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How is British politics like the Trojan War?
Is Michael Gove the new Odysseus and is Boris Johnson a modern day Achilles? King's College London classics professor Edith Hall explains the comparison.
(Photo: A gold mask of Agamemnon. In Greek mythology, King of Mycenae and a hero of the Trojan wars Credit: 蜜芽传媒)
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