Reading the title "Parable of the Hostages" made me think I would be reading a poem about hostages, but the Greeks were not actual hostages of war. They had not been captured, but I guess in a way they were hostages because they were stuck on the beach to wonder about their families. They had to wait and wait for ten years for the war to end. Some made it and others did not. The soldiers wondered about what would be like to be in Troy just to explore or if they would even be permitted to be away for a long time. I think that this may show that in a war everyone is in a way a hostage. No one really has control over the situation and everyone is captured in some way.
Dianna
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