About the author
Madeline Miller is an American novelist and teacher of Latin and Greek. Her fiction retells classical myth from lives pushed to the edge of the heroic record, restoring interiority to figures remembered mainly for their relation to famous men.
Miller retells material from the Iliad through the person closest to Achilles but least protected by prophecy. Patroclus sees the tenderness, vanity, and fear inside the hero's reputation, while knowing that the promise of glory carries a fixed and terrible price.
Where to start
Start with The Song of Achilles. Patroclus tells the story of his life with Achilles, from exile and training to the war at Troy.
