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Definition: Trojan War from Collins English Dictionary

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1 Greek myth a war fought by the Greeks against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen from her Greek husband Menelaus by Paris, son of the Trojan king. It lasted ten years and ended in the sack of Troy

Trojan War

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy . The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen , wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy. At Aulis, troopships gathered, led by the greatest Greek heroes— Achilles , Patroclus, Diomedes , Odysseus , Nestor , and the two warriors named Ajax . In order to win favorable winds for the journey, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis. The winds came and the fleet set sail for Troy. For nine years the Greeks ravaged Troy's surrounding cities and countryside, but the city itself, well fortified and commanded by Hector and other sons of the royal household, held out. Finally the Greeks built a large hollow wooden horse in which a small group of warriors were concealed. The other Greeks appeared to sail for home, leaving behind only the horse and Sinon, who deceitfully persuaded…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
War between the Greeks and Trojans, lasting 10 years. It began when Paris , son of King Priam of Troy , kidnapped Helen , wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. When the Trojans refused to return her, the Greeks formed an army, led by Agamemnon , including Achilles , Odysseus and the two Ajaxes . After…
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From Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
ca. 1200 BCE The legend of the Trojan War is today the best-known story from Greek myth. Amazingly rich in its many characters and events, the Trojan War legend describes how the allied Greeks—under the command of King Agamemnon of Mycenae —sailed from Greece and laid siege to the non-Greek city of…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy . The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen , wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy. At…
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From Reference Guide to the Major Wars and Conflicts in History: Wars in the Ancient World (Prehistory to 600 CE)
ca. 1200 BCE PRINCIPAL COMBATANTS: Troy vs. Greece PRINCIPAL THEATER(S): Troy, in Anatolia (Turkey) Declaration: None MAJOR ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES: According to literary tradition, the Greeks sought to recover Helen, the abducted wife of Menelaus of Sparta. OUTCOME: Troy was destroyed. APPROXIMATE…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Mostly legendary conflict between the Greeks and the people of Troy in western Asia Minor. It was dated by later Greeks to the 12th or 13th century bc . It is celebrated in Homer ’s Iliad and Odyssey , in Greek tragedy, and in Roman literature. In Homer’s account the Trojan prince Paris ran off with…
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From Dictionary of Classical Mythology
The greatest war in classical mythology, waged by an alliance of Greek cities against the Phrygian city of TROY . It all began at the wedding of the mortal Peleus with the sea-goddess Thetis, to which all the gods were invited except the disagreeable ERIS (Strife). She was annoyed at being excluded, …
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
In classical mythology , the great war fought between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks sailed to Troy in order to recover Helen of Troy , the beautiful wife of a Greek king. She had been carried off to Troy by Paris , a prince of Troy. ( Aphrodite had promised Helen to Paris following the…
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Marble fragment of Tabula Iliaca Capitolina, depicting scenes of Trojan War, with Greek inscriptions, by Theodorus, from Appian Way
Location: Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy Credit: Marble fragment of Tabula Iliaca Capitolina, depicting scenes of Trojan War, with Greek inscriptions, by Theodorus, from Appian Way / Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy / De Agostini Picture Library / G. Dagli Orti / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: …
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Amphora with scenes of Trojan War, from Mykonos, Greece
Credit: Amphora with scenes of Trojan War, from Mykonos, Greece / De Agostini Picture Library / G. Dagli Orti / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Greek civilization, 7th century b.C. Orientalizing pottery. Amphora with scenes of the Trojan War. From Mykonos, Greece. Artwork-location: Mykonos, …
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Detail; of powith scenes of Trojan War, detail representing Trojan horse, from Mykonos, Greece
Credit: Detail; of powith scenes of Trojan War, detail representing Trojan horse, from Mykonos, Greece / De Agostini Picture Library / G. Dagli Orti / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Greek civilization, 7th century b.C. Orientalizing pottery. Amphora with scenes of the Trojan War. From…
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