Patroklos leaves Achilles in book 11 to go investigate the wounded Achaeans and does not return until book 16. When he appears, he is described as weeping. And we hear two similes to describe how he weeps, one from the narrative and another from Achilles himself. Homer, Iliad 16.1-11 “That’s how they were fighting around … Continue reading Crying Like a Girl: Similes at the Beginning of Book 16