MEO Sudoeste (Portugal) Profile

Festival do Sudoeste (MEO Sudoeste)

Festival Sudoeste is a large, five-day music festival that began in 1997 and takes place every August near Zambujeira do Mar, in southern Portugal. The festival has three stages which play different music simultaneously.According to the acclaimed Homer’s epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, the Greeks and the Trojans fought in a savage battle a long time ago. The Helen of Sparta had been captured by Prince Paris of Troy. The Greek soldiers, in their dedicated attempts to rescue their Queen, wanted to return to their homes. Athena, the Greek Goddess of War, struck up an unassailable plan with Odyssey.

The Greeks built up a wooden horse and hid in it while pretending to leave Troy. The gullible Trojans concluded that the war was over and falling for the bluff, pulled the horse through ropes into the city. The Trojans poured out of the horse, unleashing a surprise attack eventually sacking the whole city and rescuing their queen.

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