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PLATAEAA defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
CATPERSONOne in charge of a Persian army, perhaps?
IONIAAncient region of Asia Minor, colonised by the Greeks in around 1100 BC (5)
ELOBEIDCity in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5)
TROJANSDefeated by the Greeks in a legendary war (7)
DISCIObjects thrown by the Greeks in the ancient Olympic Games
TROYCity besieged by the Greeks in the Iliad (4)
ACHILLESHe was the son of Peleus and Thetis and chief hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War. In Troilus and Cressida (act 1, scene 2), Cressida says, "There among the Greeks ___, a better man than Troilus."
AGAMEMNONIn Greek mythology, the brother of Menelaus and king of Mycenae, who led the Greeks in the Trojan War (9)
NESTORKing of Pylos who was the oldest of the Greeks in the Trojan War (6)
SEDGEMOORA low-lying plain in Central Somerset, scene of the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (9)
MYCALEBattle of 479 BC, a turning point in the wars between Greek city-states and Persia (6)
GIDEONLeader in a defeat of Midianite raiders in the book of Judges
BRIANKing of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4)
BORUKing of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4)
CONFUCIUSChinese moral philosopher (551-479 BC) whose ideas were posthumously collected in the Analects (9)
FROBISHERSir Martin, the maritime explorer who played a major role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada (9)
ELIZABETHIHenry VIII and Anne Boleyn's daughter whose reign as the last Tudor monarch saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (9,1)
HASTINGSWilliam the Conqueror's defeat of the Saxons in 1066 (8)
SILKFrom a name given by the Greeks and Romans to inhabitants of distant lands, word for cloth/fibre produced in sericulture; or, a garment, such as a KC's gown, made from this (4)