I brought some of my team members from the Amsterdam Troy Project to sit and react to the 2004 epic Troy with me! Even though we can't get to Troy this year to carry out our excavations, we can still ...

Patroclus, meanwhile, lays on the resignation thick as he solemnly wonders if what Achilles was actually chasing was glory instead of love.

Patroclus then accuses Achilles of "toxic masculinity," but that he will soon enough envy. The playwright keeps the audience off-kilter as realities collide and shift, as these competitive friends, ...

Madeline Miller’s lyrical first novel, The Song of Achilles, is a love story told from the viewpoint of Patroclus, a relatively minor character in The Iliad, yet the tragic fulcrum of the Trojan ...

Yet Patroclus' narrative continues after his death and cremation. When he is 10 years old, Patroclus, the awkward, not-very-promising son of a minor Greek king, accidentally kills an older bully ...

The story begins with Patroclus experiencing feelings of attraction toward his friend Achilles, though unable to recognize them for what they were. He marvels at Achilles’ beauty and grace. The line ...

Patroclus is a small part of the classic story of "The Iliad" and a friend to Achilles. His death drives the fearless fighter into a passionate rage on the battlefield of Troy. In the short excerpts ...

According to some researchers, such as Peter Blome, the burial of this prince of Lefkandi bears many similarities to the funeral rite most detailed in book 23 of the Iliad, the burial of Patroclus.

When O’Hare rages as Patroclus, grabbing his crotch before a woman screams (two jabs at the patriarchy), the stage is scintillated. The play opens with a singular radiating bulb in the center ...