As their relationship grows, the Mycenaean king Agamemnon calls on the various Achaeans to join his military campaign against Troy, whose prince Paris has kidnapped his brother Menelaus' wife Helen. Convinced that a mortal of low status is an unsuitable companion for her son, Thetis attempts to separate the pair by sending Achilles to train under Chiron for two years, though Patroclus ultimately joins Achilles in his training. They become close friends and Patroclus develops feelings for Achilles. After Patroclus accidentally kills the son of one of his father's nobles, he is exiled to Phthia where he meets Achilles, the son of Phthia's king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis. He is then obliged to take a blood oath in defense of her marriage to Menelaus. He is presented as a potential suitor to Helen of Troy. The book is narrated by Patroclus, the son of King Menoetius. In 2012, The Song of Achilles was awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction. The novel follows Patroclus' relationship with Achilles, from their initial meeting to their exploits during the Trojan War, with focus on their romantic relationship. Set during the Greek Heroic Age, it is an adaptation of Homer's Iliad as told from the perspective of Patroclus.
The Song of Achilles is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline Miller.
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