The Story of Troy

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Michael Clarke. The Story of Troy

The Story of Troy

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. HOMER, THE FATHER OF POETRY

II. THE GODS AND GODDESSES

THE STORY OF TROY

I. TROY BEFORE THE SIEGE

II. THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS

III. THE LEAGUE AGAINST TROY

IV. BEGINNING OF THE WAR

V. THE WRATH OF ACHILLES

VI. THE DREAM OF AGAMEMNON

VII. THE COMBAT BETWEEN MENELAUS AND PARIS

VIII. THE FIRST GREAT BATTLE

IX. THE SECOND BATTLE—EXPLOIT OF DIOMEDE AND ULYSSES

X. THE BATTLE AT THE SHIPS—DEATH OF PATROCLUS

XI. END OF THE WRATH OF ACHILLES—DEATH OF HECTOR

XII. DEATH OF ACHILLES—FALL AND DESTRUCTION OF TROY

XIII. THE GREEK CHIEFS AFTER THE WAR

PERSONS AND PLACES MENTIONED

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Homer, Michael Clarke

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Neptune. National Museum, Athens.

Though Neptune was bound to serve Laomedon for one year, there was an agreement between them that the god should get a certain reward for building the walls. But when the work was finished the Trojan king refused to keep his part of the bargain. Apollo had assisted by his powers of music. He played such tunes that he charmed even the huge blocks of stone, so that they moved themselves into their proper places, after Neptune had wrenched them from the mountain sides and had hewn them into shape. Moreover, Apollo had taken care of Laomedon's numerous flocks on Mount Ida. During the siege, Neptune, in a conversation with Apollo before the walls of Troy, spoke of their labors in the service of the Trojan king:

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