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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.
Patroclus was Achilles's first cousin once removed through their paternal family connection to Aegina, as Achilles was the son of Peleus and grandson of Aeacus, son of Aegina by Zeus. Comparative table of Patroclus's family
Aeneas (Αἰνείας), son of Aphrodite; cousin of Hector; Hector's principal lieutenant; the only major Trojan figure to survive the war. Held by later tradition to be the forefather of the founders of Rome. See the Aeneid. Agenor (Ἀγήνωρ), a Trojan warrior who attempts to fight Achilles in Book 21.
Patroclus, Achilles' closest companion, disguised in Achilles' armor, enters the combat leading the Myrmidons and the rest of the Achaeans to force a Trojan withdrawal. After Patroclus has routed the Trojan army, Hector, with the aid of Apollo and Euphorbus , kills Patroclus, vaunting over him:
Achilles is informed of his cousin's death and vows revenge. Wary of Achilles, Hector shows his wife Andromache a secret tunnel beneath Troy. Should he die and the city fall, he instructs her to take their child and any survivors out of the city to Mount Ida. The next day, Achilles arrives outside Troy and challenges Hector.
Like Achilles, he is represented (although not by Homer) as living after his death on the island of Leuke at the mouth of the Danube. [20] Ajax, who in the post-Homeric legend is described as the grandson of Aeacus and the great-grandson of Zeus, was the tutelary hero of the island of Salamis, where he had a temple and an image, and where a ...
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins' torn right Achilles was repaired in a successful surgery Wednesday morning, the team announced. The operation was led by Dr. Chris Coetzee at Twin ...
At the age of nineteen, [16] Hedlund made his debut in his first feature film playing Patroclus, younger cousin of Achilles played by Brad Pitt [17] in the mythological epic adventure war drama Troy, [18] directed by Wolfgang Petersen. [19] The film was released on May 14, 2004. [20] [21]