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Troy <ref name=" | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_188116" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> (n.) [[Troy]] weight. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80915" /> == | |||
<p> A city of Troas, a territory NW. of Mysia, Asia Minor, celebrated as the scene of the world-famous legend immortalised by the "Iliad" of [[Homer]] in his account of the war caused by the rape of Helen, and which ended with the destruction of the city at the hands of the avenging Greeks. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_188116"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/troy Troy from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80915"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/troy Troy from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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