Timestamps, Spotify Link & Message about Ads: 00:00 So This is Love (Emile Pandolfi) 03:59 The Swan (Saint-Saëns) 06:47 Deux Arabesques: I (Debussy) 11:52 To a Wild Rose (MacDowell) 18:10 Rêverie (Debussy) 23:01 Gymnopédie No. 1 (Satie) 27:56 Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Emile Pandolfi) Sorry about the ads everyone - I unfortunately have no control over them, as the copyright owners of the music get to decide when to place them. however, I believe if you go to the end at 32:00 and rewind, the ads are gone! UPDATE: After many requests, I have finally made a Spotify! :) Here's the link to this playlist - other playlists can be found on my Spotify account too: open.spotify.com/playlist/3jwIUsbPyUTL4DnwbSHVuA?si=5b17b47232294843 Playlist with all my Song of Achilles videos: kzfaq.info/sun/PLCwzQnYqeDQj3fLbNPgjInpuTHcXK3RYL

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

"Paintings are how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time." - Basquiat

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. - Aristotle 🌹

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world. “ Just finished reading this beautiful book and wished I’d found this beautiful playlist before :’)

Extract from Song of Achilles: “Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back. "You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward. "I can't." "I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret." "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this. "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it."

the song of achilles is an amazing book, about a passionate love that overcomes all odds, yet the reason why they lost each other, was because they feared the fates prophecy in losing each other. Its a marvellous read.

“Bury us together.” This book was beautiful.

There was a real Achilles and Patroclus in history and, incidentally, they too were Greek. Most of us know Alexander the Great as the conqueror of much of the Ancient World. From Egypt in the West to India in the East, he consolidated most of the-then known world into a single empire whose scale and greatness rivaled that of Rome. His closest companion was a man named Hephaestion. The two were close in age and were virtually inseparable. In fact, they had grown up together and, as one court official later recalled, "knew each other's secrets." Hephaestion was also a skilled general and often fought alongside the king himself. So it was no surprise, then, that he'd be joining Alexander in a series of skirmishes against the Persians to vanquish them and, ultimately, absorb their lands into the empire. While in Persia (particularly the city of Ecbatana in the North of what's now Iran), Hephaestion fell ill during a particularly lively season of Greek festivals and games. To this day, no one knows for certain how and why he became sick, but some believe it to have been typhoid. Regardless, he died sometime in October of 324 BC. He was just 32 years old. According to both Plutarch and later Persian sources (especially Abolqasem Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh,' or Book of Kings), Alexander's grief was "uncontrollable" and that "he neither tasted food nor paid any attention to his personal appearance," but instead spent all his time weeping or else keeping silent vigil over his beloved friend's lifeless body. Hephaestion was cremated and his ashes were scattered from atop the walled city of Babylon in present-day Iraq. He was given divine honors, a rite otherwise reserved solely for royalty, and was even bestowed with divine status by the Oracle at Siwa in Egypt. Alexander would himself pass away just eight months later (likely as a result of poisoning) and, even at that time, was still planning several lasting monuments to his fallen friend. Anyway, I'm rambling. All that aside, thank you for this gorgeous playlist. I don't know if the Greek mythology and/or 'Somewhere in Northern Italy' aesthetic is a thing but, if it is, then this is a shining example of it. I appreciate the time, thought and dedication you clearly put into this. You've just gained a new subscriber. IG: @thewaywardpoet

I just look at their love and think "damn. This is the kind of thing I'm looking for" and am so saddened by how the book ends, even never having read it myself. Can't wait to borrow the book from a friend

"What has Hector ever done to me?" But for real though, Patroclus live thinking about Achilles, he died thinking about Achilles, and even if he is only made from memories he thought of Achilles.

Reading the song of achilles as a gay man is an entirely different experience, where seeing love between two men is written simply like they’re just.. people. Well, as much as they could be, Achilles and Patroclus. It’s a fantastic read, devastatingly beautiful, it touched my soul. I hope to find someone who could see me like Patroclus sees Achilles, and love someone as strong as Achilles loves Patroclus. My other half, my other soul. Someday.

My favourite line tbh is “You do not give up so easily like before”, idk if y’all remember, but it left a mark on me

*“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.* Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W. I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father’s house this evening or never”

As someone who went into the book knowing it would end in tragedy, I actually stopped reading it during their time with Chiron living on the mountain. Not because I was bored, but because I simply couldn’t bear to rip them out of this Heaven they had made together. To continue reading would be to doom them to this looming tragedy I had heard about. It took me months to finally read the rest, and when I did I stayed up all night finishing it. It destroyed me in the best way.

he is half of my soul, as the poets say.

I’m not even joking when I say this book changed my life, if only I could experience a love like theirs :(

i stayed up all night finishing this book and cried until 7:30am... it is now 1 in the afternoon and i'm crying again with this playlist while eating scrambled eggs lmaoo (saying i'm a mess is an understatement) thank you for such a beautiful playlist, it reminds me of the beautiful bittersweetness of their love story 🤍

"name a hero who was happy" -Aquilles

Currently writing a fantasy book with this playlist ^^ Hopefully when I come back here one day I’ll smile at this little comment with my published book in hand

if i had found it sooner i would have definitely read the song of achilles with this on play

i’m drawn to him as a moth to a flame as it is my nature

Charming, simple and innocent. I really liked this. Keep it up! We all speak different languages but music is a language we all understand.

I just finished the book. I’m in ✨emotion✨

This book makes me indescribably melancholic every time I stumble upon it again, in all forms, whether it be a line from the book, a playlist, or even a picture of Patroclus and Achilles. I just with I had some closure of them in the afterlife.

"They were fuckin gay and Achilles was a bottom" -Plato, probably beating someone who said they were just friends. Anyway.....I am leterally crying right now I love those two....my heart is broken and my therapist will know about this

I’m almost finished the book and let me say this playlist is just perfect for playing while reading

i started reading the song of achilles yesterday-finally got my hands on it-and just now got to the line "name one hero that was happy". i've studied, i know how it ends already, but seeing it with my very eyes after reading all the stuff that came before hit me like i never thought it would. edit: i've read with this playlist on and it was the best i found, loved this book a lot, it surprised me in so many ways and unfortunately i feel i don't have anywhere to share this but this video

I fell in love eith the idea of love, but the way life is right now, I don't think a person can make me feel the same things as this Playlist.

never read the song of Achilles before but i have read a translation of the illiad for school, though I started feeling a little bit sad about not having a lover and I started writing about how patrclus and achilles were lovers though I didn't really know, and then I saw the comments and then I looked it up, omg I have such a good gay-dar

I once heard i quote that went something like “To fall in love is to make a religion to a fallacious god” I cant remember who said it but i’ve always loved that quote

I just finished rereading the book, and it was much more enjoyable (and emotional) while this playlist was looping in the background. I will always associate "So This Is Love" with Achilles' and Patroclus' love story. Sending lots of love

I love coming here and reading the comments, they’re always so comforting to read.

I read this book and cried for three days straight. I never cry when I read a book.

At a first glance in the cover i thought it was ash and eiji in another life:') but I don't regret playing this playlist, it was beautiful that i almost cry😭💕

screaming crying and throwing up. this playlist is beautiful and so pure, takes me back to the moments where they were both innocent and happy. i will read the book again with this soundtrack in the background:)

Oh, what I'd give to read Song Of Achilles for the first time again 😭😭

Listening to this at 00:14 while studying Achilles' horses' cries 'cause tomorrow I have a test, well, guess my book can handle some tears..this playlist just..made me feel things I've never felt on a stressful night study session, I kept on having goosebumps every second while thinking about the book, this was truly amazing.

This book and this music calms my anxiety I swear. Whenever I get anxious I say: "Be calm, think of Achilles. The son of gods, his hair golden like the sun. His face pure like the shiniest of silver alloy." This is a beautiful playlist that perfectly encapsulates the heartbreaking beauty of The Song Of Achilles. ❤️

"She was the Sun while I was the Moon." "She was the stars and I was the sky."

This is so much love in this story: Achilles & Patroclus, Patroclus & Briseis, Hector & Troy and Andromache, Thetis and Achilles.... aw man, this book just destroys my heart.

bro the book song of Achilles made me feel a certain way like- idk how but i guess you could say it made me feel more alone bc ya know im single as a pringle but- it was just really well written to me

"My love is mine, as I am his."

Currently reading The Song of Achilles to this😭❤️

Beautiful selection of musics, it makes me want to play it on the piano.

dude thank you sm for making these playlists. i love them with my whole heart 🫶🏼🫶🏼

They say a man goes the many stages in his life… The shepard being youthful and innocent The lover finding beauty in nature and people and the yearning to create beauty The knight forging your realm and fighting for stability The king reigning over the kingdom you’ve created The sage sharing life’s wisdom and watching your seeds bear fruit But the secret is the lover stage never leaves a man, even in old age the fragrance of youthful love and beauty still sparkles in the faded eyes of many sages.

Rereading tsoa while listening to this feels like heaven to me

I love the Playlist! So This is Love isn't a classical piece but it fit in well so I'm not complaining

it has been my tradition to re-read this book every once or twice a year😭😭💔

i have listened to this playlist at least 10 times now, its truly so beautiful. And i also love the cover, i finished the book not too long ago and i still haven't fully recovered. Would recommend both the playlist and the book, 10/10

“What has Hector ever done to me?”

Whaat this is so underrated Also haha you can tell I love the song of Achilles bc look at my name

Cuando vuelvo acá, agarro nuevamente mi libro de "LA canción de Aquiles" lo releo, recuerdo y me pongo tan triste porque jamás tendré el romance cálido que ellos tuvieron al principio.

I much admire Achilles. It is a rare thing to find love, and even rarer to love so deeply. Thank you Books of Azwei for this enchanting arrangement.

i liked the video the first minute in after a while i wanted to like it again but forgot i already did. And this repeated itself like 3 times through out the whole 30 min. its just beautiful i wish i could give it more than just one like.

i've been listening to this on loop while reading achilles and circe, it really sets the mood and feels so dreamy

I recently finished reading The Song of Achilles, and really loved it! Also this playlist is giving me Call Me By Your Name vibes, which kinda works with the whole classical art thing. Ugh this is all giving me a feeling that is just too beautiful and painful at the same time.

Omg Patroclus and Achilles, love this.

I just finished 'Song of Achilles' yesterday. Upon completing it, I just sat there for a good five, ten minutes, letting the feelings wash over me. It was such a beautiful, tragic, incredible story and one of the few books that really stayed with me. Naturally, afterward, I turned to KZfaq to see what others thought of it, only to find that it's inspired a series of aesthetic playlists. I've listened to a number of them since yesterday afternoon, but yours is easily the best and my personal favorite. As the Greeks would say, "efharisto" (thank you) for this gorgeous compilation. It brings the story and characters back to me and makes me feel all over again.

The thumbnail made me cry omg

i ordered the song of achilles and it arrives tomorrow, my heart is jumping i cannot wait :'D

this playlist saves me whenever i have no motivation to do my homeworks at the last minute

"Music goes through the ears and into the heart" me- someone may have said it too so pls don't come at me if you find anyone that said the same thing

My friend, who played the Deux Arabesques in this playlist? it sounds really huge with the hall reverb of the sound and I can really feel the gentle touch of the fingers on the piano keys. absolutely professional interrpretation.

i haven't been doing well for the past few months- this has become one of the few things that's able to put me to sleep at night

I fell in love with your work, thank you so much for putting time in this playlist about my favorite ever book : earth needs more people like you. this enchanting music fills my heart of love and i definitely feel Patroclus and Achilles near me

this comments section is beautiful

And once more am I pulled to this playlist, and once more do I want to reread The Song of Achilles. This playlist is something more than just music. It is life captured in 32 minutes. Thank you for uploading this

Thank you very much for this wonderful music. It’s almost heavenly for me.

i have listened to this playlist so many times. its so wonderful thanks for making it. the photo choice was perfect :)

I finished the song of Achilles not long ago and I am getting all these playlist with them on the background, I am not complaining though!

the final moments of the video with the photo put a whole new feeling

Me coming back to listen to this playlist everyday😄

This is the most beautiful playlist I have heard in a long time. Thank you! 💖

They are beautiful

I know all the music.. They are fabulous I have tears in my eyes it's so beautiful 😭😭 I love classical music so much 💖💖 Thank you for this wonderful sharing 🙏💖

excited to hear someone feel so passionate about video game art. Ive always loved video games and wanted to make one someday. i only now realized it was the art I loved the most. seeing how much detail someone put into the clothes the characters wore, the colors, seeing the places NPCs lived all of it.

Im reading the book currently and this playlist makes me sad and happy at the same time, i love it thank you

A great playlist, thank you for assembling it!

Part two please!!!!!!😭❤️❤️❤️

I have this playlist as my escape from the real world.. and it feels good.

I keep coming back to this playlist it is perhaps the most incredible list of compiled songs. It feels like I am floating every time omg

please play this at my funeral (:

Omg, thank you!

Nooo! Why does it have to end?! This beautiful tragedy leaves me with only tears as my friends. Lovely playlist!✨💛🧡✨

Listening to this while working on an animation of two girls dancing and this easy the perfect background music and really helped me capture the vibe I want

Even months later, I still adore this playlist and have no regrets in stumbling across it on my laptop one day!

Thank you for this playlist, it's so comforting. I love Achilles and Patroclus so much.

throwing up at how sweet this whole playlist is

This has to be my favourite the song of achilles based playlist! Absolutely adore it!!!

the music is very beautiful and calming, thank you for making this playlist💗

discovered this mix just before my bf broke up with me i remember us laying in bed, this playing on the tv in the background and i would run my hand in his hair so soft, and he would fall asleep with his head upon my chest although it makes me feel peaceful, there's a bittersweet taste to it...

this book broke me

writing poems to this rn (: Thanks for the inspo and energy flow

Ta playlist me donne envie de relire ce merveilleux livre 🌬️🌺 Je l'aime beaucoup

so many good song choices here omggg amazing taste!!!!

this is so relaxing

"I am made of memories"😍

listened to this about 4 times now its just so relaxing.