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Page 145
... Troy could not be taken without his aid . When the Greek fleet was assembled at Aulis to prepare for the voyage to Troy , and the leaders were sacrificing hecatombs to the gods beside a spring , a snake with a blood - red back glided ...
... Troy could not be taken without his aid . When the Greek fleet was assembled at Aulis to prepare for the voyage to Troy , and the leaders were sacrificing hecatombs to the gods beside a spring , a snake with a blood - red back glided ...
Page 267
... Troy solely for the purpose of provoking war . Herodotus tells an Egyptian version in which Paris stopped at Egypt on his way to Troy with Helen . Proteus , indignant at the abduction , which some of Paris ' sailors reported to him ...
... Troy solely for the purpose of provoking war . Herodotus tells an Egyptian version in which Paris stopped at Egypt on his way to Troy with Helen . Proteus , indignant at the abduction , which some of Paris ' sailors reported to him ...
Page 591
... Troy's allies and decimated the ranks of the Trojans , in spite of the generalship of Hector , Priam's eldest son . Troy finally fell , however , less to force of arms than through the trick of the wooden horse , in which the Greeks ...
... Troy's allies and decimated the ranks of the Trojans , in spite of the generalship of Hector , Priam's eldest son . Troy finally fell , however , less to force of arms than through the trick of the wooden horse , in which the Greeks ...
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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