Sympathy or Empathy?

   To sympathize is to feel another persons pain while empathy on the other hand is to understand one's pain. Two different words with almost the same meaning.Though, what should one feel towards the Trojan war? Sympathy or empathy?
  I personally feel empathy for them.For both sides actually. Both sides had something to fight for and that something is precious to them. The fall of Troy brought grief to many yet on the other hand we could see the Greeks suffering too yet they made a way and stood back on their feet. While the Trojan's had a lot of time to catch up. And why wouldn't I say sympathy? Because such strong emotion is not needed to be poured down. Both had something in common and that's anger and revenge. Something that makes me not want to sympathized them but we're all humans and commit mistakes. But even so there's nothing a calm and clean conversation can't do.
  Losing something can make anyone do reckless things that some day they'd regret. Some people would take this very serious and take revenge. Revenge can't always be the answer to every problem, some people just have to take it in positively and let go of the things that they know would bring them somewhere far away from happiness.