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A tale of courage and cleverness, with what looked like an appearance of Cupid (it was Valentine's Day, after all), was the tableau theme for this year's Achaeans Ball at the Sheraton New Orleans ...

For their annual Carnival revels, the Krewe of Achaeans journeyed to the Greek islands to "Return to Ithaca" Friday in the Celestin Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans.

Back-to-back Carnival balls celebrated the joy of masking and seasonal merriment. Both Hellenistic krewe names started with an “A,” Achaeans and Athenians, and both hailed debutante queens.

They also trailed 20-19 in the third set after the Achaeans rallied for five straight points to take the lead. After a timeout by East, it rallied by scoring six of the next seven points.

In Book II of the Iliad, the god sends Agamemnon, king of the Achaeans, a dream urging him to dispatch his men into battle, promising that this will end Troy’s siege.