特洛伊的陷落（4）

    the fall of troy

    Ⅰ the long siege

    on the farther side of the aegean sea there once flourished a fair, rich city, the most famous in the  it is kno plain some distance back from the shore, and h, strong ates reat and small, a fine stone palace for the king and his sons, and a beautiful temple of athene, the guardian of the city. outside the ardens and farms and reen slopes and rocky heights of mount ida.

    troy ro in poreatness had been laid. “ilium s. but, alas, sad changes at length took place, and cruel rievous  to greece. he had stolen and carried aeance; and heroes and eance upon troy. they came in a thousand little ships,  the shore; they kindled fires; they three un, and for more than nine years the city , and the men ht outside of the gates. sometimes the victory seemed to be ain any great advantage over the other. the trojans could not drive the invaders from their shores; the greeks could not force their ers and besieged, and great the suffering and grief; but still the struggle  as the palladium is e po its friends.

    “it is useless for us to fight longer,” said some of the greeks; “for ,” said others. “let us abandon this hopeless siege and return to our homes.”

    but ulysses, the shre to give up. on a dark and stormy night he made his uards unnoticed; he crept into the temple of athene uarded ates; and still the e  in the early summer all troy one,” said one of the sentinels.

    “one?”

    “ood to be true.”

    “then come up here and see for yourselves.”

    soon a hundred eager men and  on the  their eyes in the gray light of da to discern the hated tents by the beach and the black-hulled ships along the shore.

    “they are not there,” said the sharp-sighted sentinel. “no sign of greek can be seen—no ship nor tent nor smoking camp fire. thanks to athene, they have left us at last.”

    “look again,” said some of the doubtful ones. “perhaps the fog hides them from your view.”</p>

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