The playwright Euripides contended that Helen never made it to Troy. Hera, still angry at Paris for choosing Aphrodite as “the Fairest,” spirited Helen away to Egypt and substituted a phantom fashioned from a cloud. Thus, the Greeks and Trojans waged war for 10 year...
Related to Troy (mythology):Helen of Troy Troy (troi) 1.alsoIl·i·on(ĭl′ē-ən, -ŏn′)orIl·i·um(-ē-əm)An ancient city of northwest Asia Minor near the Dardanelles. Originally a Phrygian city dating from the Bronze Age, it is the legendary site of the Trojan War and...
Theseus stood by his friend's side on the day Peirithous married Hippodameia. When the Centaurs—half-brothers of Peirithous—got drunk and tried to carry off all the women, including the bride, Theseus rushed to his friend's aid. The skirmish set off an all-out war between the Lapit...
In Greek mythology, the Trojan(特洛伊) War was started against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has appeared in many works of Greek literature, most...
Greek mythology In Ogygia, Calypso receives the exhausted Greek hero Odysseus who had lost his ship and all his comrades after leaving Troy. Odysseus faced many trials on his journey home after the Trojan War, including loss of the ship and his army to land and sea monsters. The mythical go...
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He strips Hector’s armor, pierces the tendon behind his feet, threads leather straps through the tendons, and drags Hector behind his chariot for all of Troy to see from the tall walls. Hector’s death foreshadows the fall of Troy. Priam is devastated by the loss of his son. Hector is...
Because no one believed her despite predicting the fall of Troy, the ancient city fell into ruins in the hands of the Greeks. Clotho Origin: Greek Meaning: The Spinner Fate Variations/Synonyms: Nona (Roman) Description: She’s one of the Moirai (Three Fates). She spins the thread of...
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,The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus ,king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach 5、Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his ...