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Achilles bandages the arm of Patroclus. The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the stories associated with the Trojan War.In the Iliad, Homer describes a deep and meaningful relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, where Achilles is tender toward Patroclus, but callous and arrogant toward others.
Map of Homeric Greece. In the debate since antiquity over the Catalogue of Ships, the core questions have concerned the extent of historical credibility of the account, whether it was composed by Homer himself, to what extent it reflects a pre-Homeric document or memorized tradition, surviving perhaps in part from Mycenaean times, or whether it is a result of post-Homeric development. [2]
Achilles tending Patroclus wounded by an arrow, Attic red-figure kylix, c. 500 BC (Altes Museum, Berlin) The exact nature of Achilles' relationship with Patroclus has been a subject of dispute in both the classical period and modern times. In the Iliad, it appears to be the model of a deep and loyal friendship. Homer does not suggest that ...
The Iliupersis (Greek: Ἰλίου πέρσις, Ilíou pérsis, lit. ' Sack of Ilium '), also known as The Sack of Troy, is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature.It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse.
Achilles consented, giving Patroclus the armor Achilles had received from his father in order for Patroclus to impersonate Achilles. Achilles then told Patroclus to return after beating the Trojans back from their ships. [21]: 353 book 16, lines 64–87 Patroclus defied Achilles's order and pursued the Trojans back to the gates of Troy. [22]
The exact nature of Achilles' relationship to Patroclus is the subject of some debate. [107] Although certainly very close, Achilles and Patroclus are never explicitly cast as lovers by Homer, [108] but they were depicted as such in the archaic and classical periods of Greek literature, particularly in the works of Aeschylus, Aeschines and Plato.
The ghost of Patroclus comes to Achilles in a dream, urging him to carry out the burial rites so that his spirit can move on to the Underworld. Patroclus asks Achilles to arrange for their bones to be entombed together in a single urn; Achilles agrees, and Patroclus's body is cremated. The Achaeans hold a day of funeral games, and Achilles ...
The Trojan Battle Order or Trojan Catalogue is an epic catalogue in the second book of the Iliad [1] listing the allied contingents that fought for Troy in the Trojan War.The catalogue is noted for its deficit of detail compared to the immediately preceding Catalogue of Ships, which lists the Greek contingents, and for the fact that only a few of the many Trojans mentioned in the Iliad appear ...