Some say it was founded when a dappled cow won at a wrestling contest lied down on the hill of Ate, and Ilus stopped there, prayed and found a large wooden object sunk into the earth which turned out to be the Palladium.
One story of its founding says that a prince was attacked by earth-born enemies under cover of darkness, as Apollo warned him he would be, when mice began nibbling at his war armor. Another story says that the death of Iasion caused his brother to migrate across the sea on a raft made of inflated skin ballasted with four stones, where he was received and given the princess Bateia in marriage. Some say it was founded when a dappled cow won at a wrestling contest lied down on the hill of Ate, and Ilus stopped there, prayed and found a large wooden object sunk into the earth which turned out to be the Palladium. FTP, name this city, which would later be ruled by Laomedon and Priam, and notably fought the Greeks in a war.
One story of its founding says that a prince was attacked by earth-born enemies under cover of darkness, as Apollo warned him he would be, when mice began nibbling at his war armor.
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