Achilles’ Heel
- On March 3, 2011
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After eight years of war, the defenders of Troy could feel the Greek noose tightening around them. The countryside around the city had been devastated, and most of the outlying towns sacked. Yet allies still rallied to their defense. None could stand against Achilles. Yet Achilles own end was now near. As he pursued the [...]
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Cassandra
- On March 3, 2011
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Cassandra told the citizens of Troy that their doom was imminent. When Cassandra was visiting Apollo’s sanctuary one day, her beauty moved the god. As a mark of favor, he promised her the gift of prophecy. But in return he sought to have his way with her. Cassandra refused him. Apollo sought revenge. He could [...]
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Laocoon
- On March 3, 2011
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Odysseus left behind his friend Sinon. He pretended that Odysseus had sought to have him killed for having learned the truth about Palamedes’ death. He managed to escape but was left behind in the process. He convinced Priam that the wooden horse was under the protection of Athena, and any city that received it within [...]
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The Gates of Troy
- On March 3, 2011
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It was a fatal error. That night, under the cover of darkness, the Greek fleet left its hiding place and sailed back to Troy. At the same time the warriors inside the horse slipped out into the streets of the sleeping city. Hurrying to its entrances, they slit the throats of the guards and flung [...]
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The Trojan Women
- On March 3, 2011
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Meanwhile the women of the court were assigned as slaves to the Greek victors. Hector’s widow Andromache fell to Neoptolemus, while Queen Hecuba was given to Odysseus. The unhappy Cassandra was raped by the younger Ajax before Agamemnon’s mean seized her and took her to the king. Her violator did no go unpunished, for he [...]
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Land of the Lotus-Eaters
- On January 24, 2011
- By Andrew
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Odysseus was impatient to be home in Ithaca, but soon after he set sail from Troy storms blew his fleet off course and he came to land in Thrace. With his followers he attacked and burned the city of the Cicones, putting the men who defended it to the sword, but he spared Maro, a [...]
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Circe
- On January 24, 2011
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Odysseus sailed on to Aeaea, where some of the sailors went inland, and found the witch Circe in her palace. She invited them in to eat, and all accepted except Eurylochus, who was afraid it might be a trap. He watched his friends hungrily devour the drugged meal. Circe then used her magic wand to [...]
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Sirens
- On January 24, 2011
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Odysseus returned to Circe’s island once more, and she advised him that he must pass by the Sirens on his voyage home. The Sirens’ unbearably beautiful singing lured men to their deaths. Following Circe’s advice, Odysseus filled his sailors’ ears with beeswax so that they could not hear the songs. He planned to keep his [...]
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Scylla and Charybdis
- On January 24, 2011
- By Andrew
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Next the sailors had to pass between Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla was a monster with six heads on long necks, who squatted on a cliff and snatched sailors as they passed. Charybdis sucked in a vast amount of water three times each day, creating a whirlpool capable of swallowing ships that sailed too close. In [...]
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Nausikaa
- On January 24, 2011
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He woke to the sound of shrieking girls. Covering himself with a branch, he crept out from under the bushes to find a young princess at play with her maidservants. The other girls fled at the sight of the naked stranger, but Athena made the princess stand firm while Odysseus threw himself at her kness, [...]
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