Editing Sinon (section)

===''Posthomerica''===
[[File:Giorgio Ghisi after Giovanni Battista Scultori, Sinon Deceiving the Trojans, c. 1545, NGA 121901.jpg|thumb|[[Engraving]], [[Giorgio Ghisi]] after [[Giovanni Battista Scultori]], ''Sinon Deceiving the Trojans'', {{circa|1545}}]]

In [[Quintus of Smyrna]], the Trojans, ready to attack the Greek camp, see smoke coming from the Greek camp and cautiously approach. When they arrive at the  camp they find only Sinon alongside the Trojan Horse. The reader later finds out that it was Sinon who started the fire signal that drew the Trojans to the Greek camp.<ref>Apollodorus, 5.14–5.18</ref> The rest of the camp is deserted. The Trojans circle him and gently ask him questions but when he does not answer they grow angry and begin to threaten to stab him. When he still does not answer, the Trojans cut off his ears and nose. Finally he tells them that the Greeks have fled and they built the Trojan Horse to honor Athena. Sinon claims that [[Odysseus]] wanted to sacrifice him but he managed to escape and hide in a marsh. When they gave up looking for him and left he returned to the Trojan Horse. Sinon claims that the Greeks stopped looking for him out of respect for [[Zeus]]. All the Trojans believe this story, except Laocoön who, along with his two sons, is promptly attacked by a giant sea serpent. Following this, believing that Laocoön was attacked because he offended the gods, the rest of the Trojans begin to believe Sinon's story. Feeling bad for Sinon, and fearing wrath from the gods, the Trojans bring Sinon and the Trojan Horse into Troy.<ref>Quintus, and Alan James. "Book XII". ''The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2004. Print.</ref>