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Troy
The city of Priam, also called Ilium and Pergamum, sacked by the Greeks; its fall and its smoking ruin are the setting of the whole play.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §805 queen of mighty Asia, has lowered
Troy (Ilium), the citadel of Asia humbled before Argos.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §88.40 Trojan war
The legendary ten-year siege of Troy, the matter of the Homeric epics.
- The Trojan Women §1 Troy
The city of Priam, also called Ilium and Pergamum; its fall and smoking ruin are the play's setting.