Tenedos

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Tenedos [ˈtɛnɪˌdɒs]

(Placename) an island in the NE Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles: in Greek legend the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy Modern Turkish name Bozcaada

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Bozcaada island			(13) as analysed by Proclus was very similar to Vergil's version in "Aeneid" ii, comprising the episodes of the wooden horse, of Laocoon, of Sinon, the return of the Achaeans from Tenedos, the actual Sack of Troy, the division of spoils and the burning of the city. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context Involuntarily the names of Naxos, Tenedos, and Carpathos, rise before the mind, and we seek vainly for Ulysses' vessel or the "clipper" of the Argonauts. Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. The Iliad by Homer View in context			Tendonous tendonous synovitis Tendosynovitis Tendrac Tendre Tendresse tendril tendril-climbing Tendriled Tendron Tendry tendu Tendulkar Tene Tenebrae Tenebricose tenebrific Tenebrificous tenebrionid Tenebrionidae Tenebrious tenebrism Tenebrose Tenebrosity tenebrous Tenedos tenement tenement block tenement district tenement house Tenemental Tenementary Tenent Teneral Tenerife Teneriffe Tenerity Tenesmic tenesmus tenet tenfold Teng Hsiao-ping Teng Hsiaoping tenge Tengri Khan Tengri Nor tenia teniacide teniafuge teniasis Teniers			Tenebrescent Tenebricose tenebrific Tenebrificous Tenebrio Molitor Tenebrio Molitor Tenebrio Molitor tenebrionid Tenebrionidae Tenebrionidae tenebrionids Tenebrionoidea tenebrious Tenebrism Tenebrist tenebrists Tenebrose tenebrosity Tenebroso tenebrous Tenecteplase Tenecteplase tenectomy Tenedhos Tenedhos Tenedor Tenedor de bonos Tenedor registrado Tenedor titular Tenedos Ténedos Ténedos tenement tenement tenement tenement tenement block Tenement building Tenement building tenement district tenement house tenement house tenement house tenement house tenement houses tenement houses tenement houses tenement houses Tenement housing Tenement housing tenemental tenemental tenemental tenemental Tenementary Tenements Tenements Tenements Tenements Tenendas

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