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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 > Ulysses wins Hecuba as his prize > Hecuba finds her dead son Polydorus on the sea-shore > Polymnestor kills Polydorus and throws him into the water

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94H24521Polymnestor kills Polydorus and throws him into the water  

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Subject

  • abducting
  • ancient history
  • burning (city)
  • classical antiquity
  • corpse
  • destruction (of city)
  • dividing
  • finding
  • Greek legend
  • Hecuba
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • killing
  • legend
  • mother
  • mother and son
  • mythology
  • Polydorus
  • Polymnestor
  • prize
  • sacrificing
  • shore
  • son
  • spoil
  • throwing (being thrown)
  • Trojan horse
  • Trojan war
  • Troy
  • Ulysses
  • waters

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  • 94H24521

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