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[mentis_reae]

One of the most puzzling questions of this place is why, precisely, we've all been brought here. What the commonalities among us are. It's clear that there are indeed similarities; after all, there are many here who speak the same languages - Italian, German, English - even if they obviously come from other words. Others speak languages which I've

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[zealouspeter]

Five hundred and thirty four years of peace.

With a lot of history before that matches up with the stories here. Such as the Trojan War.

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[mentis_reae]

What else do you know of that war?

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[zealouspeter]

Nothing. The trojan horse is occasionally referenced, but it's more legend than fact, isn't it?

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[mentis_reae]

It's quite likely apocryphal, yes. Indeed, it holds up poorly to logical examination.

[zealouspeter]

Which parts in particular?

[mentis_reae]

The nature of the horse itself. Given the topography of that region of Asia Minor, it's doubtful that they'd have been able to find sufficient hardwood for the horse.

[zealouspeter]

How about the start of an entire war over the theft of one person?

[mentis_reae]

That, I believe, was not precisely the case.

[zealouspeter]

Then what was?

[mentis_reae]

That the abduction of Helen was merely the breaking point for longstanding political aggravations.

[zealouspeter]

The fall of the city was the fall of every Trojan from there-after, wasn't it? That's how most old war legends go?

[mentis_reae]

By no means. You're not familiar with the Aeneid?

[zealouspeter]

No. They are...?

[mentis_reae]

It's the story of Aeneas, a Trojan survivor.

[zealouspeter]

Went on to continue the line, and rise up in revenge?

[mentis_reae]

Went on to drive a perfectly honorable woman to suicide and then found a new city which would eventually establish cultural hegemony over the majority of the world.