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1. (n.) Trojan War
a legendary war fought between a confederation of Greeks and the city of Troy as a result of the abduction of Helen by Paris.
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1. (noun) Trojan War
(Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground
"the story of the Trojan War is told in Homer's Iliad"
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