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The Song of Achilles is Pretty Fruity
As a fan of Greek mythology, picking “The Song of Achilles” (TSOA) to read next was very easy and very rewarding. I actually joined a book club on campus recently, and since this is the first book we’re reading, it made sense to kill two birds with one stone and peruse it for this blog as well! Bookworms of KSU, thanks for making my job easier! Honestly, I wasn’t aware this was even a manual until I joined the book club. When I saw the title, I immediately went to the song “Achilles Come Down” that pops up often on TikTok. Imagine my confusion … Anyway, if you weren’t already conscious, “fruity” is a slang term in the Diverse community that’s essentially another way of saying “gay” or “queer” without the negative connotations attached. At least, that’s my translation. So Achilles and Patroclus, right? Fruity as hell, methinks.
“The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller is a retelling of the Greek myth of the hero Achilles and his loyal companion, Patroclus. For those familiar with the “Iliad” and/or the story of Achilles, this novel is a refresh
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward adolescent prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they develop into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a mean sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and apprehension for his acquaintance, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.
TITLE: The Song of Achilles
AUTHOR: Madeline Miller
PUBLISHER: Ecco Press / Bloomsbury Publishing
YEAR:
LENGTH: pages
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy, Historical
RECOMMENDED: Yes
Queer Rep Summary: Gay/Achillean Main Character(s), Bi/Pan Main Character(s).
THE SONG OF ACHILLES is the story of Achilles&#;s boyhood and (most of) the Trojan War, as told by his lover, Patroclus, through the heated glow of his adoration and desire.&
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The manual, which is told through Patroclus's perspective, is less a war epic than an intimate adoration story between two coming-of-age boys. In some ways, The Tune of Achilles is more a retelling of Cinderella than a Greek epic. Patroclus takes on the role of the downtrodden soul, forced into servitude, while Achilles becomes his Prince Charming. The work devotes more pages to the scent of perfume and tender, stolen glances than to the glory of battle or the Trojan Horse gambit.
The Song of Achilles makes explicit what Homer only implied, and the sweeping romance between Achilles and Patroclus remains Amazon's No. 1 bestseller in LGBTQ + Historical Fiction as of this writing, more than a decade after its release.
That is not to say the instant classic lacks action or the unreal elements that fantasy lovers adore. The Song of Achilles is rife with mythic characters favor the centaur Chiron and the goddess Thetis.
Rather, it blends genres seamlessly between romance, LGBTQ+, a
Q.: Do the Greek myths really matter in our modern world of cutting-edge technology and tenuous global politics?
A.: It can be a cliché to notify a story timeless. But the stories of ancient Greece—the Iliad foremost among them—are exactly what this cliché was made for. To borrow Ben Jonson, they are not “of an age, but for all time.” Human innateness and its attendant folly, passion, pride and kindness has not changed in the past three thousand years, and is always relevant. And especially at this fractured and shifting historical moment, I believe people are looking support to the past for insight. These stories hold endured this long, moving generation after generation of readers—they must, still, hold something important to say us about ourselves. Every day on the front page of the newspaper is an Iliad of woes—from the self-serving Agamemnons to the manipulative, double-speaking Odysseuses, from the senseless loss of life in war to the cruel treatment of the conquered. It is all there, in Homer too: our past, present and future, inspiration and condemnation both.
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