Patroclus joins battle wearing Achilles's golden armour. He meets Hector, the Trojans' superhero, and Patroclus is slain. Achilles returns to the battle to avenge his ...

Since the debut of "Red, White & Royal Blue," "The Song of Achilles" has constantly been brought up among fans, some of whom have fancast Galitzine and Perez in the roles of Patroclus and Achilles.

An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

1. At the outset of the “Iliad,” Homer calls upon the muse to sing of Achilles’ anger “and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians.” Anyone who has studied Greek ...