![]() ![]() Miller believes that Achilles and Patroclus were lovers She also takes a great deal of inspiration from other classical Greek myths, such as those described in Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad. Throughout her career, she’s described taking inspiration from authors like Virgil, who penned the Aeneid between 29 and 19 BC. Throughout her career, she has taught Latin, Greek, and the works of Shakespeare, according to the author’s website. She also spent time studying at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought and in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama. ![]() This line of study influenced the author’s subject matter in her later novels. Madeline Miller studied Classics at Brown UniversityĪs a student, she attended Brown University, where she received a BA and MA in Classics. The novel also takes place during the Greek Heroic Age but focuses on the story of Circe and events that Homer writes about in his Odyssey. It is, like The Song of Achilles, classified as fantasy. ![]() ![]() Her second novel, Circe, was published on April 10, 2018, by Little, Brown, and Company. The novel is set during the Greek Heroic Age and is told from the perspective of Patroclus. The first of these, The Song of Achilles, was published on September 20, 2011, by Ecco Press (Harper Collins). ![]()
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