In the last third of the Iliad, Achilles’ beloved companion, Patroklos, and his bitter enemy, Hektor, die wearing Achilles’ armor, their deaths prefiguring Achilles’ own.

'Can I call you Charlotte?' 'No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.'

the bluff bows of a ship

THERE ARE RUGS. And there are rugs. And the ruggiest rug in the city, I’m sure, is in the lounge in the sergeants’ mess at Sarcee.