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Aug 2016
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EPISODE 12 “PARIS: PRINCE OF TROY”

JEFF WRIGHT
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THE STORY:  (58 minutes)   Hector proposes an audacious “exit strategy” to Agamemnon: a deal to end the war with just one man dead.  Intense diplomatic negotiations follow.  And just when it appears that Greek and Trojan have agreed to terms, a third, more powerful party, enters the conversation. THE COMMENTARY:  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OLYMPIAN G ... Show More
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