Troy on Fire
The monstrous fire reaches all the sections of the city. Haynes elucidates, “Now she (Creusa) saw that this was not a fire like other fires save the importance of its location: it was not confined to the citadel. Pockets of nary orange light were flickering all over the city." The Greeks had established that a scorched-earth approach would demolish Troy once and quickly. Once the city colonized the entire city, putting it out would be impossible because firefighters would be overwhelmed.
“The Trojan Women”
The women are resigned after their city's unexpected and catastrophic doom. Haynes explains, “After two days, the Greeks were finally completing their systematic looting of the blackened city, and as the women waited to find out who they belonged to, they huddled around their queen." The women are survivors of this war. After their husband's death, the Greeks take them as possessions. They cannot resist whoever they are allocated to because they are helpless and part of the spoils of the war that the Greeks distributed among themselves.
Priam’s Death
Priam meets his agonizing death at an altar. Haynes writes, "She (Hecabe) tried not to think of her husband, Prima, cut down by the vicious Greek as he clung to an altar, his dark blood trickling down his chest as his head drooped back from his murderer's blade." Priam does not lose faith in the altar and the god it is intended to serve. He prefers to uphold steadfast faith until the moment he meets his death. His wife is haunted by the memories of his final moment before the Greek destroys him.
