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Throughout history there have been
events that have been recorded and passed down from generation to
generation. This is especially true during the time whenever
mythological stories had their roots. Several thousand years ago
there were stories about an ancient war between the Greek armies and
the city of Troy. This is what is commonly known as the Trojan War
and this is the war which spawned the story about the Trojan horse.
People who consider this to be an actual war usually date it
somewhere around 1300 B.C. More than likely, however, it was not a
war at all. Stories like this are often compiled from several
different smaller actual facts. It is therefore possible that the
entire story about the Trojan War was actually produced by centuries
of storytelling and the combination of different facts.
Just because it wasn't 100%
historically accurate does not mean that it is not something that is
still talked about. The story of the Trojan War is actually a very
interesting one. It got its start when Helen of Sparta was either
kidnapped or went on her own to the city of Troy. The Greek armies
laid siege against the city and kept it under siege for 10 years.
This is an extremely long period of time for a city to be under
siege as they would have no food or any other provisions coming into
the city during that time. Not only that, but many times the
invading army would catapult dead bodies of diseased persons over
the wall in order to infect the city. After the army had held the
city under siege for that long they came up with an interesting plan
to take over the city by surprise.
The plan was to build a large
wooden horse, the construction of which was done by Epeius and it
was filled with Grecian soldiers led by a man named Odysseus. This
large horse was left outside the gate of
the city as a peace offering. This was a very common gesture as
many times generals would give their horse to the conquering
general. The Greek army then pulled away to a safe distance and hid
behind another city, even burning their camp as they left to appear
as if they were gone for good. The people of Troy brought the
large wooden horse into their city and began to celebrate what they
thought was the beginning of a peaceful era.
It wasn't until the city became so
full of wine that they could not resist that the soldiers came out
of the horse and stormed the gate from the inside. Once the gate
was opened the Greek army invaded and completely annihilated the
city. All of the men were destroyed in the city was then burnt to
the ground.
Although the story is considered to be fiction it has lasted for several
thousands of years. In fact, even to this day, many people will
call a gift with an ulterior evil motive a Trojan horse.
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