by Thomas Knepper

Created on: November 03, 2008

Talk about a roller coaster of emotion. The Trojan war lasted around 13 years, according to Homer. After all this time, with both sides bloodied and neither side gaining the upper hand, Troy had thought they won. The Greeks, realizing they could not take the city by storm, decided to build the still famous Trojan Horse in order to sneak into the city and sack it. The Greeks built the horse, hid their best troops inside it (led by Odysseus), boarded the remainder of their army on ships and left Troy. They hid nearby so as to come back and take the city once the gates were open, but at that moment, imagine what it would have been like for the Trojan citizens.

Troy won! Imagine after that many years of war, victory. To put it in perspective, World War II (for America) lasted around five years, and if you lived through it or studied it at all you know how people felt during the war, and the exuberance when the allies finally emerged victorious. This war lasted thirteen years. The Trojan citizens came out that morning and saw no army on their beaches. There was no enemy at their gates, no battering rams or archers, no danger. Imagine that party. There would have been complete love felt among the citizens of the city. Neighbors coming out hugging one another, sharing food and drink, partying throughout the city. Elation among the soldiers who would now survive to live in peace and raise a family. Joy from parents who would not have to see their sons drafted into the army in order to continue on the war. It would have been New York City after World War II, on crack. It would have been the place to be, a place where there was no fear, no anger. It would have been, for a few days at least, a Utopian society.

Troys King Priam was an extremely devoted religious leader. He ventured out of the city with his guard and stared up at the towering horse before him. You must understand the Greeks chose a horse for a reason. Troy was known for their beautiful horses that roamed the countryside and their cavalry was some of the finest in the world. Priam, seeing the horse, believed it would anger the Gods if he destroyed the horse. Thus the horse was brought into the city and set up in the city square so all could see. Little did the Trojans know, it housed the best Greek soldiers and their most cunning leader.

Troy partied that night. As was described above, they would have been partying like it was 1999. Everyone would have been drunk, most importantly, the army. During the night

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