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What is your favorite Greek mythology story?

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I want to get more into Greek mythology...what are some of your favorite stories?? And do you have any good mythology story collection books to recommend?
 
The myth of the Trojan horse has to be the best one! It's a great story of wit, military defeat, and trickery :) It's a classic Greek story
 
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