Facts about The Trojan Horse

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   Sinon, a Greek soldier left behind as a spy, convinced the Trojans the horse was a sacred offering to Athena and persuaded them to bring it inside their walls.

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   Inside the hollow wooden structure, Greek warriors including Odysseus hid until nightfall, when Trojan guards had abandoned their posts.

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   Credited to the cunning of Odysseus, the Trojan Horse stratagem ended the decade-long Trojan War by bypassing Troy's otherwise impenetrable walls.

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   Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Odyssey both reference the Trojan Horse, though neither the Iliad nor any single early source tells the complete story.

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   According to Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse was a giant wooden horse used by the Greeks to secretly infiltrate the city of Troy after a prolonged siege.

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