TROJAN WAR
\tɹˈə͡ʊd͡ʒən wˈɔː], \tɹˈəʊdʒən wˈɔː], \t_ɹ_ˈəʊ_dʒ_ə_n w_ˈɔː]\
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(Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of the Greek King 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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