The Failure Of Troy's Victory In The Trojan War

While the city of Troy was being burned and sacked, a survivor known as Aeneas would begin a mission to deprive the Greeks of their victory of Troy not through the sword and spear, but through his words. Aeneas knew that the Greeks would tout themselves as brave strategists who managed to outwit the Trojans. The Greeks would make Aeneas city appear as though they were full of imbeciles that fell to the mighty hands of the Greeks. In order to tarnish the image the Greeks would no doubt boast, he would tell a story to Queen Dido that not only takes away the Greek’s ability to claim credit, but also say that the burning of Troy will allow the Trojan’s to become more powerful than the Greeks could ever have imagined.
In order to discredit the Greek’s victory, he said that the fall of Troy was not due to the Greek’s military tactics but instead of divine intervention set forth by the gods’ hatred of Troy. According to him, the gods had forsaken the Trojans and deliberately aided the Greeks in the destruction of Troy. They had sent the snakes to kill the only man who saw through the Trojan horse and made it so the Trojan’s would be unaware of their upcoming destruction. Had the gods not wanted Troy to be destroyed, …show more content…
In his story, the ghost of Hector tells Aeneas that the city is lost and that he must flee the city in order to help Troy live on for the survivors of Troy will form the greatest empire the world has ever known; Rome. If Aedeas dies in the city, Rome will never be formed and the Greeks would have truly won. While Aedeas does attempt to defend Troy with his fellow soldiers, he realizes that the ghost was correct and the city is lost. He leaves the city with as many survivors as he can bring. Aedeas will now carry on the legacy of Troy through his bloodline and the Greeks have inadvertently allowed for his future