The expression " Tyrians and Trojans " It is commonly used to refer to people or groups, competing, of apparent rivalry. The most frequently used is referred to the fact that a person, an institution, a set of individuals, an event and up to an object are accepted or praised by people of different ideas, parties or groups that match despite their criteriosopuestos.It is said, for example, "The film was a success and earned the praise of Tyrians and Trojans " "So has been the best Minister who has gone through that Ministry, up to the point of being respected and admired portirios and Trojans " "This subject is so harmful that it is hated by Tyrians and Trojans ".This expression has an historical origin. "Tyrians " they were the natives shot, ancient Phoenician city located in what is now Lebanon. Throw reached a great development; It was the most important center of trade and navigation of the Phoenicians, and had great expansion in the Mediterranean. Why was the strongest rival of Troy, another powerful ancient city, strategically located in the Strait of the Dardanelles, the gateway between Europe and Asia, so dominated the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Shot and Troy were, as expected, bitter rivals. Hence, " Tyrians " and " Trojans " they have been taken, throughout history, as symbols of the rivalry and the divergence. And that explains the meaning of the phrase " Tyrians and Trojans " to refer to opposite or rival groups.
