Patrochilles

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English

Etymology

Patrochilles (Achilles, right, bandaging Patroclus, left) depicted on an ancient vase.

Blend of Patroclus +‎ Achilles.

Proper noun

Patrochilles

  1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Patroclus and Achilles from the novel The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
    • 2018, Nkiya Machona, quoted in Curiositales, September 2018, page 82:
      Mainly because I want to cry and see Patrochilles in all their glory!
    • 2021, Amelia Koen, "An Olive Pit, A Lyre, A Fig", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 8, Semester 2 (2021), page 19:
      Perhaps even more problematically for the Patrochilles naysayers, is that this ambiguity throughout Homer's original epic is really not that ambiguous.
    • 2021, Sarah Leidich, "From Muse To Material: The Defiance Of Homeric Identity Through Creative Adaptation", Meliora, Volume 1, Issue 1 (link):
      The Twitter account Incorrect Patrochilles Quotes has over 20,000 followers and is entirely devoted to The Song of Achilles.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Patrochilles.

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