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As a result, he was exiled from his home, Opus, with Menoetius sending him to Peleus, king of Phthia and father of Achilles. [16] [17] Peleus named Patroclus Achilles's "squire", as they both grew up together and became close friends. [18] Patroclus acted as a male role model for Achilles, being both kinder than him as well as wiser regarding ...
Later, he built a monastery at Colombier and served as its first abbot. He died at La Celle, aged eighty years old, and was buried at the monastery. [4] His tomb became a destination of pilgrimages. [5] > Patroclus is a patron saint of cattle. He is commemorated in the Roman Catholic Church on November 18; in the Orthodox Church on November 17. [6]
In Book XI (lines 786 to 804) Nestor reminds Patroclus that his father had long ago taught him that, although Achilles was nobler, he (Patroclus) was still Achilles' elder, and therefore he should counsel and guide Achilles wisely so that perhaps he would finally enter the fight against the Trojans, but if not, then he himself (Patroclus ...
Patroclus was a wealthy aristocrat of the city of Tricassinum (now Troyes). His parents had left him a substantial estate just outside the city, where he led a pious Christian life. He was noted for his charity and for this the Lord bestowed upon him the gift of wonderworking. [1] He is said to have converted Sabinian of Troyes.
In Patroclus and Achilles' case, Achilles would have been the younger as Patroclus is usually seen as his elder. In Plato's Symposium, the participants in a dialogue about love assume that Achilles and Patroclus were a couple; Phaedrus argues that Achilles was the younger and more beautiful one so he was the beloved and Patroclus was the lover ...
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 ]
Thus o'er Patroclus while the hero prayed, on his cold hand the sacred lock he laid. Once more afresh the Grecian sorrows flow: And now the sun had set upon their woe. [90] Another hint that Alexander looked to Achilles to help him to express his grief may be found in the campaign, shortly following these events, against a tribe called the ...
When Achilles hears of Patroclus's death, he screams so loudly in his grief that his mother, Thetis, hears him from the bottom of the ocean. Thetis grieves too, knowing that Achilles is fated to die young if he kills Hector. Though he knows it will seal his own fate, Achilles vows to kill Hector in order to avenge Patroclus.