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... Greeks from a plague . Enraged , he took Briseïs from Achilles . Achilles surrendered her but refused to fight any longer or to allow his troops to do so . His mother appealed to Zeus to give the Trojans victory so that the Greeks ...
... Greeks from a plague . Enraged , he took Briseïs from Achilles . Achilles surrendered her but refused to fight any longer or to allow his troops to do so . His mother appealed to Zeus to give the Trojans victory so that the Greeks ...
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... Greeks . When Ajax of Locris dragged Priam's daughter Cassandra from the image of Athena to rape her , Odysseus demanded that he be stoned in order to divert the goddess ' anger from the Greeks as a whole . Ajax saved himself by ...
... Greeks . When Ajax of Locris dragged Priam's daughter Cassandra from the image of Athena to rape her , Odysseus demanded that he be stoned in order to divert the goddess ' anger from the Greeks as a whole . Ajax saved himself by ...
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... Greek force against the supposedly impregnable city of Ilium . He used as an excuse the abduction of Helen , wife of the Spartan king Menelaus , by Priam's son Paris . Over a period of ten years , the Greeks gradually subdued Troy's ...
... Greek force against the supposedly impregnable city of Ilium . He used as an excuse the abduction of Helen , wife of the Spartan king Menelaus , by Priam's son Paris . Over a period of ten years , the Greeks gradually subdued Troy's ...
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According accounts Achilles Adrastus Aeschylus Aetolia ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius appeared Argonauts Argos Artemis Athens became bore brother brought called carried caused child claimed Crete daughter death descendants died Dionysus earth eponym Eteocles Euripides Fabulae father fell followed force gave Giants give given goddess gods Greek Hades hand head Helen Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer honor horse husband Hyginus identified Iliad island Italy Jason killed king known land later leader lived married Medea Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder myths nymph Odysseus offered once oracle originally Ovid Pausanias perhaps Perseus Poseidon punished refused region remained returned river Roman rule sailed seems sent ships sister sons story Thebes Theseus Thestius throne told took Trojan Troy turned wife women worshiped writers young youth Zeus