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| apple of discord |
in Greek mythology, a golden apple that caused jealous discord among three goddesses and indirectly led to the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Helen of Troy |
in Greek legend and The Iliad, the beautiful woman of Sparta whose abduction started the Trojan War. |
| Menelaus |
in Greek mythology, king of Sparta during the Trojan War, brother to Agamemnon, and husband to Helen of Troy. |
| odyssey |
(cap.) the epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer recounting the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan Wars. [1/2 definitions] |
| Paris |
in Greek mythology, the Trojan prince whose abduction of Helen caused the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Troilus |
in The Iliad, a Trojan warrior, who also appears as the lover of a Trojan woman in medieval romances and Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare. |
| Trojan horse |
in Greek mythology, a huge wooden horse by means of which the Greeks besieging Troy cunningly gained entrance to and overran the city, ending the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Troy |
an ancient city in northwestern Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War. |
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