“This, I say. This and this. The way his hair looked in summer sun. His face when he ran. His eyes, solemn as an owl at lessons. This and this and this. So many moments of happiness, crowding forward.” ( Madeline Miller-The Song of Achilles)
I’ve recently read the book “ The Song of Achilles” and Believe me guys, it was ages I wasn’t so taken by a book. Even if I already knew the myth of Achilles and Patroclus and their tragic story, I couldn’t imagine how much this book would break my heart. If you haven’t done it yet, I really suggest reading it; not only because the story itself is so cool ( all the epic poems of the Iliad and the Odyssey are amazing after all :D ), but it is so magnificent written!
Odysseus: Before I do anything, I ask myself: would Achilles or Agamemnon do that? And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing and run very quickly in the opposite direction.
Patroclus:
Patroclus:
Patroclus: I don’t know if I should be angry you disrespected my boyfriend but you *do* make a damn good point.
Patroclus: By the GODS, why does everybody think that I always know where Achilles is? Maybe I don’t know. Maybe I don’t care. Maybe I have a life outside of being his companion. Or maybe he’s a full-grown man who can go where he pleases. Have you ever considered that?
Odysseus:
Patroclus:
Odysseus:
Patroclus: he’s speaking with Nestor in the Pylian part of the camp but that’s not my point
Reading TSoA while knowing the plot of the iliad is like watching your friend walking down the road, seeing a truck coming towards them and realizing that they’re wearing air pods.
