It is like the leap from a waterfall.

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[drunkyriestuff]

what I thought The Song of Achilles was: gay and sad

what it actually is: gay and fucking devastating

[neonjess]

The Song of Achilles

[neon-elliot]

[trashamemnon]

Odysseus: Perfect! All we need now is a star on top of the tree.

Achilles: *puts Patroclus on top of the tree*

[shootingstarsandfallingobjects]

by Louise Glück

“What were the Greek ships on fire compared to this loss?”

[patroclusdefencesquad]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[lgbtmazight]

i can’t believe achilles has the word chill in his name this is the BEST example of false advertisement i’ve ever seen

[jamie-55]

But remember his name has the prefox ‘a-’ which means devoid of.

So really his full name is ‘no chill’ and is 100% accurate k

[jade-is-tired]

were the ancient greeks writing fucking fanfiction about Achilles and Patroclus

[ia---archived]

     “In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”   ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles  

[lunah-goodbye]

hey remember when they said they were gonna make a mini series of the song of achilles…..ya where’s that at

[apathes-patrochilles]

Achilles: Babe, do the thing

Patroclus:[genuinely smiles]

Achilles, breathless: oH my god

[revolutionarytea]

Some guy in Ancient Greece, pointing at a perfectly climbable mountain: There are gods up there!

The rest of Ancient Greece: Sick, no need to fact check that 

[this-andthisandthis]

Excerpt about Patroclus and Achilles, from Circe, by Madeline Miller . . aka The moment I rose up from the ashes and then Madeline Miller shot me dead… again

[this-andthisandthis]

Literally every single mention of them makes me wanna throw myself from the roof 😭

[this-andthisandthis]

Excerpt about Patroclus and Achilles, from Circe, by Madeline Miller . . aka The moment I rose up from the ashes and then Madeline Miller shot me dead... again

[etoiledit]

the song of achilles and captive prince headers  / if you save, like/reblog.

[artiodactylaa]

[poikas]

“you cant.”