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Patroclus
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(Πάτροκλος/Pátroklos, also Πατροκλῆς/Patroklês; Lat. Patroclus).

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[1] Companion to Achilleus

Son of Menoetius [1] from Opus (Hom. Il. 11,814; his mother's name is not given in Homer, alternative suggestions in Apollod. 3,176), best friend of Achilleus [1]. In his childhood, P. kills a fellow-player out of anger during a game of dice and then flees to Phthia to Peleus, who gives him to Achilleus as a companion (Hom. Il. 23,85-90; Hellanikos FGrH 4 …

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Stenger, Jan (Kiel), Ameling, Walter (Jena) and Heimgartner, Martin (Halle), “Patroclus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e910130>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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