The Silence Of The Girls - Blog Posts

lostpimplepatch

1 month ago

A woman(Briseis) partially submerged in the ocean looking towards an island overlayed with the text " Lord of mice, hear me! Lord of the silver bow, hear me! Lord whose arrows strike from afar, hear me! God of plague, hear me!"

Quick piece of Briseis praying to Apollo during the Trojan War

The Silence of the Girls By Pat Barker

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white-fanged

2 weeks ago

People who have read "the song of Achilles" need to read "the silence of the girls" and Homer's Iliad, as in song of Achilles the story is told from Patroclus' perspective, someone who loved Achilles so he's incredibly biased and mainly focuses on how amazing Achilles was,

when actually he's the reason so many died during the trojan was because of his massive tantrum over Briseis (who would not have been like a close friend to them she would have just been a slave for Achilles to use)

Then again after Patroclus dies he commits horrific acts "in the name of love" but in Homer's Iliad the entire plot is off Achilles anger, it starts with his annoyance of being dishonoured and ends with his rage as his lover is killed because of his original anger.