Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    The Trojan War and sack of Troy

    event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages

    capture of Troy · the sack of Troy · the war · the way from Troy · when Troy once taken

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    The Trojan War / sack of Troy1 mention

    Electra (Greek)

    O ancient plain of land, the streams of Inachus, from which king Agamemnon once mounted war on a thousand ships and sailed to the land of Troy.
    electra

    in the texts

    ElectraClassical · Greek

    The ten-year war and eventual destruction of Troy led by Agamemnon, the source of his glory and the prelude to his murder.

    O ancient plain of land, the streams of Inachus, from which king Agamemnon once mounted war on a thousand ships and sailed to the land of Troy.
    electra
    See if my filthy hair, and the rags of my dress, will be fit for a princess, a daughter of Agamemnon, or for Troy, once taken, which remembers my father.
    electra

    OdysseyClassical · Greek

    The ten-year war at Troy and its culmination in the sack of Priam's city, recalled throughout Nestor's narrative.

    I seek news [ kleos] of my unhappy father Odysseus, who is said to have sacked the town of Troy in company with yourself.
    chapter 3
    "When however, we had sacked the city of Priam, and were setting sail in our ships as heaven had dispersed us, then Zeus saw fit to vex the Argives on their homeward voyage [ nostos];
    chapter 3
    "My friend," answered Nestor, "you recall a time of much sorrow to my mind, for the brave Achaeans suffered much both at sea, while privateering under Achilles, and in that district [ dêmos] when fighting before the great city of king Priam.
    chapter 3