THE SONG OF ACHILLES is a breathtakingly original rendering of The Iliad. The young prince Patroclus has been exiled to Phthia, where is a nobody, living in the shadow of the beautiful Prince Achilles. Yet Achilles takes Patroclus under his wing, and they become firm friends. As they grow up skilled in the arts of war and medicine their bond becomes something deeper. When the men are called to war to save Helen of Troy their love is tested and Patroclus finds that he is faced with the Fates.