S6E7 - Troy: The Bitter Rancor of Achilles
Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids
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The War of Troy
According to the Iliad, the Greek soldiers were there for nine more years. The war that was once a highly anticipated event said to bring about unspeakable glory turned into a bunch of heavily armed soldiers just kind of hanging out at the beach. In those long years, the Greeks obviously needed to gather food and supplies so they'd fan out into the Trojan countryside causing destruction wherever they went. One night, the Greeks raided a nearby town and captured two women named Chrisius and Briceus. They gave them to King Agamemnon and Achilles.
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