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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > the Trojan war: the journey to Troy > the assembled Greeks in Aulis > sacrifice to Jupiter and Apollo: a snake swallows a nest of eight young birds and their mother; the augur Calchas explains the portent

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94D12sacrifice to Jupiter and Apollo: a snake swallows a nest of eight young birds and their mother; the augur Calchas explains the portent  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • Apollo
  • assembly
  • augur
  • Aulis
  • bird
  • Calchas
  • classical antiquity
  • divination
  • eight
  • explaining
  • fleet
  • Greek legend
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • journey
  • Jupiter
  • legend
  • mythology
  • nest
  • sacrificing
  • sailing
  • snake
  • swallowing
  • Trojan war
  • Troy

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