One poem titled for this place praises "nobleness made simple as a fire" and "beauty like atightened bow" in a woman who "would have hurled the little streets upon the great."
One poem titled for this place praises "nobleness made simple as a fire" and "beauty like atightened bow" in a woman who "would have hurled the little streets upon the great." The narratorof another poem saw a "thirsty dove in the glowing fields" of this city, which he compares toWashington D.C. A pacifist allegory by Jean Giraudoux, which was translated by Christopher Fry asThe Tiger at the Gates, is set in this city. Another poem describes its (*) "broken wall, the burning roofand tower." Boccaccio's poem Il Filostrato provided the model for a Chaucer poem set in this city, whichin turn inspired Shakespeare's play about the doomed lovers Troilus and Cressida. For 10 points, name thiscity which is infiltrated by a hollow wooden horse in Homer's Iliad.
One poem titled for this place praises "nobleness made simple as a fire" and "beauty like atightened bow" in a woman who "would have hurled the little streets upon the great."
Troy