Provide a grammatically correct English prose summary of this series of rhymed c

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Provide a grammatically correct English prose summary of this series of rhymed couplets from a famous translation of classical Latin literature. In these poetic lines (rhymed couplets) a Trojan hero relates an episode from the Trojan War. It concerns the famous Trojan horse by which the Greek forces were able to enter and conquer the city of Troy and destroy its people.THOROUGHLY EXPLAIN

"By destiny compell'd, and in despair,
The Greeks grew weary of the tedious war,
And by Minerva's aid a fabric rear'd,
Which like a steed of monstrous height appear'd:
The sides were plank'd with pine; they feign'd it made
For their return, and this the vow they paid.
Thus they pretend, but in the hollow side
Selected numbers of their soldiers hide:
With inward arms the dire machine they load,
And iron bowels stuff the dark abode.
In sight of Troy lies Tenedos, an isle
(While Fortune did on Priam's empire smile)
Renown'd for wealth; but, since, a faithless bay,
Where ships expos'd to wind and weather lay.
There was their fleet conceal'd. We thought, for Greece
Their sails were hoisted, and our fears release.
The Trojans, coop'd within their walls so long,
Unbar their gates, and issue in a throng,
Like swarming bees, and with delight survey
The camp deserted, where the Grecians lay:
The quarters of the sev'ral chiefs they show'd;
Here Phoenix, here Achilles, made abode;
Here join'd the battles; there the navy rode.
Part on the pile their wond'ring eyes employ:
The pile by Pallas rais'd to ruin Troy.
Thymoetes first ('t is doubtful whether hir'd,
Or so the Trojan destiny requir'd)
Mov'd that the ramparts might be broken down,
To lodge the monster fabric in the town.
But Capys, and the rest of sounder mind,
The fatal present to the flames designed,
Or to the wat'ry deep; at least to bore
The hollow sides, and hidden frauds explore.

Explanation / Answer

Basically this is the creative represnetation of the incidents in the Trojan war where actually a wooden horse was made hiding in itself the many soldiers who gave a surprise to their opponent by making them belive as though the coast is clear. The opponent believing this walked right into the mouths of their enemy and the water was fought with utmost sincerity and aggression to qin Troy.

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