The Trojan War
Most wars take years and years to get into full motion that is why the Trojan War is so different from all the other wars. On January 1st is when the wedding took place, the 2nd Paris place judgement, the 3rd Paris went to visit the king of Sparta and while he is there he steal Helen and by the 5th of January the king of Sparta realizes that his wife is missing so he starts to search for her. When he found out on the 6th he had a army put together the next day. On January 7th Greeks declared war on the Trojans. Ships set sail and they begin their first fight against the two countries on the 10th. It had all happened in less than a week for both sides to have army's ready and have enough supplies and warfare to last them through the war. Since
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The wily Greek hero Odysseus conceived the project and design for the Trojan Horse; Epeus, is credited with the actual building of the Trojan Horse. The Greeks left a giant wooden object made to look like a horse at the Trojan city gates. Some of the Greeks pretended to sail away, but actually sailed just out of sight. The other Greeks stood waiting, inside the belly of the wooden beast. When the Trojans saw the giant wooden horse and the departing Greek troops, they thought the wooden horse was a parting gift for the gods, so most of them wanted to wheel it into their city. The decision to move the Trojan Horse into the city was opposed by Cassandra, the prophetess whose fate was never to be believed, and Laocoon, who was destroyed, along with his two sons, by sea serpents after pleading with his fellow Trojans to leave the Trojan Horse outside their city walls (Struck, 2000). He was over ruled and it was wheeled into the city. Late that night the doors opened on the horse and the greeks streamed out. Opening the gates to let the others that were sitting outside Troy walls in. With torches in hand they stormed the city running out every last Trojan and within it the city
The wily Greek hero Odysseus conceived the project and design for the Trojan Horse; Epeus, is credited with the actual building of the Trojan Horse. The Greeks left a giant wooden object made to look like a horse at the Trojan city gates. Some of the Greeks pretended to sail away, but actually sailed just out of sight. The other Greeks stood waiting, inside the belly of the wooden beast. When the Trojans saw the giant wooden horse and the departing Greek troops, they thought the wooden horse was a parting gift for the gods, so most of them wanted to wheel it into their city. The decision to move the Trojan Horse into the city was opposed by Cassandra, the prophetess whose fate was never to be believed, and Laocoon, who was destroyed, along with his two sons, by sea serpents after pleading with his fellow Trojans to leave the Trojan Horse outside their city walls (Struck, 2000). He was over ruled and it was wheeled into the city. Late that night the doors opened on the horse and the greeks streamed out. Opening the gates to let the others that were sitting outside Troy walls in. With torches in hand they stormed the city running out every last Trojan and within it the city