person
Patroclus
Companion of Achilles in Homer's Iliad, whose death is announced in the laconic line Herennius Senecio echoes.
Reading notes
- The Letters §4.11.12 Patroclus lies dead
The laconic Homeric line announcing Patroclus's death (Iliad 18.20), which Senecio echoes to report Licinianus's withdrawal.