Let's Read Chapters Thirteen & Fourteen of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Together

Have I said this already? I think the scene between Patroclus and Peleus foreshadows the scene between Achilles and Priam in Book XXIV of the Iliad.

Are you going to read "They Both Die at the End" before the Netflix series is released?

Hi hi! Are you going to read Heated Rivalry too?

What the hell indeed 😏 hmmm . . . I dunno about that either. I was thinking up plenty of justifications while you read, few of them nice but none were given so maybe she was truly just smitten with her husband Achilles who now ignores her and this the only last way to touch him. As for Patroclus it seemed just a pity tumble, too much sadness for any real pleasure without initiative. Thought at the least there would be some tension as a result but maybe that is yet to come or still a trap to be uncovered. I am trying to forget all I know of these myths so the story can still catch me by surprise but some of the most well worn bits are hard to muddy in my mind. Even then retelling such artful pose makes well worth the wander 🥰 Oh clever Odysseus, always using those wiles to suss out hidden meanings. I love this part of the legend when the warriors heart can never be kept hidden but also the same for a lover’s heart with that cute little kiss upon setting Achilles girly disguise in place 😅