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What Is A Trojan Horse?
I choose the figure 4.14 from the textbook shows a trojan horse that was drawn on a storage jar, which was found in Chora, Mykonos in 650 BCE. It was one of the old portrayals of the Trojan horse (Sayre, 109). It was one of the clear evidence of the city being damaged made by the scholars. Based on the Homers Iliad poem the drawing represents how the troy's were destroyed by the Greeks after fighting many years of war. The square boxes were windows representing the people were inside the wooden horse by the artist. There are also soldiers walking around the horse it appears like soldiers who got of the horse were helping the other to get out at the same time securing them from danger. More than that, it is telling us a story that the Greeks were very smart. When they had no way around to destroy the Trojans they made a plan that is not even thinkable by the Trojans. Greeks understood that massive protective wall is shielding the Trojan army. …show more content…
The Trojans never thought beyond that why the Greeks would leave a wooden horse behind when they were never ready to give up on the wars. After the war the horse was left behind as per Greeks plan but as a gift of victory for the Trojans. They found a Greek soldier hiding and asked him how come he is only one there and what the purpose of this horse is. The soldier told them his group didn't like him that is the reason he was left behind and that the wooden horse was a gift for the goddess Athena. Athena was the goddess of war and defense; they didn't want to leave the gift for her since she helped them to win the war so they took it along with them. The Trojans didn't think no matter how bad of a enemies the Greeks might be to each other, they would stand up together and not leave one of their soldiers. Trojan had no choice to leave the offer to their goddess Athena, they pulled to their
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