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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 tears out Polymnestor's eyes and kills his two sons

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94H2453Hecuba tears out Polymnestor's eyes and kills his two sons  

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Subject

  • abducting
  • ancient history
  • burning (city)
  • classical antiquity
  • destruction (of city)
  • dividing
  • eye
  • Greek legend
  • Hecuba
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • killing
  • legend
  • mythology
  • Polymnestor
  • prize
  • sacrificing
  • spoil
  • Trojan horse
  • Trojan war
  • Troy
  • Ulysses

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  • 94H2453

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