Trojan War - Peleus and Thetis the apple and the judgment. See also Judgement of Paris. According to Greek mythology, Zeus became king of the gods by overthrowing his father Cronus; Cronus in turn had overthrown his father Ouranos. Zeus came to learn of a prophecy that he himself would be overthrown by a son of his. (Within the extent of Greek myth, though, this never happened). Another prophecy said of the sea-nymph Thetis, with whom Zeus had an affair, that her son would be greater th ...

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Trojan War, Trojan War - Background, Trojan War - Peleus and Thetis the apple and the judgment, Trojan War - The elopement of Helen, Trojan War - The marshalling of the forces, Trojan War - The War, Trojan War - Telephus, Trojan War - Philoctetes, Trojan War - Arrival, Trojan War - The death of Achilles, Trojan War - Achilles' armour/death of Ajax, Trojan War - Diomedes, Trojan War - The Trojan Horse, Trojan War - The aftermath, Trojan War - The Trojan War in art, Trojan War - Participants, Trojan War - Armies on the Greek side Achaeans, Trojan War - Armies on the Trojan side, Trojan War - Participants on the Greek side, Trojan War - Participants on the Trojan side, Trojan War - Participant/killer, Trojan War - Unknown side, Trojan War - Cultural References, Trojan War - In film

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Trojan War, Trojan War - Background, Trojan War - Peleus and Thetis the apple and the judgment, Trojan War - The elopement of Helen, Trojan War - The marshalling of the forces, Trojan War - The War, Trojan War - Telephus, Trojan War - Philoctetes, Trojan War - Arrival, Trojan War - The death of Achilles, Trojan War - Achilles' armour/death of Ajax, Trojan War - Diomedes, Trojan War - The Trojan Horse, Trojan War - The aftermath, Trojan War - The Trojan War in art, Trojan War - Participants, Trojan War - Armies on the Greek side Achaeans, Trojan War - Armies on the Trojan side, Trojan War - Participants on the Greek side, Trojan War - Participants on the Trojan side, Trojan War - Participant/killer, Trojan War - Unknown side, Trojan War - Cultural References, Trojan War - In film

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The ghost of Achilles appeared to the survivors of the war, demanding Polyxena, the Trojan princess, be sacrificed before anybody could leave. Neoptolemus did so. According to the Odyssey, Menelaus's fleet was blown by storms to Crete and Egypt where they were unable to sail away because the wind was calm. Menelaus had to catch Proteus, a shape-shifting sea god to find out what sacrifices to which gods he would have to make to guarantee safe passage. Proteus also told Menelaus that he was destined for Elysium (Heaven) after his death. ...

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Trojan War, Trojan War - Background, Trojan War - Peleus and Thetis the apple and the judgment, Trojan War - The elopement of Helen, Trojan War - The marshalling of the forces, Trojan War - The War, Trojan War - Telephus, Trojan War - Philoctetes, Trojan War - Arrival, Trojan War - The death of Achilles, Trojan War - Achilles' armour/death of Ajax, Trojan War - Diomedes, Trojan War - The Trojan Horse, Trojan War - The aftermath, Trojan War - The Trojan War in art, Trojan War - Participants, Trojan War - Armies on the Greek side Achaeans, Trojan War - Armies on the Trojan side, Trojan War - Participants on the Greek side, Trojan War - Participants on the Trojan side, Trojan War - Participant/killer, Trojan War - Unknown side, Trojan War - Cultural References, Trojan War - In film

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According to Homer, Diomedes enters the war with a fleet of 80 ships, only second to Agamemnon's contribution of 100. According to some interpretations, Diomedes is represented in the epic as the most valiant soldiers of the war, who never commits hubris. He's oftently referred by Homer as the youngest amongst the Achaean warrior-Kings, and yet the most powerful fighter, only bested by Achilles. On other occasions Ajax is also characterized as the second best warrior of the Achaean force. However during Patroclus' funeral games, both Diomede ...

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Diomedes, Diomedes - Early Myths, Diomedes - Trojan War, Diomedes - Aftermath, Diomedes - Death

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During the Iliad, Ajax is notable for his strength and courage, which he displays in abundance, particularly in two fights with Hector. In Book VII, Ajax is chosen by lot to meet Hector in a duel which lasts most of a whole day. Ajax at first gets the better of the encounter, wounding Hector with his spear and knocking him down with a large stone, but Hector fights on until the heralds, acting at the direction of Zeus, call a draw: the action ends without a winner ...

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Telamonian Aias, Telamonian Aias - Aias the Great, Telamonian Aias - Trojan War, Telamonian Aias - Lineage

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Troy (Greek Τροία Troia also Ἰλιον; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, scene of the Trojan War, part of which is described in Homer's Iliad, an epic poem in Ancient Greek, composed in the 8th or 7th century BC, but containing older material (Iliad means "epic of Ilion"). Troy (Turkish: Truva) is also the name of an archaeological site, the traditional location of Homeric Troy, in Asia Minor or Anatolia, close to the seacoast in what is now northwest Turkey, so ...

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• Troy - Legendary Troy
• Troy - Homeric Troy
• Troy - Archaeological Troy
• Troy - Troy I–V
• Troy - Troy VI
• Troy - Troy VII
• Troy - Troy IX
• Troy - Excavation campaigns
• Troy - Schliemann
• Troy - Dörpfeld Blegen
• Troy - Korfmann
• Troy - Hittite evidence
• Troy - Homeric Ilion and historical Wilusa
• Troy - Status of the Iliad
• Troy - The Iliad as essentially legendary
• Troy - The Iliad as essentially historical
• Troy - Tourism
• Troy - Troy in later legend

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In Greek mythology, Ἀχιλλεύς, transliterated to Akhilleus or Achilleus in Roman letters, Latinized from this ancient Greek to Achilles, appearing in Etruscan as Achle, was a hero (ancient Greek heros, "defender") of the Trojan War, the greatest and the most central character of Homer's Iliad. Achilles - Name. The very first two lines of the Iliad read (in transliteration): "Menin aeide th ...

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• Achilles - Name
• Achilles - Birth
• Achilles - Achilles in the Trojan War
• Achilles - Telephus
• Achilles - During the Trojan War
• Achilles - Other Stories About Achilles
• Achilles - The Lost Play of Aeschylus
• Achilles - Spoken-word myths audio
• Achilles - Achilles in Music
• Achilles - Achilles in film
• Achilles - Namesakes
• Achilles - Bibliography

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In Greek mythology, silver-footed Thetis (Greek Θέτις) is a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of "the ancient one of the seas," Nereus, and Doris (Hesiod, Theogony), a grand-daughter of Tethys. Thetis - Thetis as goddess. While most extant material about Thetis concerns her role as mother of Achilles, and while she is largely a creature of poetic fancy rather than cult worship in the historical period, a few fragmentary hints and references suggest an older layer of the tradition wh ...

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• Thetis - Thetis as goddess
• Thetis - Thetis and the other gods
• Thetis - Thetis Achilles and the Trojan War

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Agamémnon (Greek: Αγαμέμνων) ("very resolute"), one of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae (or Argos) and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus. Agamemnon - Early life. Agamemnon's father Atreus was murdered by Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes. During this period Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, king of Sparta. There they respectively married Tyndareus' dau ...

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• Agamemnon - Early life
• Agamemnon - The Trojan War
• Agamemnon - Return to Greece
• Agamemnon - Other stories
• Agamemnon - Agamemnon in modern fiction and film

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Aias (Greek: Αἴᾱς), or Ajax was a king of Salamis, and a legendary hero of ancient Greece. Telamonian Aias - Aias the Great. To distinguish him from Aias, son of Oileus ("Aias the Lesser"), he was called Aias the Great or Telamonian Aias. In Homer's Iliad he is described as of great stature and colossal frame, the tallest among all the Achaeans, second only to his cousin Achilles in strength and bravery, and th ...

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• Telamonian Aias - Aias the Great
• Telamonian Aias - Trojan War
• Telamonian Aias - Lineage

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Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian divinities. In later times he became in part confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon in religious contexts. But Apollo and Helios/Sol remained quite separate beings in literary/mythological texts. In Etruscan mythology, he was know ...

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• Apollo - Worship
• Apollo - Etymology of the name
• Apollo - Apollo in art
• Apollo - Appellations
• Apollo - Birth
• Apollo - Youth
• Apollo - Apollo and Admetus
• Apollo - Apollo During the Trojan War
• Apollo - Niobe
• Apollo - Apollo's romantic life and children
• Apollo - Heterosexual relationships
• Apollo - Homosexual relationships
• Apollo - Apollo and the Birth of Hermes
• Apollo - Other stories
• Apollo - Musical contests
• Apollo - Miscellaneous
• Apollo - Spoken-word myths - audio files
• Apollo - Apollo in popular culture

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In Greek mythology, Kebriones was the son of King Priam of Troy and a slave. He was his half-brother Hektor's charioteer during the Trojan War. He was killed by Patroklos. Iliad VII, 318' XI, 521; XVI, 727. Category: People who fought in the Trojan War ...

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In Greek mythology, Cleite was one of the twelve Amazons who were to accompany Penthesilea to the Trojan War. Her ship was blown off course and she landed in Italy, founding the city of Clete. Other related archivesAmazons, Greek mythology, Italy, Penthesilea, Trojan War

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The Kypria (Greek: Κύπρια; Latin: Cypria) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Trojan War cycle, that is, the "Trojan" cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Kypria comes chronologically at the beginning of the Epic Cycle, and is followed by that of the Iliad. The Kypria was usually attributed by ancient writers to Stasinos of Kypros, though not without argument. The poem comprised eleven books of verse in dactylic hexameter.

• Kypria - Date
• Kypria - Content
• Kypria - Reception
• Kypria - Editions

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In Greek mythology, Amycus was the son of Poseidon and Melia. He was a boxer and King of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia. Polydeuces beat him in a boxing match when the Argonauts passed through Bithnyia. He was also a prominent Trojan during the Trojan War. He married Theona and had one son: Mimas. Category: Greek mythological people ...

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Andromache (c. 425 BC) is a play by Euripides. It follows Andromache during her life as a slave, years after the events of the Trojan War. Andromache play - Characters. Andromache Maid Chorus of Phthian Women Hermione Menelaus Molossus Peleus Nurse of Hermione Orestes Messenger Thetis Andromache play - Background. During the Trojan War, Andromache's husband Hecto ...

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• Andromache play - Background

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In Greek mythology, Calchis was an oracle who told Agamemnon that he had angered Artemis and needed to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia in order to leave Aulis for Troy to fight in the Trojan War. Category: Classical oracles Other related archivesAgamemnon, Artemis, Aulis, Classical oracles, Greek mythology, Iphigenia, Trojan War, Troy, oracle

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In Roman mythology, the Aeneads were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Virgil also used the word as a synonym of "Trojan", a person from Troy. The Aeneads included: Achates Acmon Anchises Ascanius Iapyx the Lares Mimas Misenus the Penates Sergestus Category: Roman mythology ...

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588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on February 22, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the Trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, a fictional hero from the Trojan War. It orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system. After a few such asteroids were discovered, the rule was established that the L4 point was the "Greek camp", while the L5 point was the "Trojan camp", though not before each camp had acquired a "spy" (624 Hektor in th ...

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In Greek mythology, one of these people: In the Iliad, Antiphus, or Ántiphos, a Trojan ally, the son of Talaemenes and a nymph. During the Trojan War, he was killed by Agamemnon. One of the 50 sons of Priam, and son of Hecuba. A Greek commander who sailed from Troy with Odysseus and was devoured by Polyphemus. Iliad IV, 489. Other related archivesAgamemnon, Greek, Greek mythology, Hecuba, Iliad, Odysseus, Polyphemus, Priam, Tr

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