Trojan War
(The). The siege of Troy by the Greeks. After a siege of
ten years the city was taken and burnt to the ground. The last year of
the siege is the subject of Homer's Iliad; the burning of Troy
and the flight of Æneas is a continuation by Virgil in his Æneid.
The Trojan War,
by Henry of Veldig, (Waldeck), a minnesinger (twelfth century) is
no translation of either Homer or Virgil, but a German adaptation of
the old tale. By far the best part of this poetical romance is where
Lavinia tells her tale of love to her mother.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Trojan War from Fact Monster:
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