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Trojan War (The)

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The siege of Troy by the Greeks. After a siege of ten years the city was taken and burnt to the ground. The last year of the siege is the subject of Homer’s Iliad; the burning of Troy and the flight of Ænēas is a continuation by Virgil in his Ænēid.

The Trojan War, by Henry of Veldig, (Waldeck), a minnesinger (twelfth century) is no translation of either Homer or Virgil, but a German adaptation of the old tale. By far the best part of this poetical romance is where Lavinia tells her tale of love to her mother.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Trivia
Trivial
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Troehilus (The)
Troglodytes
Troilus
Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare)
Trois pour Cent
Trojan
Trojan War (The)
Trolls
Trolly
Trompée
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Troopers
Troops of the Line
Trophonios (Greek)
Troubadours
Trouble
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