Assignment #4

One of the most famous Greek myths that I am mentioned in, is the Iliad, an epic poem by Homer that recounts the ending of the Trojan war, and it's defeat. 
             I tried my best to stay out of the war, I really did, but somehow I ended up fighting in anyway. Troy only took about two days to sail to, but it took me considerably longer to return. I even pretended to be mad, instead of plowing my fields with seed, I plowed them with salt. When men came to take me to war, they saw through my act, and placed my baby son, Telemachus in front of my plow. Of course, I was not really crazy, and I turned the plow away. The reason I wanted to stay out of the war was because I was told by an oracle that if I went to the war, I would return in 20 years, as a beggar. 
           Even when I got to Troy, I worked more as an adviser and strategist than a fighter. I convinced Achilles, one of the greatest warriors of the Trojan war to fight with us. When the Greeks captured the Trojan's prophet Helenus, I was the one who completed the tasks. I persuaded Achilles son, Neoptolemus, and Philoctetes, the keeper of Hercules's bow and arrows, to join the w. Finally, for the final task, I snuck into Troy and stole a statue of Athena that was believed to protect the city. For my last feat in Troy, I came up with a plan to ambush the Trojans. All of the Greeks pretended to sail away, back to Ithaca, while a giant wooden horse, stayed behind. The unsuspecting Trojans wheeled the giant horse inside there city walls. At night the Greeks and I ambushed the Trojans, and took Troy.