Laocoon, a priest of Apollo’s temple, comes rushing down from the citadel crying in alarm, “Are you mad, wretched people? Do you think the foe has gone? Do you think gifts of the Greeks lack treachery? What was Odysseus’ reputation? “Either the Greeks are hiding in this monster, Or it’s some trick of war, a spy or engine, To come down on the city. Tricky business Is hiding in it. Do not trust it, Trojans; Do not believe this horse. Whatever it may be, I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts.”
