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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

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94H23the Greeks leap out of the horse and start pillaging the city and killing the Trojans

94H2 the fall of Troy; Troy burning

94H233 Cassandra, sheltering in Minerva's temple (sometimes with Andromache), is dragged away by Ajax the Lesser, while she holds the image of the goddess
94H231 Menelaus' meeting with Helen
94H232 Priam, Hecuba and their daughters take refuge at the altar of Jupiter in the courtyard of the palace

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ancient history
burning (city)
classical antiquity
destruction (of city)
Greek legend
hero
heroic legend
history
legend
massacre
mythology
plundering
Trojan horse
Trojan war
Troy

94H23

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