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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 > Priam, Hecuba and their daughters take refuge at the altar of Jupiter in the courtyard of the palace > Neoptolemus kills Polites; Priam tries to intervene

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94H2321Neoptolemus kills Polites; Priam tries to intervene  

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Subject

  • altar
  • ancient history
  • burning (city)
  • classical antiquity
  • courtyard
  • destruction (of city)
  • Greek legend
  • Hecuba
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • intervening
  • Jupiter
  • killing
  • legend
  • massacre
  • mythology
  • Neoptolemus
  • palace
  • plundering
  • Polites
  • Priam
  • refuge
  • Trojan horse
  • Trojan war
  • Troy

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  • 94H2321

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