| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid |
Aeneas
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| epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire |
Aeneid
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| (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War |
Agamemnon
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| (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed |
Cassandra
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| (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War |
Clytemnestra
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| (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods |
Ganymede
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| (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War |
Hector
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| (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War |
Helen
,
Helen of Troy
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| ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War |
Ilion
,
Ilium
,
Troy
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| (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons kill |
Laocoon
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| (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen |
Menelaus
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| (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War |
Paris
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| (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon |
Patroclus
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| (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them |
Penelope
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| (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus |
Sarpedon
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| large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War |
Trojan Horse
,
Wooden Horse
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| (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and b |
Trojan War
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