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Patroclus
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Patroclus (pətrō`kləs): see Achilles Achilles (əkĭl`ēz), in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis.
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Patroclus
wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad]


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Lycidas and Jonathan are common traditional figures of homoerotic desire, while Lycidas is linked with the production of poetry and Patrocles with warfare against the enemies of Greece.
 
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