11) Priam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Priam, (pri´m) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, king of Troy during the Trojan War, son of Laomedon. Priam had several wives and was the father of 50 sons and many daughters....
12) Achilles. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Greek Mythology The hero of Homer's Iliad, the son of Peleus and Thetis and slayer of Hector....
13) Hecuba. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hecuba, (hek´yoob) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, chief wife of Priam, king of Troy. Hecuba bore to Priam 19 children, including Paris, Hector, Troilus, Cassandra, and...
14) Ajax. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ajax, (a´jaks) (KEY) , Gr. Aias, in Greek mythology. 1 Hero of the Trojan War, son of Telamon, thus called the Telamonian Ajax, also called Ajax the Greater. In the...
15) Achilles. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Achilles, (kil´ez) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis. He was a formidable warrior, possessing fierce and...
16) Trojan War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of...
17) Achilles. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Achilles (uh-KIL-eez) In classical mythology, the greatest warrior on the Greek side in the Trojan War. When he was an infant, his mother tried to make him immortal...
18) Horse. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...One of the horses of Sunna. The word means the "hot one." (Scandinavian mythology.) 6 Abas ter (Greek). One of the horses of Pluto. The word means "away from the...
19) Trojan War. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Trojan War In classical mythology, the great war fought between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks sailed to Troy in order to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful...
20) opera. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...by the example of ancient Greek drama; accordingly, the earliest operas took their plots from mythology, the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice being one of the most...
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