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Homer: The IliadGrade 7dialectic Stage

The Duel of Paris and Menelaus

Paris and Menelaus agree to fight in single combat to settle the war. Menelaus nearly kills Paris, but Aphrodite rescues him. The duel should end the war, but it does not.

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