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Patroclus killed many Trojans and Trojan allies, including a son of Zeus, Sarpedon. [21]: p. 363, book 16, line 460 While fighting, Patroclus's wits were removed by Apollo, after which the spear of Euphorbos hit Patroclus. [23] Hector then kills Patroclus by stabbing him in the stomach with a spear. [21]: p. 373, book 16, lines 804–822
Achilles bandages the arm of Patroclus. The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the stories associated with the Trojan War.In the Iliad, Homer describes a deep and meaningful relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, where Achilles is tender toward Patroclus, but callous and arrogant toward others.
During the battle, Apollo causes Patroclus to reveal himself. Patroclus is killed by Hector, and his body is brought to Achilles. Achilles grieves along with Briseis and demands Patroclus's ashes be mixed with his own when he dies. Having lost his will to live, Achilles returns to battle and kills Hector to avenge Patroclus.
Patroclus, the Thespian son of Heracles and Pyrippe, [1] daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. [2] Patroclus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, [3] for a week [4] or in the course of 50 days [5] while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. [6]
The three witches discuss the raising of winds at sea in the opening lines of Act 1 Scene 3. [6] Macbeth has been compared to Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. As characters, both Antony and Macbeth seek a new world, even at the cost of the old one. Both fight for a throne and have a 'nemesis' to face to achieve that throne.
When Patroclus and Achilles appear, he calls them fools; Patroclus moves to strike him, but Achilles holds him off. They see the Greek commanders Agamemnon, Ulysses, Nestor, and Diomedes approaching, accompanied by Ajax, and Achilles quickly retires to his tent. When Agamemnon asks to see him, Patroclus tells the general that Achilles is ill.
At Iliad 17.474-8, Automedon, Achilles' charioteer, states that only Patroclus was able to fully control these horses. When Xanthus was rebuked by the grieving Achilles for allowing Patroclus to be slain, Hera granted Xanthus human speech allowing the horse to say that a god had killed Patroclus and that a god would soon kill Achilles too.
Ultimately, Patroclus is killed in battle by Hector, and Achilles' armor is stripped from his body and taken by Hector as spoils. The loss of his companion prompts Achilles to return to battle, so his mother Thetis , a nymph , asks the god Hephaestus to provide replacement armor for her son.