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Troy
also: Τροΐα, Ilion
The city of the Trojan War, destroyed in the conflict Helen's flight set in motion; in Greek poetry the byword for a great power brought to ruin.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Book Two §44 sons of Ilus
Ἰλιάδαι, the Trojans as descendants of their founder Ilus; the city itself is Ἴλιον, Ilium, a few lines later. The whole town turns out — mules and carriages for the women, horses and chariots for the youths.
- The Major Poems §16 Troy
The city destroyed in the war Helen's flight set in motion — here standing for everything majesty can lose.