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patroclus
/pəˈtɹoʊ.kləs/
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What does patroclus mean?
proper noun
- A character in the Iliad, known for his close relationship to Achilles.
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/pəˈtɹoʊ.kləs/
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Death seiz'd at last on great Patroclus too, Though he in virtue far exceeded you.
Let Patroclus make his demands to me, you shall see the pageant of Ajax.
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Or perchance he was some Achilles, who had nourished his wrath apart, and had now come to avenge or rescue his Patroclus.
Woe is me that I am fated to have Sarpedon, dearest of men to me, subdued at the hands of Patroclus the son of Menoetius.’
Of the unpretending, unassuming party Homer, the great master of the affections and emotions in remoter ages, has given us the fullest portrait in the character of Patroclus.