The world: historical and actual . city as a Trojan priest, bythe name of La- ocoOn, tried to dis- site of suade them from this madness. I fear the Greeks,he said, even when they offer gifts. Hardlyhad he spoken thus, accompanied by his twosons, when two monstrous sea-serpents came ashore,making straight for the priest and his sons, whomthey strangled, and the popular cry was that thegods were angered by his opposition. With enthu-siasm, if hard work, the horse was brought withinthe walls. Previous to this, Ulysses and Diomed hadcrept into the town and stolen an image of Minerva,calle
The world: historical and actual . city as a Trojan priest, bythe name of La- ocoOn, tried to dis- site of suade them from this madness. I fear the Greeks,he said, even when they offer gifts. Hardlyhad he spoken thus, accompanied by his twosons, when two monstrous sea-serpents came ashore,making straight for the priest and his sons, whomthey strangled, and the popular cry was that thegods were angered by his opposition. With enthu-siasm, if hard work, the horse was brought withinthe walls. Previous to this, Ulysses and Diomed hadcrept into the town and stolen an image of Minerva,called the Palladium, which was the safety of thecity. The silly Trojans flattered themselves thatthey now had a substitute for the Palladium. Atnight when all was still, the men cut their way outof their equine box, set fire to the city, and openedthe gates to their friends who had quietly sailedback. The fall of Troy was thus brought about bystrategy and not by bravery. The slaughter wasterrible and relentless. Those who escaped the. sword were sold into slavery, including the surviv-ors of the royal family. A few fled under the lead-ership of vEneas, who, according to Virgil, was thefather of Rome. Helens crime was condoned byher husband with whom she returned to , she is represented as passive in theextreme. Varied were the experiences of the heroes. Achil-les had already been slain, shot in the heel (his onlyvulnerable spot) by a poisoned arrow from theshaft of the cowardly and mean Paris. The mur-der of Agamemnon upon the threshold of his ownpalace was a favorite theme of the tragedians, andthe sorrows of his children furnished occasion for illustrating the piti-lessness of fate. ButUlysses was the realhero after the fall ofTroy. He wanderedin many lands. Ho-mer represents himvisiting every landknown to the Greeks,real and fabulous,and experiencing allsorts of dangers. Heeven went to theinfernal regions The first country visited which was pur
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