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noun - a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones
noun - an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
Also Ilion (VlùK-Nn, -mn) or Ilium (-K-Nm).
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| This system used in weighing precious metals derives its name from a French city that once held a medieval fair |
| The title of this Homeric film is also a Sun Belt Conference school located in Alabama |
| This city's different ages are given Roman numerals; it's believed the "Homeric" one was VIIa |
| In a Homer work, Sarpedon is a mighty defender of this city |
| To try to prevent her son from going to this city to fight, Thetis disguised Achilles as a girl & sent him away |
| The wooden statue Palladium kept this city safe until Odysseus & Diomedes took it |
| According to calculations by Eratosthenes, it was June 11, 1184 B.C. that this mythic city was sacked & burned |
| According to Homer, this ancient city had numerous gates, including the famous Scaean one |
| This ancient city was also known as Ilium |
| Ilus was an early king of this city that was also called Ilium in his honor |
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Troy (Ancient Greek: , Troia or , Troias and , Ilion or , Ilios; Latin: Troia and Ilium; Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha; Turkish: Truva or Troya) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida. The present-day location is known as Hisarlik. It was the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle, in particular in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: (Wilion); this is also supported by the Hittite name for what is thought to be the same city, Wilusa. * A new capital called Ilium (from Greek: , Ilion) was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople, became a bishopric and declined gradually i |