ENGC44H3 Lecture Notes - Gilbert Murray, Reminiscing, Go Nagai
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Women of troy: euripides"s message towards the significance of trojan war. Timeo danaos et dona ferentes. " (laocoon the oracle. ) Beware of greeks bearing gifts. " this important quote by the oracle summarizes the dangers and outcome of the trojan war. The twelve-year war and siege the greeks held onto the trojans ended when the greek deceived the trojans by ceasing fire with the gift of a large man-built wooden horse in honor of trojan"s victory of the greek. The trojan fell into the trickery and allowed the gigantic wooden horse to ender the walls of trojan and into the heart of the city. At night, when the trojans finished celebrated and all was quite, hidden greek men in the wooden horse came out and slaughtered the city. Trojan and allowed the remaining greek into the city to loot and destroy the city. The men and children were slaughtered, and women were taken from their homes and shipped away from troy.
