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Upon that date, the story goes, the Greek forces burned their camps, and departed by sea, leaving behind a gigantic wooden horse, designed and constructed by the engineer, Epeius, which was placed before the gates of Troy as a gesture of homage to the Trojans 'brave and successful defense of their kingdom against the Greek siege of ten years duration.
Terrorism, The Trojan Horse, and The Hypocrisy of Outsourcing 2007
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According to Homer, it was Odysseus who conceived of the idea and Epeius, known otherwise as the champion boxer at the funeral games of Patroclus, who built the Horse.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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According to Homer, it was Odysseus who conceived of the idea and Epeius, known otherwise as the champion boxer at the funeral games of Patroclus, who built the Horse.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Wherefore Minerva put it into the heart of Epeius, Lord of the Isles, that he should make a cunning device wherewith to take the city.
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Thoas the Ætolian, and Machaon the great physician, and Pyrrhus, son of Achilles (but Achilles himself was dead, slain by Paris, Apollo helping, even as he was about to take the city), and others also, and with them Epeius himself.
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Wherefore Minerva put it into the heart of Epeius, Lord of the Isles, that he should make a cunning device wherewith to take the city.
Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls Logan [Editor] Marshall
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The Trojans are now closely besieged, and Epeius, by Athena's instruction, builds the wooden horse.
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Come now, change thy strain, and sing of the fashioning of the horse of wood, which Epeius made by the aid of Athene, even the guileful thing, that goodly Odysseus led up into the citadel, when he had laden it with the men who wasted Ilios.
Book VIII Homer 1909
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By the hands of Epeius of Panopeus, and at the suggestion of Athene, a capacious hollow wooden horse was constructed, capable of containing one hundred men.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Come now, change thy strain, and sing of the fashioning of the horse of wood, which Epeius made by the aid of Athene, even the guileful thing, that goodly Odysseus led up into the citadel, when he had laden it with the men who wasted
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878
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