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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 divide the spoils and sacrifice to their gods > Polyxena is sacrificed by Neoptolemus on Achilles' tomb > the ghost of Achilles appears to the Greek chieftains asking the sacrifice of Polyxena

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94H2431the ghost of Achilles appears to the Greek chieftains asking the sacrifice of Polyxena  

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Subject

  • Achilles
  • Achilles' tomb
  • ancient history
  • appearance
  • burning (city)
  • chieftain
  • classical antiquity
  • destruction (of city)
  • dividing
  • ghost
  • Greek legend
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • human sacrifice
  • legend
  • mythology
  • Neoptolemus
  • Polyxena
  • sacrificing
  • spoil
  • tomb
  • Trojan horse
  • Trojan war
  • Troy

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