Patroclus, exiled as a child from his father's palace, grows up in the household of Peleus, where the half-divine prince Achilles befriends him. Their bond deepens during years of study with the centaur Chiron, despite the open contempt of Achilles's mother, the goddess Thetis. When Helen's abduction calls the Greek kings to Troy, Achilles is drawn into a war he knows will kill him, and Patroclus, the narrator, goes along to share his fate.
A fit for readers who love Greek myth and want a love story at its center. You leave with the sense of how the Trojan War looks from the shadow of its greatest hero.
Inward-looking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berlin Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
- ISBN
- 9783827010315
- Language
- DE
