{"id":1895,"date":"2013-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.224.237.165\/index.php\/2019\/02\/25\/10-year-occupation-fails-to-find-evidence-of-helen-in-troy\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:58:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:58:51","slug":"10-year-occupation-fails-to-find-evidence-of-helen-in-troy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/16\/10-year-occupation-fails-to-find-evidence-of-helen-in-troy\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Year Occupation Fails to Find Evidence of Helen in Troy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<h6>By <a href=\"\/search?author=Jason of Thebes\">Jason of Thebes<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>Jan. 22, 2016<\/h6>\n<p>Early yesterday morning, a devout of Pheme, having climbed the mast of one of Agamemnon&#8217;s ships, was heard shouting,  certain statements directly contradictory to many of the premises of the Trojan Occupation, now in it&#8217;s tenth year.\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cThere is no evidence that Helen is in Troy,\u201d he said. \u201cNo oracles have confirmed her location,\u201d\t<\/p>\n<p>The pronouncements come after years of war during which the wife of Menelaus has not been seen <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"51\" data-time=\"1453781426320\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">from<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"49\" data-time=\"1453781425909\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">on<\/delete> the field of battle at any point in a 10 year occupation that has seen human sacrifice, constant infighting, an Apollonian plague, and the deployment of the largest fleet Hellas has seen. Adding to the cause for concern, a number of fighting men were asked to describe Helen, and the most common response was \u201cWho?\u201d Further, when asked to locate Troy on a map, only one in five were able to do so. <\/p>\n<p>\tMenelaus, when confronted with these accusations, was ultimately unable to cite any oracle or revelation confirming the presence of Paris in Troy. At this point, Menelaus called in a soldier whom he claimed had seen Paris. The soldier told messengers that he had seeing Paris in Sparta at Menelaus&#8217; wedding. When asked if he had seen Paris in battle or on the walls of Troy, the soldier told reporters \u201cNo, no one has. . . weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Menelaus, upon dismissing the soldier, declared: \u201cListen, he&#8217;s prince of Troy. His father is king. His brother is heir to the throne. Where else would they go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAgamemnon  told messengers that he was committed to avenging the kidnapping of his brother&#8217;s wife even if he had to raze Troy to the ground. \u201cEven if,\u201d said Agamemnon, \u201cwe have to use Odysseus&#8217; stupid horse idea.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\tOdysseus, when questioned, agreed that the war had taken far longer than expected. \u201cMany of the fighting men are far past the point of homesickness,\u201d Odysseus explained, \u201cmyself included.\u201d Odysseus believed the prompt response to Helen&#8217;s capture was appropriate, though overblown and conceivably misdirected. <\/p>\n<p>The king from Ithaca pointed out that even though the capture of Helen was the direct cause of the conflict, it was unlikely that retribution would occur. \u201cA lot of gods really want this war to happen, and fight among us.\u201d  he noted.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the \u201cs<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"43\" data-time=\"1453781366400\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">tupid<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"38\" data-time=\"1453781364957\" data-userid=\"17\" data-username=\"Walker King\">illy<\/delete> horse,\u201d Odysseus laughed himself to tears, admitting he was in no way being serious when he suggested it. \u201cJust imagine forty soldiers climbing out the ass of a giant horse!\u201d said Odysseus, relapsing into another fit of laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\tAchilles could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason of Thebes Jan. 22, 2016 Early yesterday morning, a devout of Pheme, having climbed the mast of one of Agamemnon&#8217;s ships, was heard shouting, certain statements directly contradictory to many of the premises of the Trojan Occupation, now in it&#8217;s tenth year. \u201cThere is no evidence that Helen is in Troy,\u201d he said. \u201cNo oracles have confirmed her location,\u201d The pronouncements come after years of war during which the wife of Menelaus has not been seen fromon the field of battle at any point in a 10 year occupation that has seen human sacrifice, constant infighting, an Apollonian plague, and the deployment of the largest fleet Hellas has seen. Adding to the cause for concern, a number of fighting men were asked to describe Helen, and the most common response was \u201cWho?\u201d Further, when asked to locate Troy on a map, only one in five were able to do so. Menelaus, when confronted with these accusations, was ultimately unable to cite any oracle or revelation confirming the presence of Paris in Troy. At this point, Menelaus called in a soldier whom he claimed had seen Paris. The soldier told messengers that he had seeing Paris in Sparta at Menelaus&#8217; wedding. When asked if he had seen Paris in battle or on the walls of Troy, the soldier told reporters \u201cNo, no one has. . . weird.\u201d Menelaus, upon dismissing the soldier, declared: \u201cListen, he&#8217;s prince of Troy. His father is king. His brother is heir to the throne. Where else would they go?\u201d Agamemnon told messengers that he was committed to avenging the kidnapping of his brother&#8217;s wife even if he had to raze Troy to the ground. \u201cEven if,\u201d said Agamemnon, \u201cwe have to use Odysseus&#8217; stupid horse idea.\u201d Odysseus, when questioned, agreed that the war had taken far longer than expected. \u201cMany of the fighting men are far past the point of homesickness,\u201d Odysseus explained, \u201cmyself included.\u201d Odysseus believed the prompt response to Helen&#8217;s capture was appropriate, though overblown and conceivably misdirected. The king from Ithaca pointed out that even though the capture of Helen was the direct cause of the conflict, it was unlikely that retribution would occur. \u201cA lot of gods really want this war to happen, and fight among us.\u201d he noted. When asked about the \u201cstupidilly horse,\u201d Odysseus laughed himself to tears, admitting he was in no way being serious when he suggested it. \u201cJust imagine forty soldiers climbing out the ass of a giant horse!\u201d said Odysseus, relapsing into another fit of laughter. 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