Are Achilles and Patroclus buried together Song of Achilles?

Someone mixes their ashes, and from wherever his soul is, Patroclus can tell that it’s happened. However, he can’t feel anything physically—his soul and Achilles’s are separated and will be until their names are marked together on their grave. He looks exactly like Achilles, except for his chin, which resembles Thetis.

Did Achilles ask for his ashes to be mixed?

In the Iliad Achilles and Patroclus are close comrades in the war against the Trojans. Due to his anger at being dishonored by Agamemnon, Achilles chooses not to participate in the battle. He also requests that when he dies, his ashes be mixed with Patroclus’.

Did Achilles love his cousin?

Achilles’s love for Patroclus is described in the Iliad and there’s no mention of him being his uncle, but this would have been such a significant information. In twenty-first-century adaptations of the story of the Trojan War, Achilles and Patroklos are often portrayed as gay lovers.

What happened to Achilles ashes in the Iliad?

Although the Iliad ends before Achilles’ own death, the story goes that Achilles asked that his ashes be mixed with the ashes of Patroclus so that their remains could be together. Achilles and Patroclus have been in the popular imagination for a very long time now.

How does Achilles react to the news of Patroclus death?

News of Patroclus’ death reaches Achilles through Antilochus, which throws him into deep grief. The earlier steadfast and unbreakable Achilles agonizes, touching Patroclus’ dead body, smearing himself with ash and fasting. He laments Patroclus’ death using language very similar to that later used by Andromache of Hector.

Are Achilles and Patroclus examples of divine approved lovers?

In Plato’s Symposium, written c. 385 BC, the speaker Phaedrus holds up Achilles and Patroclus as an example of divinely approved lovers.

What is the role of Patroclus in the Iliad?

The primary role of Patroclus as a character revolves around his death: he is a catalyst for the actions of other characters, especially Achilles. Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship is an essential part of the Iliad. How exactly to interpret that relationship is a question that people have been asking for many centuries.