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Five of Iliad’s Lesser Known Characters Make Grandest Story Ever Told
Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...
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Was Helen Really to Blame for the Trojan War – or Just a Scapegoat?
The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...
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Achilles wrote to wife in Athens during Civil War
Achilles’ tales from the Civil War battlefront aren’t so very different than those of Achilles from the front lines of the Trojan War. Thanks to the ancient, epic poet Homer, we can understand ...
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Ancient Greece: The Trojan War - Episode 6
Achilles is killed by a flukey arrow to the heel and Odysseus has a plan for a secret weapon to end the war - a wooden horse. The Old Soldier returns to the prophecy that Achilles will be killed ...
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Ancient Greece: The Trojan War - Episode 4
At which point the Trojan, Pandarus, fires an arrow at Menelaus and the fight is back on. The Greeks are missing Achilles so the Soldier visits Achilles's tent with Patroclus, the hero's cousin ...