Iliadfic

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created by the Greek poet Homer. As he's been dead for almost three thousand years, and lived centuries before the invention of copyright laws anyway, all his work is fair game. Some of the details in this fic, however, belong to Wolfgang Peterson and Warner Brothers, producer and distributors of the film Troy, who do have a copyright on their stuff. Polymedes and Diolochus don’t belong to anybody, because I made them up.
Posted by: Elspeth (AKA Elspethdixon).
Author's Notes: This ficlet is a combination of Troy-canon and Iliad-canon. If you've only seen the film, the important differences to note are that Patroclus is Achilles' childhood friend, not his cousin, and that Briseis spent an extended period of time (possibly weeks or months) with Achilles before Agamemnon stole her (meaning they actually got to get to know each other before Agamemnon got grabby). Oh yeah, and that Achaean=Greek. If you've only read the book, the difference to note is that Briseis is a priestess from a temple outside Troy and a relative of the Trojan royal family instead simply a random slave girl. Bonus points for those who can spot all the descriptive phrases I stole.
Ships: Pretty heavily implied Achilles/Patroclus. Hmmm… If there's such a thing as pre-slash, can there be pre-poly?

( But you, Patroclus, you would not let me weep… You were always kind. )