{"id":57409,"date":"2022-04-16T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T10:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T10:52:41","slug":"is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Song of Achilles Patroclus telling Thetis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#Is_the_Song_of_Achilles_Patroclus_telling_Thetis\" title=\"Is the Song of Achilles Patroclus telling Thetis?\">Is the Song of Achilles Patroclus telling Thetis?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#What_does_Thetis_do_for_Achilles\" title=\"What does Thetis do for Achilles?\">What does Thetis do for Achilles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#Is_the_Song_of_Achilles_an_LGBT\" title=\"Is the Song of Achilles an LGBT?\">Is the Song of Achilles an LGBT?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#Why_did_Thetis_hate_Patroclus_The_Song_of_Achilles\" title=\"Why did Thetis hate Patroclus The Song of Achilles?\">Why did Thetis hate Patroclus The Song of Achilles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#Does_Patroclus_narrate_Song_of_Achilles\" title=\"Does Patroclus narrate Song of Achilles?\">Does Patroclus narrate Song of Achilles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#When_Patroclus_was_explaining_Achilles_to_Thetis\" title=\"When Patroclus was explaining Achilles to Thetis?\">When Patroclus was explaining Achilles to Thetis?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#What_is_the_message_of_the_Song_of_Achilles\" title=\"What is the message of the Song of Achilles?\">What is the message of the Song of Achilles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#What_is_Thetis_prophecy_for_Achilles\" title=\"What is Thetis prophecy for Achilles?\">What is Thetis prophecy for Achilles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/is-the-song-of-achilles-patroclus-telling-thetis\/#What_does_Thetis_do_in_the_Iliad\" title=\"What does Thetis do in the Iliad?\">What does Thetis do in the Iliad?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_Song_of_Achilles_Patroclus_telling_Thetis\"><\/span>Is the Song of Achilles Patroclus telling Thetis?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Song of Achilles is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline Miller. Set during the Greek Heroic Age, <b>it is an adaptation of Homer&#8217;s Iliad as told from the perspective of Patroclus<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Thetis_do_for_Achilles\"><\/span>What does Thetis do for Achilles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thetis gives birth to Achilles who, unlike her, is mortal. <b>She attempts to make the baby Achilles immortal, by dipping him in the River Styx (the river that runs through the underworld), while holding him by his heel<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_Song_of_Achilles_an_LGBT\"><\/span>Is the Song of Achilles an LGBT?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The raw depiction of love and passion, coupled with natural but complex character development, makes for a gripping read. <b>Many would classify this novel as typical LGBTQ+ literature because after all, the two main characters are in a same-sex relationship.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_did_Thetis_hate_Patroclus_The_Song_of_Achilles\"><\/span>Why did Thetis hate Patroclus The Song of Achilles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The two are constantly at odds, as Thetis disapproves of Achilles&#8217;s romantic relationship with Patroclus. <b>She believes that it dishonors Achilles and interferes with her plans for him: she wants to make him a god, which she can only do if he achieves great fame and renown.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Patroclus_narrate_Song_of_Achilles\"><\/span>Does Patroclus narrate Song of Achilles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Song of Achilles is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline Miller. Set during the Greek Heroic Age, <b>it is an adaptation of Homer&#8217;s Iliad as told from the perspective of Patroclus<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Patroclus_was_explaining_Achilles_to_Thetis\"><\/span>When Patroclus was explaining Achilles to Thetis?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>He goes; two shadows find each other in the darkness, and light emerges. Patroclus is basically telling Thetis that <b>the fact that she loved Achilles is enough, and that the fact of Achilles uniqueness as a mortal outshines whether he would ever become a god.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_message_of_the_Song_of_Achilles\"><\/span>What is the message of the Song of Achilles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Love, Violence, and Redemption. The Song of Achilles is a love story, following the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus from childhood to adulthood. While their bond is an example of romantic love, various forms of platonic love also become important as the story progresses.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Thetis_prophecy_for_Achilles\"><\/span>What is Thetis prophecy for Achilles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ACHILLE, ACHILLES was the son of Peleus, grandson of Aeacus, and the leader of the Myrmidons against the Trojans in Homer&#8217;s Iliad. The oracle foretold that <b>he would be celebrated but would die young. So his mother Thetis dipped him in the Styx, holding him by the heel, to make him immortal (Statius, Achilleid, I.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Thetis_do_in_the_Iliad\"><\/span>What does Thetis do in the Iliad?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>THETIS: a sea goddess, wife of the warrior, Peleus, and divine mother of Achilleus. She foretold Achilleus&#8217; fate, intervened with Zeus on his behalf (bk. 1), mourned the death of Patroklos (bk. 18), and brought her son divine armor made by the god, Hephaistos (bk.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Is the Song of Achilles Patroclus telling Thetis?What does Thetis do for Achilles?Is the Song of Achilles an LGBT?Why did Thetis hate Patroclus The Song of Achilles?Does Patroclus narrate Song of Achilles?When Patroclus was explaining Achilles to Thetis?What is the message of the Song of Achilles?What is Thetis prophecy for Achilles?What does&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}