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Fragments are found in Homer's The Iliad (does not cover the Trojan Horse and the defeat) and The Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, a host of major and minor references in much later plays, dissertations, speeches, histories, and depictions on pottery. These in combination make up the complete story as we know it, however the sparse and much-distorted sources make the story legend, not history. There is much modern speculation on what actually happened. Apparently, there was a series of piratical raids over several years in the 12th Century BCE, where the coast of the Aegean and islands was looted, and at the end Troy was one of the victims. The rest is speculation and poetry and art, distorted by time and retellings, replete with all the licence to stray from fact and reality given to poets and artists. See related link.

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Q: What is the story of Trojan Horse?
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Did the Trojan horse really happen?

The Trojan horse story is told to be a myth. This means that it is a made up story, possibly loosely based on some facts from long ago.


How do you use Trojan horse in a sentence?

The story of the Trojan Horse resulted in the admonition to beware of Greeks bearing gifts.


What is the story Trojan horse?

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Does the Trojan horse exist?

The story of the Trojan horse is meant as an allegory to the tricks people can use to gain the upper hand. It may or may not be a true story but similar ruses have certainly been carried out. It this sense the Trojan horse does exist.


How wide was the Trojan horse?

It is a legendary story - we don't know.


Who wins the Trojan War in the story The Odyssey?

The odyssey was actually the story that came after the Trojan war. In the Illiad, Greece won the Trojan war after ambushing them using the wooden horse.


What does Odysseus do when he hears the story of Trojan horse?

He doesn't hear it. He comes up with the idea of the Trojan horse and wins the war for Greece.


What happened doing the Trojan war?

During the Trojan war the Greeks gave a Trojan horse to the Trojans as a gift. In fact, the horse was filled with soldiers. At night the soldiers in the horse jumped out and opened the Trojan gates. Afterwards the other Greek soldiers climbed into the gates. That was the story of the Trojan war.


At the dinner banquet what does Odysseus do when he hears the story about the Trojan horse?

He Cries


What does Odysseus do when he hears the story of the Trojan?

He doesn't hear it. He comes up with the idea of the Trojan horse and wins the war for Greece.


What was the height of the Trojan horse?

The Trojan horse was 30 meters high. (60 feet high)


Was there a Trojan horse?

yes there was a Trojan Horse.