Trojan War- (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the gr...
In the tenth year of the war, Achilles was killed by Paris’s arrow that was guided by Apollo. Odysseus and Ajax had a fight over who should get the armor of Achilles. Odysseus was awarded the armor of Achilles, and Ajax went mad in despair at losing the prize. He killed flocks of ...
During the truce, the Greeks, fearful for the safety of their ships; erected a mighty breastwork around the fleet and to these fortifications they were driven by the next rush of the Trojans. Without Achilles, who was still sulking in his tent because of his quarrel with Agamemnon, it see...
Arthur Koestler and his wife were killed by Mossad shortly after releasing this book. As expected, The Thirteenth Tribe caused a stir when published in 1976, since it demolishes ancient racial and ethnic dogmas. At the height of the controversy in 1983, the lifeless bodies of Arthur Koestler ...