Editing Patroclus (section)

=== Early days ===
[[File:Casa degli Amorini Dorati. Fresco. 03.jpg|thumb|A fresco in [[Pompeii]] depicting [[Achilles]] seated between [[Briseis]] and Patroclus in the marquee|215x215px]]
During his childhood, Patroclus had accidentally killed his playmate [[Clysonymus]] over a game of dice. As a result, he was exiled from his home, Opus, with Menoetius sending him to Peleus, king of [[Phthia]] and father of [[Achilles]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miate |first=Liana |year=2022 |title=Patroclus |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Patroclus/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref>'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Schlunk |first=Robin R. |date=1976 |title=The Theme of the Suppliant-Exile in the Iliad |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/293625 |journal=The American Journal of Philology |volume=97 |issue=3 |pages=199–209 |doi=10.2307/293625|jstor=293625 }}</ref>''' Peleus named Patroclus Achilles's "squire", as they both grew up together and became close friends.<ref>{{cite book |author=Homer |author-link=Homer |title=Iliad |title-link=Iliad |chapter-url=http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:23.54-23.92 |publisher=Perseus Digital Library |chapter=online text |at=23.83–92}}</ref> Patroclus acted as a male role model for Achilles, being both kinder than him as well as wiser regarding counsel.<ref name=Nestors_advice group=lower-alpha/><ref>{{cite book |title=Patroklos, Achilleus, and Peleus: Fathers and Sons in the Iliad |last=Finlay |first=Robert |publisher=The Classical World |year=1980 |pages=267–273}}</ref> Patroclus's early life, including his flight to the house of Peleus, is narrated later in the ''Iliad'', when his ghost appears to Achilles reminding him about his past and giving him advice about his burial.<ref name=":1" />

According to [[Photius I of Constantinople|Photius]], Ptolemy Hephaestion (probably referring to [[Ptolemy Chennus]]) wrote that Patroclus was also loved by the sea god [[Poseidon]], who taught him the art of riding horses.<ref>[[Photius I of Constantinople|Photius]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca]]'' [https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_05bibliotheca.htm#190 codex 190].</ref>