5/22/2023 0 Comments Achilles the song of achillesLittle do they know that the Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.īuilt on the groundwork of the Iliad, Madeline Miller's page-turning, profoundly moving, and blisteringly paced retelling of the epic Trojan War marks the launch of a dazzling career. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece, bound by blood and oath, must lay siege to Troy in her name. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine-much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles' mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. "The best of all the Greeks"-strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess-Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Her books have been translated into over thirty two languages. One evening, when Chiron grows tired, Achilles excuses himself and. Madeline Miller is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of two novels: The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Womens Prize for Fiction 2012, and Circe, which was short-listed for the Womens Prize for Fiction 2019. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. A princely purple cape, representing Achilles’s future kingship, is his gift from Peleus.
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