historic fact at the centre of the most famous quarrel ever? The Illiad is the ancient tale of a mighty city called Troy that lay at the edge of Asia Minor whose prince abducted Helen‚ the most beautiful woman of all time‚ from the king of Greek Sparta‚ causing the Greeks to send an army in a thousand ships to attack and lay siege to Troy for 10 years. Historians have long doubted the credibility of Homer as a reliable historical source. However evidence has been uncovered by archaeologists to suggest
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Indarapatra and Sulayman A Filipino – Mindanawon Epic Author * There is no permanent author attributed to this epic * Even the date for this epic has no tentative or permanent approximation * It is written so that it will not be revised through generations and passed mouth-to-mouth Indarapatra & Sulayman is attributed to... * the Philippines‚ specifically in the southern major island‚ Mindanao * Mindanao is called The Land of Promise * Mindanao is the only area of the Philippines with
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Trojan princes‚ Hector and Paris. Paris‚ who is essentially blamed for the instigation of the Trojan- Greek war‚ fails to appear on the battlefield to defend his home. Paris has chosen instead to stay at home with his bride Helen‚ for whom the Trojan armies fight. However‚ as Helen describes to Paris’ brother‚ Hector‚ “I wish I had been the wife of a better man‚ someone alive to outrage‚ with withering scorn of men” (Book VI‚ 281-282) that even she finds herself disgusted In Paris’ cowardice. Conversely
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war lasted for approximately ten years. Ancient Greeks treated the Trojan War as a historical event and dated it back to 1194-1184 BC. The Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the defenders of The City of Troy. Most of the Trojan War was siege and the city was able to hold off the invaders for such a long time because the fortifications of the wall built around the great city were very strong and could withstand most attacks. It was believed to be built by the god Poseidon to protect its
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England with freedom in 1775 when Lord Dunmore threatened to arm slaves to ward off attacks by colonists. Soon afterward‚ Dunmore issued an official proclamation promising freedom to defecting able-bodied slaves who would fight for the British. By December 1775‚ around 1‚500 slaves in Virginia had fled to Lord Dunmore‚ who armed them and called them his “Ethiopian Regiment.” Camp disease quickly set in: dysentery‚ typhoid fever‚ and worst of all‚ smallpox. When Dunmore sailed for England in mid-1776‚ he
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attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege‚ the earlier events‚ such as the gathering of warriors for the siege‚ the cause of the war and similar‚ tending to appear
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of Lerida in 1643. With 15‚000 men he lay siege to the city of Lerida and established his base in Fraga an hours ride away. The French presence on Spanish soil could not go on challenged. When a French force assembled to defend Lerida the Spanish General wished to abandon the siege the King made it clear that the siege would continue. In a theatre production of events after the campaign it is recorded that Philip said‚ ‘You must continue with the siege… Because I shall never withdraw from Lerida
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Variola The smallpox epidemic affected the economy‚ politics‚ and society of the thirteen English colonies in the eighteen-century. Smallpox also known as variola virus had a course of about one month leading to death or immunity and with strong remembrance of the pain. This highly contagious virus was transmitted through body fluids when in contact with an infected victim‚ and also through the clothing and the dried scabs of an infected person. The symptoms of an infected person showed
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slave trade‚ and this took some place within the American Revolution. There were African patriots who were promised freedom after‚ and there were also loyalists who fought for the crown. This was in part perpetuated by royal governor Lord Dunmore. Lord Dunmore of Virginia proclaimed that any slave who fought against their rebel master would be freed of their servitude and could join up to serve the crown. While this sounded like a brilliant
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The Trojan War: Fact and Fiction From the beginning of time war has been a part of human life. One of the most well-known wars to date is the Trojan War. It is that it started when Paris of Troy stole Helen‚ the wife of the Spartan king‚ Menelaus. Surprisingly enough‚ this battle talked about in textbooks across the world is the same one historians question if it even happened. The only account of the war is The Iliad‚ written by the infamous Homer thousands of years ago. Although his work gives
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