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
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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
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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
Fate, Belief, and Control
Gender, Power, and Agency
Love, Violence, and Redemption
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
Achilles’s Spear
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
Theme Wheel
Theme Viz
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