Trojan plain

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The Trojan plain is the broad expanse of land surrounding the ancient city of Troy, famed as the primary battlefield setting of the Trojan War in Greek mythology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological location
plain
appearsIn Epic Cycle
Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica
associatedDeity Apollo
Ares
Athena
Zeus
associatedHero Achilles
Agamemnon
Ajax the Greater
Hector
Odysseus
associatedWith Greek mythology
ancient city of Troy
linked to: Troy, ancient city
culturalSignificance symbolic setting of heroism and warfare in Greek epic
describedIn Homer's Iliad
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek
locatedIn Troad
northwestern Anatolia
linked to: Western Anatolia
modernCountry Turkey
near Aegean Sea
Scamander River
Simois River
notableEvent battle between Greeks and Trojans
duel of Achilles and Hector
primaryBattlefieldOf Trojan War
relatedDiscipline classical archaeology
classical studies
mythology studies
relatedWork Virgil's Aeneid
surrounds Troy
terrainType broad expanse of flat land
timePeriodOfMythicEvents mythic age of heroes
usedFor chariot warfare in myth

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Sarpedon deathLocation Trojan plain
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica setting Trojan plain and surrounding regions
linked to: Trojan plain
Scamander River flowsThrough plain of Troy
linked to: Trojan plain