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Two heroes fight before the wall of Troy. Painting by Gordon Dean.


Trojan (TROH-jan). Of or pertaining to Troy, a kingdom on the western coast of what is now Turkey. Thus Hector was a Trojan prince, slain in battle by the Greek hero Achilles. The Trojan War was a nine-year siege of Troy by the Greek allies of Menelaus.