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| | The Trojan Asteroids (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Since Helen was already the wife of the Spartan king Menelaeus, Paris' acceptance of Aphrodite's bribe incurred the enmity of the Greeks, and of course the spurned goddesses were none too pleased, and as a result, after a twenty-year siege Troy was leveled, and its inhabitants killed, enslaved or scattered to the winds. |
 | | In a belated attempt at achieving celestial amity, asteroids in the leading group, at L4, are named after Greek characters, such as 588 Achilles, 659 Nestor, 911 Agamemnon, 1647 Menelaus and 1143 Odysseus (whose travels were chronicled in Homer's |
 | | However, 624 Hektor, which was named after a Trojan hero before the convention was adopted, is an unwitting spy in the Greek camp. |
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