Upon going to Our Trojan War, I had absolutely no idea what the show was about. After receiving a program for the show upon arrival, I was curious to see how the synopsis would play out. I found it fascinating that the play was set during what could have been any American conflict in the Middle East for almost two decades. The soldiers enter a home, which they referred to as “Standard Operating Procedure,” in search of weapons, and or information. As the soldiers proceed to ransack the apartment, all they discover are a variety of books, many of them ancient texts. This is where the play starts dividing between the apartment they are in, and ancient Greek tales. The conflicts among people are as old as people themselves, and the first Greek story that is enacted was Achilles and Agamemnon. Their Trojan war was about a woman, or rather the ego of Agamemnon. There is a conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon the king. I found this to be a commentary on the way commanders oversees their units in military action. The warrior is not meant to question whatever the commander says. Achilles is in direct defiance of Agamemnon. Then they are back in the present day, in the apartment. This again happens with the story of Odysseus and Oedipus. I was unsure what the purpose of Oedipus served in the overall theme of the show. Odysseus was again, a commander who had to protect his men. This depiction of Oedipus also shows the point of view of the goddess who turns his men into swine. This was an interesting twist, since in her eyes she believes she is doing her men a favor, in the original story she is villain. I found is fascinating that they brought up the fact that many of the ancient Grecian texts would not exist had it not been for Muslims, who saved them and rerecorded them as Christianity attempted to destroy all knowledge in conflict with their faith. I thought the play was interesting since veterans wrote it. Also the quotations at the end were powerful, and the actors did a fantastic job. They were extremely emotive, especially the “teacher” Muslim man.