The Song of Achilles BONUS episode

HELLO! Happy bonus episode day! Madison elaborates about the events leading up to the Trojan War, why Patroclus and Achilles are "best friends" to historians, a shit post, and the some events that happen after Achilles' death and after the Trojan War.  Hi! We love resources here: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Helen/helen.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Heroes/Achilles/achilles.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Minor_Gods/Thetis/thetis.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Aphrodite/aphrodite.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Plays/Euripides/euripides.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Plays/Aeschylus/Agamemnon/agamemnon.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Orestes/orestes.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Hermione/hermione.html https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Andromache/andromache.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-furies-in-greek-mythology-symbols-names-story.html#:~:text=The%20three%20most%20important%20Furies,%2C%20and%20Tisiphone%20(avenger). https://www.britannica.com/topic/Helen-of-Troy https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RS1?altImage=8277e901-62b0-4c65-aedd-e528e26b34f0 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/westall-the-reconciliation-of-helen-and-paris-after-his-defeat-by-menelaus-t00088 https://images.saatchiart.com/saatchi/4093/art/3380679/2450566-HSC00001-6.jpg https://www.artstor.org/2014/09/11/the-many-faces-of-helen-of-troy/ https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/esploro/outputs/undergraduate/The-erotic-surrogate-the-conflated-image-of-Achilles-Patroclus-and-Hector-in-the-Iliad/9949334476002959#files_and_links http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/175/examining-greek-pederastic-relationships https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/pwh/ovid-met10.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan_(Michelangelo)#/media/File:Leda_and_the_Swan,_After_Michelangelo.jpg https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aeschylus_oresteia.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oresteia http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D23%3Acard%3D93 https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/cassandra.html