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Patrochilles en · PROPN

Etymology

Blend of Patroclus + Achilles.

Meanings

  1. (slang) The ship of characters Patroclus and Achilles from the novel The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
    • Perhaps even more problematically for the Patrochilles naysayers, is that this ambiguity throughout Homer's original epic is really not that ambiguous. 2021, Amelia Koen, "An Olive Pit, A Lyre, A Fig", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 8, Semester 2 (2021), page 19
    • Mainly because I want to cry and see Patrochilles in all their glory! 2018, Nkiya Machona, quoted in Curiositales, September 2018, page 82
    • The Twitter account Incorrect Patrochilles Quotes has over 20,000 followers and is entirely devoted to The Song of Achilles. 2021, Sarah Leidich, "From Muse To Material: The Defiance Of Homeric Identity Through Creative Adaptation", Meliora, Volume 1, Issue 1 (link)