100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 37 8 Trojan Horse Siege

Chapter 48 Trojan Horse Siege

- Don't be deceived by pretense
The world is beautiful, but there are always some people who deliberately destroy the beauty.The scary thing about them is that they often disguise themselves: liars should pretend to be beggars, aggressors should pretend to be saviors... We must develop a pair of discerning eyes and use our own thinking to see the world.Expose all hypocritical masks. 〖HT〗

In ancient Greece, a family in the city-state of Sparta gave birth to a daughter named Helen.Helen was very pretty when she was young, and later she grew up to be recognized as the most beautiful girl in all the Greek city-states.The nobles of all the city-states pursued her one after another, and those who failed to pursue her also regarded seeing her beauty as their greatest wish in life.

Helen finally fell in love with Prince Meneis of Sparta, and the two got married.Soon after the old king died, Meneis became king.

One day, a distinguished guest came to the palace of Sparta—Prince Paris of Troy.Troy is a small kingdom in Asia Minor (now Turkey), across the sea from Greece.Meneis entertained Paris graciously, and asked the young queen Helen to come out to accompany her in person.When Helen saw that Paris was handsome, she fell in love with him at first sight, and she fled back to Troy with Paris.

King Meneis of Sparta was so angry that he immediately asked his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Myth City, for help, and united with many other city-states, promoted Agamemnon as the commander, and formed a fleet of more than 1000 warships With an army of 10 men, they crossed the sea and attacked the city of Troy.

The Greek allied forces attacked the city of Troy mightily, but Troy was a very fortified city, and the Greeks did not take it down after nine years of attacking.The war has entered its tenth year, and both sides are a little bit overwhelmed.At this time, Odysseus, a resourceful and decisive general in the coalition forces, came up with a clever plan...

The morning of this day was very strange. The usually noisy battlefield became silent. The Greek coalition forces suddenly disappeared on the battlefield, and their warships were seen sailing away from the battlefield.Seeing that the Greeks had withdrawn and returned home, Troy ran outside the city and found a huge wooden horse left on the beach.The Trojans surrounded the wooden horse curiously, they didn't know what this big guy was for.Just then they captured a Greek and bound him to the king of Troy.The Greek told the king, "The wooden horse was used by the Greeks to sacrifice the goddess Athena. The Greeks estimated that the enemy would destroy it, which would arouse the wrath of the gods." "However," the Greek told the king, "if you put When the wooden horse enters the city, it will bring God's blessing to the Trout people. That's why the coalition forces made the wooden horse so huge."

King Troy believed this, but the priest Laocoon came to stop him and demanded that the wooden horse be burned, but he and his two sons were entangled to death by the snake that came out of the wooden horse.At this time, the Greek captive said: "He wanted to destroy the gift for the goddess, so he was punished." The Trojans quickly tore down a section of the city wall and brought the wooden horse into the city.That night, Troy celebrated the victory with a carnival. They sang and danced, drank barrel after barrel of wine, and did not go home to rest until late at night.

The Greek who persuaded the Trojans to bring the wooden horse into the city was actually a spy.Seeing that the Trojans were all drunk, he went to the wooden horse and tapped it three times.This is the secret code they agreed in advance.The heavily armed Greek warriors hiding in the wooden horse jumped out one by one.They quietly touched the city gate, killed the sleeping defenders, quickly opened the city gate, and lit fires everywhere in the city.The Greek coalition forces outside the city did not actually withdraw, they hid nearby.They saw the fire in the city pouring into the city of Troy like a tide.

The 10-year war is finally over.The Greeks plundered the city of Troy and burned it to ashes.Most of the men of Troy were killed, and most of the women and children were sold as slaves.Helen was also brought back to Greece by Meneis.

Wisdom Interpretation:

"Beware of Greek-made gifts" is a well-known idiom in the West. It reminds people to be vigilant and prevent being deceived by the enemy's disguise and let the enemy sneak into their own camp.This idiom comes from the allusion of "Trojan horse plans to attack the city".

We advocate "cultivating a pair of wisdom eyes". The word "wisdom" is based on the word "heart". Mind Wisdom".Therefore, in addition to looking at the world with your eyes, don't forget to look at the world with your heart and wisdom.

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