Great Books Ep 12: Achilles and Patroclus: Are Best Friends a Cultural Construct or Natural Phenomenon?
Does everyone have that one person outside their family that they confide everything in and trust completely?
“.. say all this to Achilles if he will listen to you. Who knows but with heaven's help you may talk him over, for it is good to take a friend’s advice.”
~ The Iliad - Book XI (Samuel Butler Translation. p80 / v800)
Brief Summary
The Iliad Book XI. The war rages on. Key heroes like Diomed are wounded. Paris wounds many with his archery. Hector marches forw…
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