09-11-2021, 12:21 AM
Quite nice. (I did, mistaking the "h" for an "n" in the title, agree that "Achilles" would be an excellent name for a reindeer - fleet of foot, but too many syllables for Those Other Poems.)
On the *actual* poem, I picture this as spoken by Patroclus in the Underworld where his great friend had sent so many - for Achilles was swift but always toward the fight, and never failed to return until that unfortunate shot to the ankle, after Patroclus' had become a shade. The paramount killer's lovable side, from one who could love his ability to sleep soundly after slaughter.
So, what, the waters of Lethe didn't take against a love so great? Or was Patroclus heroic enough to skip the draft and take up residence in the Elysian Fields?
On the *actual* poem, I picture this as spoken by Patroclus in the Underworld where his great friend had sent so many - for Achilles was swift but always toward the fight, and never failed to return until that unfortunate shot to the ankle, after Patroclus' had become a shade. The paramount killer's lovable side, from one who could love his ability to sleep soundly after slaughter.
So, what, the waters of Lethe didn't take against a love so great? Or was Patroclus heroic enough to skip the draft and take up residence in the Elysian Fields?
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