The Song of Achilles
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33
Themes
All Themes Honor, Pride, and Legacy Fate, Belief, and Control Gender, Power, and Agency Love, Violence, and Redemption Selfhood and Responsibility
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Characters
All Characters Patroclus Achilles Thetis Briseis Odysseus Agamemnon Chiron Peleus Deidameia Hector Pyrrhus Apollo Menelaus Helen Paris Priam Phoinix Diomedes King Menoitius Ajax Automedon Patroclus’s Mother King Lycomedes Iphigenia Clysonymus Meleager Heracles Artemis Zeus Tyndareus Calchas Machaon
Symbols
All Symbols The Lyre Achilles’s Spear The Dice
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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The Song of Achilles

by

Madeline Miller

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
  • Chapter 28
  • Chapter 29
  • Chapter 30
  • Chapter 31
  • Chapter 32
  • Chapter 33
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Honor, Pride, and Legacy Theme Icon
    Honor, Pride, and Legacy
  • Fate, Belief, and Control Theme Icon
    Fate, Belief, and Control
  • Gender, Power, and Agency Theme Icon
    Gender, Power, and Agency
  • Love, Violence, and Redemption Theme Icon
    Love, Violence, and Redemption
  • Selfhood and Responsibility Theme Icon
    Selfhood and Responsibility
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Patroclus
  • Achilles
  • Thetis
  • Briseis
  • Odysseus
  • Agamemnon
  • Chiron
  • Peleus
  • Deidameia
  • Hector
  • Pyrrhus
  • Apollo
  • Menelaus
  • Helen
  • Paris
  • Priam
  • Phoinix
  • Diomedes
  • King Menoitius
  • Ajax
  • Automedon
  • Patroclus’s Mother
  • King Lycomedes
  • Iphigenia
  • Clysonymus
  • Meleager
  • Heracles
  • Artemis
  • Zeus
  • Tyndareus
  • Calchas
  • Machaon
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • The Lyre Symbol Icon
    The Lyre
  • Achilles’s Spear Symbol Icon
    Achilles’s Spear
  • The Dice Symbol Icon
    The Dice
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Allusions
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Personification
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
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