Definition of troy Troy
/tɹɔjˈ/ - [troy] - troy
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NounPlural: troys |
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| troy - an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War | ||
| Ilion, Ilium | ||
| anatolia, asia minor a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey | ||
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- troy (Adjective)
Of, or relating to, troy weight .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- troy (n.)
Troy weight.
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A historic and legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Iliad.
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The earliest traditions of the Greek people represent the country on both sides of the Ægean as peopled by various races, either of genuine Hellenic, or of closely affiliated tribes. Among those who peopled the eastern Asiatic coast were the Trojans. The story of the Trojan war is extremely simple. The Trojans, in the person of Paris, or Alexander, the son of the reigning monarch, Priam, are represented as having had certain dealings with the Achæans, or Greeks of the Peloponnesus, in the course of which the gay young prince carries off from the palace of Menelaus, king of Sparta, his spouse Helen, the greatest beauty of her age. To revenge this insult, the Greeks banded themselves together and sailed against Troy with a large fleet. The most notable of the tribes who took part in this expedition were the Argives, or Achæans, the Spartans, the Bœotians, and the Thessalians. Of the Thessalians, the most prominent captain was Achilles; and the general command of the whole expedition was committed to Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ. This well-appointed European army is represented as having spent nine years in besieging the god-built walls of the city of Priam without making any impression on its strength. A violent quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon, breaking out in the tenth year, so weakened the invading force that the Trojans, under Hector, pushed the Greeks back to the very verge of the sea, and almost set their ships on fire. At the critical moment, however, the Thessalian captain was reconciled to the head of the expedition; and with his return to the field the fortune of war changed; Hector, the champion of Troy, fell, and the impending doom of the city was darkly foreshadowed; it was finally captured and sacked, 1184 B.C. (the date generally accepted).
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Troy (Greek:, "Troia", also, "Ilion"; Latin: "Trōia", "Īlium",; Hittite: "Wilusa" or "Truwisa"; Turkish: "Truva") is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as told in the Epic Cycle as well as the "Iliad", one of the two epic poems thought to be written by Homer.
Today it is the name of an archaeological site, the traditional location of Homeric Troy, Turkish "Truva", in Hisarlık in Anatolia, close to the seacoast in what is now Çanakkale province in northwest Turkey, southwest of the Dardanelles under Mount Ida.
Troy was the most powerful kingdom in the Mediterranean sea, and thrived under the long rule of King Priam. His many sons, including the valiant, strong, unbeatable Hektor and Paris, a creative character who was not a strong fighter but a passionate man, are the best known in the Troy myth.
In Greece lay a Kingdom called Mycene, owned by Mycenian or Mykene people, ruled by King Agammenon, started a large campaign to pressure the Kingdoms of Greece and modern day Turkey to join his side and attack Troy, to capture its many riches. Legendary character, and King of Ithaca, King Odysseus (or Ulysses as he was also known), along with King Idomenous of Crete, with up to 22 more Kingdoms and Kings, spent 7 years attacking Troy. Eventually, Troy fell after a coup that Odysseus had thought up, using a wooden trojan horse to hide soldiers within in order to get soldiers behind the Trojan line of defence.
Before the fall of Troy, during the dawn of the War, King Priam s
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🔤- troy, noun, singular of troys.
- troy, adjective.
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