person
Patroclus
The companion dear to Achilles; fighting in Achilles' borrowed armor (the 'false Achilles') he routed the Trojans before he fell.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §633 the false Achilles
Patroclus, who fought in Achilles' borrowed armor and routed the Trojans before Hector killed him.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §88.6 Patroclus
Achilles's beloved companion in the Iliad, whose death drives Achilles back to battle; cited among trivia not worth a scholar's inquiry.