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Achilles And Patroclus - Blog Posts
“he is half of my soul as the poets say”
yeah i love a good battle couple but in the song of achilles when patroclus was on the battle field everyday just like "wow look at those guys' spears not hitting me, what a strange phenomenon, i'm surrounded by dead bodies and not doing anything about it, i'm the paragon of luck" and then realizing that achilles was doing this strategically and keeping everyone's attention away from his easy ass target of a bf.... that was some good shit.
"when he was gone, would I be like Achilles, wailing over his lost lover Patroclus? I tried to picture myself running up and down the beaches, tearing at my hair, cradling some scrap of old tunic he had left behind. Crying out for the loss of half my soul. I could not see it. That knowledge brought its own sort of pain."
Circe - Madeline Miller
I just finished reading the Song of Achilles.
I cried even though I knew from the start how it would end? Yes.
Would I cry again if I read it again? Absolutely.