Trojan War

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a ten-year war waged by the confederated Greeks under Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, and ending in the plundering and burning of Troy.

Trojan War

noun

1. Greek myth a war fought by the Greeks against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen from her Greek husband Menelaus by Paris, son of the Trojan king. It lasted ten years and ended in the sack of Troy

Trojan War

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1. In classical mythology , the great war fought between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks sailed to Troy in order to recover Helen of Troy , the beautiful wife of a Greek king. She had been carried off to Troy by Paris , a prince of Troy. ( Aphrodite had promised Helen to Paris following the Judgment of Paris .) The fighting continued for ten years, while Achilles , the greatest warrior of the Greeks, refused to fight because he had been offended by the commander, Agamemnon . Achilles finally took to the field and killed the greatest Trojan warrior, Hector . Having seriously weakened the Trojan defense, the Greeks achieved final victory through the ploy of the Trojan horse . They burned Troy to the ground and returned to Greece .

Trojan War

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1. A war in ancient times between forces from the mainland of Greece and the defenders of the city of Troy , in what is now Turkey . The war seems to have begun about 1200 b.c. It is the basis of many classical legends, some of which appear in the ancient poems the Iliadand the Aeneid.

Example Sentences

Slut-Shaming Helen of Troy Emily Wilson, The New Republic If we blame her for the Trojan War, what does that say about us?

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Not since the Trojan War has the fate of the Hellenes been so central to humankind.

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Aphrodite and the Gods of Love acknowledges her crucial role in the epic Trojan War with The Judgement of Paris.

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During the period preceding the Trojan War there is little hut myth and tradition.

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There were unanimous demands to hear all about him, and perforce I started in telling tales of the Trojan War.

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Here endeth the Trojan War,—I see that it has fanned a flame already too intense.

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They reach the citadel unobserved, and are encouraged on seeing pictures of scenes from the Trojan war (479-576).

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But he has been a stout fighter in his time, he was in the Trojan War, though old already at that period.

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