#thinking about how the narrative itself was almost apologetic for patroclus' doom
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thinking about how in the iliad, a book filled with characters that are prideful and arrogant and that specifically been described as their fatal flaw, patroclus is constantly described as 'gentle' and 'kind' by everyone who knew him, even by his enemies.
#thinking about how the narrative itself was almost apologetic for patroclus' doom#and about how homer in several points goes out of his way to express his own fondness for patroclus#anyway#patroclus#the iliad#achilles#patrochilles#greek mythology#homer#tsoa
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