Platonic or Romantic? Critical Examining the Contrasting Relationship Between Achilles and Patroclus in Homer’s ‘Iliad’ Vs Miller’s ‘The Song of Achilles’

Alma Ali

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4674

Platonic or Romantic? Critical Examining the Contrasting Relationship Between Achilles and Patroclus in Homer’s ‘Iliad’ Vs Miller’s ‘The Song of Achilles’

Author(s)	Alma Ali
Country	India
Abstract	This paper discusses and analyses the depiction of two very on-demand characters, Achilles and Patroclus. The recently popular Greek myth retelling, ‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller is compared to ‘Iliad’ by Homer in terms of these two characters' bonding. Miller incorporates aspects of their relationship, left untouched by Homer, who didn’t make the relationship explicit. Miller’s retelling transcends the idea of gender and time. While Homer explores ‘what’ a character does, Miller explores the reason ‘why’, and she does this by telling us the backstory of both Achilles’ and Patroclus’ life before they joined the Greek army. Upon reading ‘The Song of Achilles’, we get a cognitive understanding of their relationship. Miller believes that the ‘Iliad’ has to offer more than it seems, and it provides us with a comprehensive sense of ourselves and uses this as inspiration to write her debut novel.
Keywords	Relationship, war, glory, honour, love, grief, human nature, moral goodness
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On	2023-07-26
Cite This	Platonic or Romantic? Critical Examining the Contrasting Relationship Between Achilles and Patroclus in Homer’s ‘Iliad’ Vs Miller’s ‘The Song of Achilles’ - Alma Ali - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4674
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4674
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gsjjq6

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