You’re my everything”

One thing Patroclus noticed straight away after putting his cold, wet hands over his bruised wound was the strange emptiness that came with the pain. An aching sensation making his heart feel numb as he let out a light chuckle - the impact of his death finally crashing onto himself as he hiccuped. Tears built up as he frowned, “Achilles…Achilles I couldn’t take you further…I couldn’t bring you more honour…” the older man whispered to himself noticing how Hector stared with a conflicted expression: his eyebrow furrowed, his mouth gaped slightly showing his pearly white teeth and his cheeks dripping with sweat.

No one spoke, letting the man live his final moments with the hallucinations of his life yet all he seemed to see was the beautiful snow like face of his dear companion, Achilles, his oceanic eyes glowing like a halo in the battle field and his golden hair competing with the finest silks as it swayed. From start to end, he saw the man reach his hand out and pull him in.

He was always there; after his exile and after he left to chiron, he was everything to Patroclus. The dying man huffed a little as he accepted his cruel fate and looked to the bloody sky remnants of the death he caused lingering round the air as he could only think of his sworn brother’s honour. “Fate, guide Achilles to happiness, give him the honour he deserves.” He muttered before his arms laid limp and his heart fell to a shorter beat.

From the distance he could’ve sworn, he heard a familar tune on a lyre before his eyes shut, giving into the deep kiss of death.


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8 months ago

The Iliad Modern Careers

Patroclus - I can see him being either in the army or just came out of it and went to go work in hospitals as a nurse

Achilles - gives me nepo baby vibes

Hector - I cant lie Hector just seems like a 9-5 officer worker possibly manager

Paris - unemployed (lives in Hector’s basement)

Agamemnon - McDonald’s manager (the most miserable job in the world) or he owns a vineyard

Odysseus - Hear me out on this he gives me tiktok/YouTube energy like he makes GRWM videos

Menelaus - Just got out of prison and is now working as a butcher

Helen - She is a famous seamstress and notorious for her gorgeous wedding dresses

Andromache - As much as she is independent I see her being a housewife

Diomedes- low key a wrestler kinda guy

Bonus mention: Thetis is an actor for stage


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