Patroclus

American

[puh-troh-kluhs] / pəˈtroʊ kləs /

noun

Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.

Patroclus British

/ pəˈtrɒkləs /

noun

Greek myth a friend of Achilles, killed in the Trojan War by Hector. His death made Achilles return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon

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The legend of Achilles retold through the lens of his friend Patroclus.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022

Others are the 20-kilometre-long, football-shaped Leucus, and the pair known as Patroclus and Menoetius, which orbit one another and are both around 100 kilometres across.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2021

After swinging past Earth to pick up speed, the spacecraft will, in 2033, fly to 617 Patroclus and Menoetius, binary asteroids that rotate around a common center of mass.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2021

Then in 2033, Lucy will make its way to the swarm ahead of Jupiter, meeting up with two Trojans that orbit around one another, Patroclus and Menoetius.

From The Verge • Oct. 15, 2021

It is said that after he had been burned on the funeral pyre his bones were placed in the same urn that held those of his friend Patroclus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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