Were Achilles and Patroclus friends or lovers? Commentators have debated this for centuries, but what does the evidence really show?

What sets a novel like The Song of Achilles in a league of its own, is the ability to learn more every time you pick it up.

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Patroclus joins battle wearing Achilles's golden armour. He meets Hector, the Trojans' superhero, and Patroclus is slain. Achilles returns to the battle to avenge his ...

Achilles still has the hump and refuses to fight. So his cousin Patroclus takes the superhero's special armour and returns to the battle…but unfortunately for Patroclus he's no superhero.