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Trojan War

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Trojan War

(Greek mythology) A mythological decade-long war and siege, ending in the destruction of Troy, which, as described in Homer's Iliad, was waged by a coalition of Achaeans (Greeks) led by King Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of the Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan King Priam.

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The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes. B. W. Powe

The Trojan War was directed by hallucinations. And the soldiers who were so directed were not at all like us. They were noble automatons who knew not what they did. Julian Jaynes

Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?" "Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?" "Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart. Rick Riordan

What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions? Rick Riordan

I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me -- I have been more ravished myself than anybody since the Trojan war. Lord Byron

Ahhiya(wa) has been identified with the Achaeans of the Trojan War and the city of Wilusa with the legendary city of Troy (note the similarity with early Greek Ϝίλιον main Wilion, later Ἴλιον main Ilion, the name of the acropolis of Troy). Source: Internet

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