When he was old enough, his father sent him to Thessaly, with an older boy, Patroclus, for his companion, to Chiron, the wisest of all the Centaurs. And with the other boy, Chiron taught him to ride (on his own back) and trained him in all the warrior skills of sword and spear and bow, and in making the music of the lyre, until the time came for him to return to his father's court.
—Black Ships Before Troy,
Rosemary Sutcliff
What does this passage show about the culture Achilles was from?
Young men must learn the ways of a warrior from their elders.
Achilles must learn how to play music before he returns.
All boys must have a companion when they leave home.
Boys were routinely banished from home by their fathers.
