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What if the ancient Trojans celebrated Halloween? 

Imagine: it is Halloween Night in Ancient Troy during the climax of the Trojan War. What will happen? Well, I think it might go a little something like this... 

Everyone is dressed up in their favorite Greek god costumes, wearing tunics decorated with wreaths and flowers. Children wander from door to door saying, “trick or treat”, receiving olives in honey or mint leaves. However, unbeknownst to the festivalgoers, the Greeks are planning a way to infiltrate Troy and take over the city. Odysseus spends all of October 30th trying to formulate a plan until lo and behold, Athena educates him about the (fictional) Trojan celebration of Halloween. This sparks an idea...what if the Greeks made a costume too, blending in with the celebrations until they ambushed the city? So, the next day the Greeks make a horse costume, one big enough for many soldiers to fit inside. After much time and effort, they manage to make it work. Later that night, as the children of Troy wander through the streets trick-or-treating, the Greeks make their ambush. At first it seems to work, but when they come to the door of Laocoon and his sons, they are met with skepticism. However, Athena punishes their skepticism with a trick that

Trick-or-Treating in Troy Be Like... 

Ryan Kenter 

results in their death by sea serpents. The Trojan Horse does not by any means win any first-place costume prizes, but it works well enough to make an ambush. The Greek soldiers overrun the city, almost like an ancient Trojan Halloween horror movie, and end the Trojan War.