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Homer , however , regularly applied the name Achaeans ( Achaioi ) to all the
Greek forces in the Trojan War ; but he also ... shown to Homeric traditions , later
writers generally used the name Hellenes to distinguish Greeks from foreigners .
Homer , however , regularly applied the name Achaeans ( Achaioi ) to all the
Greek forces in the Trojan War ; but he also ... shown to Homeric traditions , later
writers generally used the name Hellenes to distinguish Greeks from foreigners .
Page 145
When the Greek fleet was assembled at Aulis to prepare for the voyage to Troy ,
and the leaders were sacrificing hecatombs to the gods ... Calchas interpreted
this omen to mean that the Greeks would fight at Troy for nine years and would ...
When the Greek fleet was assembled at Aulis to prepare for the voyage to Troy ,
and the leaders were sacrificing hecatombs to the gods ... Calchas interpreted
this omen to mean that the Greeks would fight at Troy for nine years and would ...
Page 441
Odysseus saved the child and thus gave himself away . At Troy , Odysseus
avenged himself on Palamedes by means of an elaborate plot . He pretended to
Agamemnon that he had been warned in a dream that the Greek encampment
should ...
Odysseus saved the child and thus gave himself away . At Troy , Odysseus
avenged himself on Palamedes by means of an elaborate plot . He pretended to
Agamemnon that he had been warned in a dream that the Greek encampment
should ...
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