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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > last months of the siege and the fall of Troy > the fall of Troy; Troy burning > the Greeks leap out of the horse and start pillaging the city and killing the Trojans > Cassandra, sheltering in Minerva's temple (sometimes with Andromache), is dragged away by Ajax the Lesser, while she holds the image of the goddess

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94H233Cassandra, sheltering in Minerva's temple (sometimes with Andromache), is dragged away by Ajax the Lesser, while she holds the image of the goddess  

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Subject

  • Ajax the Lesser
  • ancient history
  • Andromache
  • burning (city)
  • Cassandra
  • classical antiquity
  • destruction (of city)
  • dragging
  • Greek legend
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • image
  • legend
  • massacre
  • Minerva
  • mythology
  • plundering
  • sheltering
  • temple
  • Trojan horse
  • Trojan war
  • Troy

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