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S6E7 - Troy: The Bitter Rancor of Achilles

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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The Trojan War and the Greeks

Homer uses a word in Greek that typically is only used to describe the rage of a god. Achilles was definitely an angry man, and he did bring a thousand troubles upon the Achaeans. Without Achilles fighting alongside the Greeks on the battlefield, they lost their fighting spirit. Go beyond Europe to explore great cultures of the Middle Ages around the globe.

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