Informal Theme # 4.1: The story behind his story

                   What would you feel if you see your home falling into ashes? How about your impression when you found out that your homeland is being destroyed? Would you mind if your mortal nemesis will take over your land, destroy your culture, kill your countrymen, and slowly abolish your entire being as a courageous fighter? I think everyone of us would surely be depressed, be destitute and some would surely gone insane. But Aeneas is an exception to this prediction. Why? Well let me tell you the story, behind his story.

                 In Book II of Aeneid, Aeneas tells the story of how Troy fell and was defeated by the mighty Greeks. He reminisce the story that happened ten years ago: Greeks and Trojans were between a very disastrous war that happened to be because of the love affair of Paris and Helen. One day, an enormous wooden horse came in front of the gate of the Trojans. A Greek named Sinon, said that he was left behind by his Greek army as a sacrifice for a bounteous journey. According to him, the wooden horse is a gift for Minerva (the goddess who protects the Greeks during the war). He said that if anything bad happens to it, Minerva will destroy the Troy by herself; but if the Trojans let it enter their city walls, then the goddess will be joining the Trojans' side. Because of this, the Trojans believe what Sinon said, letting the huge horse enter their territory. But what the Trojans don't know is that they were deceived by Sinon. While all the people were sleeping, the Greek fighters inside the horse's wooden belly went out and kill all the Trojans, who were mindlessly asleep. And because of that, the atrocious war continued. Due to lack of preparations, Troy fell in the hands of the intellectual Greeks. And as Aeneas tell this story to Dido, he can still feel the pain, affliction and sorrow he had feel ten years ago. 

                      Though I haven't been in the same situation as Aeneas, I can still feel all the distress, hatred and pain he had gained. I felt sympathy while I read that part because I can imagine the real happenings going on. How hard it is to abandon your own native land, to see your countrymen dying in uncivilized manner, and to be fooled by the treacherous Greeks. The way Greeks finished the lives Trojans is unfair. It was bigoted and the Greeks were culpable of doing it. For me, the Greeks should have fight properly. Without any of those nasty plans that kill almost all of the Trojans who weren't given the opportunity to fight for themselves. The Greeks should have fight accordingly. But what can I do? A war is a war. Deception and treachery wasn't as bad as killing. Rules were not being regulated.  And there's only one goal to be reached, and that is to win, in any way, and in any manner.