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patroclus

/pəˈtɹoʊ.kləs/

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What does patroclus mean?

proper noun

  1. 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.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Let Patroclus make his demands to me, you shall see the pageant of Ajax.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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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.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
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.’
PlatoThe RepublicTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1497
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.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743