Odysseus and the Trojan Horse- Brittany Graul

               The Greeks had been battling the Trojans in the Trojan War for 10 years when a Greek general, Odysseus, came up with an idea. He schemed to build a massive, hollowed-out horse that the Greeks would place at the gates of Troy and then make the Trojans believe that the Greeks had left. One Greek soldier remained outside of the horse to tell the Trojans that the Greeks had indeed deserted. However, many Greeks actually hid inside of the horse and when the Trojans brought the horse into the city walls, the Greeks later emerged and massacred the Trojans, winning the Trojan War.

                My idea of an adventure or magnificent journey is not to lay siege to an entire city, but rather, something far tamer. What I would find truly enchanting would be to travel across the world and visit as many of the famous libraries that I could, like the Bodleian Library in Oxford or the Vatican Library to name a couple. Since libraries are a universal concept, that would also allow me to travel the globe and visit many different countries. The beautiful part about this would be that some of these libraries in Europe and South America and Asia were made hundreds of years ago, so not only are their literary collections astonishing, but the varying ancient architecture is breathtaking as well. I feel that beyond that it could be a culturally enriching experience; I've always believed that sometimes more than anything, books and art can give a deeper insight into a culture that you wouldn't otherwise receive, which is why a trip like this one would ultimately be the most rewarding.

“History of the Trojan War.” History of the Trojan War. N.p. n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2014

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