Trojan War
n.
(Greek Mythology) war between the Greeks and Trojans which lasted 10 years and was caused by the kidnapping of Helen of Troy by Paris and ended with the destruction of Troy
Trojan War
The Trojan War was waged, according to
Greek mythology, against the city of
Troy by the armies of the
Achaeans (Mycenaean
Greeks), after
Paris of Troy stole
Helen from her husband
Menelaus, king of
Sparta. The war is among the most important events in
Greek mythology, and was narrated in many works of
Greek literature, including the
Iliad and the
Odyssey of
Homer. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy, while the Odyssey describes the journey home of
Odysseus, one of the Achaean leaders. Other parts of the story were narrated in a
cycle of epic poems, which has only survived in fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for
Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for
Roman poets like
Virgil and
Ovid.
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Trojan War
Noun
1. (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; "the story of the Trojan War is told in Homer's Iliad"
(hypernym) war, warfare
(classification) Greek mythology
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