#what we know today. patroclus abhorring war is the. most out of place thing u couldve done okay. maybe crying for the innocents but. war

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istg the soa fandom will be the fucking death of me

#research of the ctual source material is dead and im the only one at its funeral #i dont know how to tell you this!!! but patroclus wasnt a soft boy!!!! and achilles wasnt a himbo!!!!! #patroclus is a mature and sefless and virtuous warrior!!! when he took achilles armor he killed LOADS of men altogether and im ready to bet #my soul that if apollo didnt intervene he wouldve WON against hector!!! plus madeline erased his prophecy and!!! i hated it!!!! #in soa patroclus died in silence begging for hector not to kill him??????? look i dont know how to tell you but in the iliad oh god. #patroclus death is one of the most emotional and fiilled with pathos scenes IN THE GREEK MYTHOLOGY EVER. bc patroclus dies A HERO and makes #sure that hector KNOWS whats coming at him!! look in greek mythology it was common that. when a hero died he made his killer a prophecy abt #them dying too someday. its a topos idk how else to explain it to u. anyways patroclus was so full of honor and painted as responsible and #wise and older than achilles btw. and no achilles is just an egomaniac asshole that only cared abt patroclus and his own honor. ALSO u cant #just. take it as it is. u have to understand that the iliad is used to study THE VALUES that built the archaic greek society and theyre not #what we know today. patroclus abhorring war is the. most out of place thing u couldve done okay. maybe crying for the innocents but. war #itself really was... nothing special. ppl had wars all of the time. this was just a bigger war against an external enemy distant from homela #homeland. i swear i hated that book viscerally. only reached the end of it for my fav asshole <<33 odysseus <<33 you damn wifetraitor. u my #beloved manipulator who wants to know everything and more. u witty beloathed asshole with thirst for knowledge. fatti non foste a viver come #bruti ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza. i love him <<<3 (also considering him an ACTUAL wife traitor would be decontextualizing and #culturally incorrect. but if u guys arent ready to understand what patroclus was abt u arent ready for this either) #helene rants #helene.txt #the song of achilles #iliad #achilles #patroclus #homer