ʻO ka honua kahiko i nā manawa a pau i ke kaila. A makemake nā mea kākau Irene Vallejo o ʻO Madeline miller na lākou ke kuleana o ka hoʻokalakiko i kēlā mau laure (pun i manaʻo ʻia) o ka transcendence kaulana loa. No ka mea e like me ke ʻano o ke kamaliʻi i ke ʻano o ke kanaka, ʻo kēlā wahi moe o kā mākou moʻomeheu ʻo Helene a Roma paha ka hapa nui o kā mākou mau pilikanaka, politika a me nā loina. Mai loko o nā puka a ma waho e aʻo ʻia ai nā mea āpau mai kēia mau moʻomeheu kahi i hiki ʻole ai ke Akua a no laila ua ʻae ʻia kekahi mau hālāwai i waena o nā akua, nā akua akua, nā meʻe a me nā mea like ʻē aʻe e noho pū ana i waena o nā poʻe me he mea lā kupaianaha i hoʻoili ʻia me nā kaʻao transcendental maikaʻi loa ...
ʻO kahi honua ʻōlinolino a pīhoihoi i hāpai ʻia me kahi puke i kikoʻī ʻia me ka lyricism a me ka epic. ʻO kahi moemoeā i pau i ka ʻimi ʻana i loko o ke kanaka a mau loa mai ka ettyological a i ka akeakamai. No ka mea ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike ʻia a makemake ʻia nā mea āpau e ʻike me ka hilinaʻi i ka manaʻo ma ke ʻano he instinc a ma kāna kumu he mea hana.
ʻO Helene i ka makahiki o nā koa. ʻO Patroclus, kahi kamaliʻi ʻōpio a palupalu hoʻi, ua lawe pio ʻia i ke aupuni o Phtia, kahi e noho ai ʻo ia ma ke aka o ka Mōʻī Peleus a me kāna keiki akua, ʻo Achilles. uʻi, keiki kāne a ke akua wahine. I kekahi lā ua lawe ʻo Achilles i ke keiki aliʻi minamina ma lalo o kona ʻēheu, a ua hāʻawi ʻia kēlā pilina paʻa i kahi aloha aloha i ka ulu ʻana o ʻelua i mau ʻōpio i mākaukau i nā ʻoihana kaua, akā ʻaʻole mamao loa ka hopena mai nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Achilles.
I ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka nūhou no ke kāʻili ʻana iā Helen o Sparta, ua kiʻi ʻia nā kāne o Helene e hoʻopuni i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Troy. ʻO Achilles, i hoʻopunipuni ʻia e ka hoʻohiki o kahi hopena hanohano, hui pū i ke kumu, a ʻo Patroclus, i haehae ʻia ma waena o ke aloha a me ka makaʻu no kāna hoa, ukali iā ia i ke kaua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo i nā makahiki aʻe e hoʻāʻo i nā mea āpau a lākou i aʻo ai a me nā mea a pau a lākou e mahalo nui ai.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «The Song of Achilles, na Madeline Miller, ma aneʻi:
