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Lesson 27: Timeline and Drill Questions Flashcards

1
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He could recite the “Illiad” from beginning to end.

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Alexander

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King of Persia defeated by Alexander.

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Darius III

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He cried at the age of 30 because he had no new worlds to conquer.

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Alexander

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4
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The name of Alexander’s horse.

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Bucephalus

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5
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He cut the Gordian knot.

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Alexander

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6
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Alexander destroyed this city, pulling every building but one to the ground.

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Thebes

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7
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Father of Alexander who conquered Greece.

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Philip of Macedonia

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8
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Greek military formation that made the Greeks superior fighters.

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phalanx

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9
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371 B.C.

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battle of Leuctra

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10
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362 B.C.

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battle of Mantinea

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11
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Two leaders who liberated Thebes from Sparta

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Epaminondas and Pelopidas

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12
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401 B.C.

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battle of Cunaxa

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13
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399 B.C.

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trial and death of Socrates

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14
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Three Persian leaders who fought with the Greeks and are found in the Bible.

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Darius, Xerxes, Cyrus

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15
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Name of book detailing the March of the 10,000.

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Anabasis

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16
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Persian king during the March of the 10,000.

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Artaxerxes

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17
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Student of Socrates who led the 10,000 out of Persia.

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Xenophon

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18
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Persian general who attempted seizure of his brother’s throne.

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Cyrus

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19
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He drank hemlock cheerfully.

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Socrates

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20
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The love of wisdom.

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philosphy

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21
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The ugliest person in all of Greece.

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Socrates

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22
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Greek philosopher who recorded the wisdom of Socrates.

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Plato

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23
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Socrates’ question-and-answer method of teaching.

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Socratic Method

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24
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Plato’s open-air school at Athens.

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the Academy

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25
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431-404 B.C.

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Peloponnesian War

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26
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430 B.C.

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plague at Athens

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27
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Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian war who captured Athens.

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Lysander

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28
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He pulled down the Long Walls to the sound of music.

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Lysander

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29
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Thirty men who were appointed by the Spartans to govern Athens.

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Thirty Tyrants

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30
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Naval commander during the Peloponnesian War who was an Athenian fop.

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Alcibiades

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31
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How the Greeks dated time.

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Olympic Games

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32
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The Olympic Games were held here.

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Elis

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33
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443-429 B.C.

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Pericles dominates Athenian politics

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34
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Long war that destroyed the Athenian Empire.

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Peloponnesian War

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35
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He found Athens a city of brick and left it a city of marble.

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Pericles

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36
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He wrote a history of the Persian Wars and is called the Father of History.

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Herodotus

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37
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Greek historian who wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War.

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Thucydides

38
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The greatest statesman in the history of Greece.

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Pericles

39
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He had the Parthenon built while he was leader of Athens.

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Pericles

40
Q

Athens and Thebes were on this part of Greece.

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Attica

41
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The name of the Temple of Athena on the Acropolis

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Parthenon

42
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The sculptor who put a likeness of himself on the shield of Athena.

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Phidias

43
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468 B.C.

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Cimon defeats Persians

44
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He began the Long Walls of Athens and defeated the Persians in Asia Minor.

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Cimon

45
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The son of Miltiades who hung his bridle in the temple of Athena.

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Cimon

46
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The port city of Athens.

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Piraeus

47
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Four mile long walls connecting Athens to the sea.

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Long Walls

48
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The two legs of Greece.

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Athens and Sparta

49
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Two Greek dramatists at the time of Cimon.

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Aeschylus and Sophocles

50
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Greek comic playwright.

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Aristophanes

51
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479 B.C.

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battle of Plataea

52
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This rival of Themistocles was banished because he was just.

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Aristides

53
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Last land battle of the Persian Wars.

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Plataea

54
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Word that means “to banish” and “earthenware tablet.”

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ostracism

55
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Persian general during the Persian Wars.

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Mardonius

56
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Spartan general who defeated Persians at Plataea

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Pausanias

57
Q

Last sea battle of the Persian Wars.

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Mycale

58
Q

He defeated the Persians at Salamis but later went to their side.

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Themistocles

59
Q

The wooden walls of Athens.

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war ships

60
Q

480 B.C.

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battles of Thermopylae, Salamis

61
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The hero of Thermopylae.

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Leonidas

62
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Elite Spartan military force.

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Spartan 300

63
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He ordered his soldiers to scourge the water with 300 lashes.

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Xerxes

64
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The narrow channel of water separating Europe from Asia.

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Hellespont

65
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490 B.C.

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battle of Marathon

66
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King of Persia who initiated the Persian Wars.

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Darius

67
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The hero of Marathon.

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Miltiades

68
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He ran a marathon to announce the Athenian victory over the Persians

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Phidippides

69
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560 B.C.

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coup of Pisistratus

70
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527 B.C.

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death of Pisistratus

71
Q

Rule by magistrates or councils.

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republic

72
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Tyrant of Athens who ordered the poems of Homer to be written down.

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Pisistratus

73
Q

The Acropolis was in this city.

A

Athens

74
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The sacred tree that grew on the Acropolis

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olive tree

75
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The citadel of Athens.

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Acropolis

76
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The only state in Greece that never became a republic.

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Sparta

77
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624 B.C.

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Draco’s code

78
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594 B.C.

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Solon’s reforms

79
Q

It was said that this Athenian’s laws were written in blood.

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Draco

80
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The great lawgiver of Athens that made it a government of all the people.

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Solon

81
Q

Rule by the many.

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democracy

82
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Rich king of Lydia.

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Croesus

83
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776 B.C.

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first Olympic games

84
Q

650 B.C.

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Lycurgus

85
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He ordered the money of Sparta to be made of iron.

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Lycurgus

86
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His reforms made Sparta the greatest military state in Greece.

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Lycurgus

87
Q

Rule by the few.

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oligarchy

88
Q

The slaves of the Spartans.

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Helots

89
Q

The part of Greece that is shaped like a hand

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Peloponnesus

90
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1200 B.C.

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Trojan War

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