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quotations: Iliad, Book XXIII, Funeral Games for Patroclus. music: St. John Passion, Pt. 1: Herr Unser Herrscher, Chorus, Johann Sebastian Bach (Münchener Bach-Orchester) The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the stories associated with the Trojan War. Its exact nature has been a subject of dispute in both the Classical period and modern times. In the Iliad, Homer describes a deep and meaningful relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, where Achilles is tender toward Patroclus but callous and arrogant toward others. Homer never explicitly casts the two as lovers but they were depicted as lovers in the archaic and classical periods of Greek literature, particularly in the works of Aeschylus, Aeschines, and Plato.