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    value and significance to the species. The tale of The Trojan Horse sets the background for the famous Marble sculpture. In the tale‚ the Trojan War had been going on for ten years; The Greeks concocted a plan as a last effort at finally defeating the Trojans. They constructed a huge wooden horse and hid an army of men inside of it. Appearing to abandon the war and sail home‚ they left behind the massive wooden horse. The Trojans gathered outside the city to try and figure out what to do with

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    Lazarus  John the Baptist  Last Supper  Judas  Crucifixion and Resurrection  Doubting Thomas  Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  Greek and Roman Mythology Group 2  Medusa  Oedipus (the Sphinx‚ Antigone)  Antigone  The Trojan War (the fall of Troy‚  Achilles‚ Hector‚ Paris‚ Helen‚ and the Trojan  Horse)  Midas  Bacchus  Agamemnon‚ Orestes‚ and Electra (also known  in whole as The Oresteia)  Leda and the Swan  Pandora  Odysseus/Ulysses   King Arthur Legends  Uther and Igraine and the story of Arthur’s birth 

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    no sign of the Greeks. However‚ this was a malicious trick by the Greeks as soldiers were in the hollow belly of the horse. At night‚ when the Trojans had fallen asleep‚ the Greek soldiers hidden in the horse came out‚ opened the gates‚ and gave the signal to the main army. Consequently‚ the war ends with the destruction of Troy and the flee of the Trojans. In this paper‚ I will try to discuss the primary reason for the fall of Troy. In any war there are usually many causes for victory or loss. These

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    Iliad

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    it as pederastic‚[2] while others perceived it as a platonic warrior-bond.[3] [edit]Trojans The Trojan men Hector — son of King Priam and the foremost Trojan warrior. Aeneas — son of Anchises and Aphrodite. Deiphobus — brother of Hector and Paris. Paris — Helen’s lover-abductor. Priam — the aged King of Troy. Polydamas — a prudent commander whose advice is ignored; he is Hector’s foil. Agenor — a Trojan warrior who attempts to fight Achilles (Book XXI). Sarpedon‚ son of Zeus — killed by

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    he cleverly put me off. It was only after I had bathed him And rubbed him down with oil and clothed him And had sworn a great oath not to tell the Trojans Who he really was until he got back to the ships‚ That he told me‚ at last‚ what the Achaeans planned. He killed many Trojans before he left and arrived back at camp with much to report. The other women in Troy wailed aloud‚ But I was glad inside‚ for my heart had turned Homeward‚ and I rued the infatuation Aphrodite gave me when she led me away

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    place of the time. They ruled for 500 more years. THE TROJAN LEGENDS Homer is the first and greatest writer of all Greek literary form known as the Epic. People referred to his works for information and about this specific form. Homer’s name will always be linked with the Trojan War because Homer wrote about the conflict between the Trojans and the return vogues of the Greek leaders. He is known for telling us the whole story of the Trojan War but that’s not true. There are plenty of other writers

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    1. WHY DOES PROTAGONIST (Helen of Troy) considered main cause of Trojan War? In Greek legend‚ the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the city of Troy.  The direct cause of this war was the beauty of Helen of Troy‚ daughter of the Greek god Zeus and Leda‚ the Queen of Sparta.  Helen was much coveted by all of the men in Troy‚ so when she chose a husband‚ the King of Sparta made all men swear that they would accept Helen’s choice of a husband and that they would also defend her if anyone

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    Barry Strauss

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    In Barry Strauss’‚ “The Trojan War: A New History”‚ he discusses a topic that has been talked about for thousands of years‚ yet is able to bring new interpretations and arguments about it. While Strauss shows that many of the accepted ideas about the Trojan War can be disproved‚ he also fails to support his claims with adequate historical references and analyzes. To begin the book‚ Strauss introduces Helen of Troy. Helen was the wife of King Menelaus and had attracted the attention of the Prince

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    The Aeneid Catherine J. Troy was sacked by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Aeneas‚ a Trojan himself‚ wandered the sea for seven years with his fellow Trojans in attempt to found a new city‚ but something fails each time they try. The Trojan Fleet got caught in a storm sent by Juno‚ the queen of the gods. Their travels lead them to a shipwreck in Carthage‚ a city in North Africa. Juno hates Aeneas because she knows that the city of Rome that he will found will one day destroy her beloved city of

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    (Mother)‚ who agrees to speak to Zeus - Zeus and other Olympians are at feast and will return in 12 days - Odysseus on ship pleads Apollo’s forgiveness‚ returning Chryse’s daughter and offering sacrifice of 100 oxen - Thetis asks Zeus to give Trojans upper hand until Greeks give Achilles honor - Zeus is hesitant because of Hera‚ who becomes suspicious - Zeus and Hera fight - Hephaestus recommends she apologize because Zeus is so powerful Iliad II - Zeus decides to send a Dream

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