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  1. http://bloomsbury.com/The-Song-of-Achilles/Madeline-Miller/books/details/9781408821985LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012Greece in the age of he...

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  2. Madeline Miller is the best-selling author of Circe and Song of Achilles.

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  3. Nov 16, 2012 · Madeline Miller, winner of the 2012 Orange Prize, reads from and discusses her debut novel, The Song of Achilles at The Center for Fiction.

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  4. madelinemiller.com › q-a-the-song-of-achillesQ & A with Madeline Miller

    Q & A with Madeline Miller. Q.: Do the Greek myths really matter in our modern world of cutting-edge technology and tenuous global politics? A.: It can be a cliché to call a story timeless. But the stories of ancient Greece—the Iliad foremost among them—are exactly what this cliché was made for.

  5. Madeline Miller has a BA and MA from Brown University in Latin and Ancient Greek, and has been teaching both for the past nine years. She has also studied at the Yale School of Drama, specialising in adapting classical tales to a modern audience.

  6. Achilles, “best of all the Greeks,” is everything Patroclus is not—strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess—and by all rights their paths should never cross. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his wing and soon their tentative connection gives way to a steadfast friendship.

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  8. Jun 21, 2012 · Seamlessly blending Homeric convention with modern diction, Millers novel is an absorbing and enchanting read. In this interview, James Blake Wiener of the Ancient History Encyclopedia took the time to speak with Miller about her new novel and what inspired her to write about the ancient world.

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