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Meaning of TROJAN WAR
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Definition:
[n] (
Greek
mythology
)
a
great
war
fought
between
Greece
and
Troy
;
the
Greeks
sailed
to
Troy
to
recover
Helen
of
Troy
,
the
beautiful
wife
of
the
Greek
King
Menelaus
who
had
been
abducted
by
Paris
;
after
ten
years
the
Greeks
(
via
the
Trojan
Horse
)
achieved
final
victory
and
burned
Troy
to
the
ground
; "
the
story
of
the
Trojan
War
is
told
in
Homer
'
s
Iliad
"
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war
,
warfare
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