Engelsk substantiv: Trojan War |
1. | Trojan War (om handling) (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of 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 |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The story of the Trojan War is told in Homer's Iliad.
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| Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | war, warfare |
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| Overordnet kategori | Greek mythology |
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