In the years between Achilles and Hector and modern time, the location of Troy had been lost. Only echoes of the ancient city remained in texts found elsewhere in the Anatolian peninsula and mainland Greece, and even though Homer’s epic poems ignited the passion to find Troy, they did ...
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The most prominent Amazons include Penthesilea, who fought Achilles in the Trojan War; Antiope, won in a raid by Theseus and taken away to be his concubine (the Amazons invaded Athens to get her back, but they were defeated); and Myrina, queen of a race of African Amazons. (Diodorus ...
achilles’ heel acid test acorn / apple doesn’t fall far from the tree act the giddy goat actions speak louder than words after my own heart ah, to be young and foolish airing dirty laundry (in public) all bent out of shape all bets are off all dressed up and nowhere to go all ...
in order to pursue Hector. As the Greeks stormed the Trojan castle, Hector came out to meet Achilles in single combat—wearing the fateful armor of Achilles taken off the body of Patroclus. Achilles aimed and shot his spear into a small gap in the neck area of that armor, killing Hector...
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