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In The Aeneid how were the Trojans convinced to bring the horse into the city?
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Sinon -a Greek spy posing as a deserter - tells the Trojans that the Wooden Horse is a magical object which will exert its power against Troy if left on the beach, but which can be turned to direct its black magic against Sparta and Mycenae (the two Greek cities behind the raid on Troy) if brought inside the city walls.
Like many ancient cities Troy had magical walls. When the horse is brought through the gates it chips the city wall with its head (it has been deliberately made tall enough to do so). This breaks the magical ring around the city, and Troy is ready to fall.
(But Aeneas will rescue the Palladium - the holy relic which contains Troy's 'soul' - and take it to Italy, where it will be reborn as a new Troy in the form of Rome).
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In book two of the Aeneid the two characters who warn against the trogan horse are?
Laocoon, a prophet of Poseidon, tries to tell the Trojans about the evils of the horse. As he speaks, two serpents arrive and eat Laocoon and his two sons. Later, Cassandra, a prophetess, tells the Trojans about the doom they will incur if they bring the horse into the city. Unfortunately, Cassandra has been cursed so that she speaks the truth, but no one will ever believe her.
In the Aeneid why do the Trojans assume that the Greeks have sailed for home?
In Book II of the Aeneid the Trojans notice that the Greek ships have gone from the beach in front of Troy. In fact the Greeks have only moved their navy around the headland to Tenedos - but the Trojans don't know this. (Vergil makes it clear that the Trojans are ready to believe that the Greeks are gone, because that is what they want to believe). The Trojans leave the city and walk around the abandoned Greek camp. They find the Wooden Horse, and they capture Sinon - a Greek warrior who claims to have deserted the Greek army. Sinon confirms that the Greeks have abandoned the siege - but he is a carefully planted spy. (Sinon will later be the one who opens the horse once it is within Troy's walls).
Who were the Greeks in the Trojan horse?
They were soldiers. After the Trojans opened their city wall to bring the wooden horse in, the soldiers came out and captured the city, ending the ten-year Trojan War.
Where do they get the saying beware of the Greeks bearing gifts?
From the Iliad, the Trojan Horse - a gift of the Greeks. --more precisely a quote from the Aeneid. Laocoon, a priest of Poseidon, tries in vain to warn the Trojans about the horse, but at the moment he speaks out, he and his two sons are strangled by sea serpents (a punishment for procreating on ground sacred to poseidon). The Trojans took this is a sign to ignore his warnings and allowed the horse (and the Greeks it carried) into the city. The line reads: Equo ne credite, Tuecri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et ferentis Translated: Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts
Who was the Trojan horse sent to?
The trojans "derrrrr"
What convinces the Trojans to bring the horse into the city?
In The Aeneid, Aeneas recounts his story of Troy to Dido. He tells her that Sinon, a Greek, helped to convince the Trojans to bring the horse into the city by telling them that it was made in honor of Minerva. Laocoon, the Trojan priest, hurled a spear at the horse and he and his two sons were eaten by serpents that rose out of the sea. The Trojans see this as Minerva's protection of the horse and believing it was a holy object, brought it into the city.
Who was the spy who convinced the trojans to bring the wooden horse into troy?
Princess/Priestess Cassandra but she was cursed w the prohency of being correct but never believed by Apollo.
In book two of the Aeneid the two characters who warn against the trogan horse are?
Laocoon, a prophet of Poseidon, tries to tell the Trojans about the evils of the horse. As he speaks, two serpents arrive and eat Laocoon and his two sons. Later, Cassandra, a prophetess, tells the Trojans about the doom they will incur if they bring the horse into the city. Unfortunately, Cassandra has been cursed so that she speaks the truth, but no one will ever believe her.
Why do the Trojans finally decide to bring the horse inside the gates?
The Trojans bring the horse inside the gates because they believe it is a gift from the Greeks as a peace offering. They are unaware that Greek soldiers are hidden inside the horse waiting to attack once inside the city walls.
In the Aeneid why do the Trojans assume that the Greeks have sailed for home?
In Book II of the Aeneid the Trojans notice that the Greek ships have gone from the beach in front of Troy. In fact the Greeks have only moved their navy around the headland to Tenedos - but the Trojans don't know this. (Vergil makes it clear that the Trojans are ready to believe that the Greeks are gone, because that is what they want to believe). The Trojans leave the city and walk around the abandoned Greek camp. They find the Wooden Horse, and they capture Sinon - a Greek warrior who claims to have deserted the Greek army. Sinon confirms that the Greeks have abandoned the siege - but he is a carefully planted spy. (Sinon will later be the one who opens the horse once it is within Troy's walls).
Who were the Greeks in the Trojan horse?
They were soldiers. After the Trojans opened their city wall to bring the wooden horse in, the soldiers came out and captured the city, ending the ten-year Trojan War.
Why do they call phone hackers Trojans?
They call them Trojans because of the Trojan horse. The Trojans use a horse to get into the kingdom just like phone hackers (Trojans) use ads and apps made by them to get into your phone.
Who was Sinon What was his role in the greek tragedy?
Sinon, a son of Aesimus, was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War. He pretended he had deserted the Greeks and, as a Trojan captive, told the Trojans that the wooden horse the Greeks had left was intended as a gift to the gods to ensue their safe voyage home. He told them that the horse was made so big that the Trojans would not be able to move it into their city, because if they did they would be invincible to later Greek invasion. His story convinced the Trojans. The Trojans brought the Trojan Horse into their city. Inside the horse were Greek soldiers, who, as night fell, disembarked from the horse and opened the gates of Troy, thus sealing the fate of Troy. (From Wikipedia) a
Where do they get the saying beware of the Greeks bearing gifts?
From the Iliad, the Trojan Horse - a gift of the Greeks. --more precisely a quote from the Aeneid. Laocoon, a priest of Poseidon, tries in vain to warn the Trojans about the horse, but at the moment he speaks out, he and his two sons are strangled by sea serpents (a punishment for procreating on ground sacred to poseidon). The Trojans took this is a sign to ignore his warnings and allowed the horse (and the Greeks it carried) into the city. The line reads: Equo ne credite, Tuecri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et ferentis Translated: Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts
Who proved to be smarter Trojans or Spartans?
The Trojans did with that whole Trojan horse shenanigans.
What did the Greeks plan to do in order to trick the Trojans?
The Greeks his soldiers in a wooden horse (Trojan horse) and gave it to the Trojans as a gift to get Helen back.
In the Aeneid how is the death of Laocoon interpreted?
Laocoon begs the other Trojans to see the wooden horse as an enemy to the Trojans, asking them if wily Ulysses (Odysseus) would really just leave their shores without an attempt to sack the city. Sinon, a member of the Greeks recently captured in Trojan hands claims the horse is really a monument to Minerva. When Laocoon throws his spear at the wooden horse, he therefore is interpreted as "angering" Minerva, who then sends twin serpents to kill Laocoon's two sons and finally himself. The rest of the Trojans, not wanting to anger Minerva, drag the horse into their city, sealing their fate and allowing the city to be sacked that same mnight.
