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[[Image:Trojan horse in Troja, Prague 2717.JPG|thumb|right|300px|alt=Wooden horse.|Armed Greek warriors hid quietly inside a giant wooden horse in a brilliant ruse which ended the Trojan War.<small>A wooden horse in [[Prague]].</small>]] | [[Image:Trojan horse in Troja, Prague 2717.JPG|thumb|right|300px|alt=Wooden horse.|Armed Greek warriors hid quietly inside a giant wooden horse in a brilliant ruse which ended the Trojan War.<small>A wooden horse in [[Prague]].</small>]] | ||
'''Agapenor''' was a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] warrior hiding inside the [[Trojan horse]] along with [[Odysseus]] and | '''Agapenor''' was a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] warrior hiding inside the [[Trojan horse]] along with [[Odysseus]] and Agamemnon; when the giant wooden horse was wheeled inside the walls of [[Troy (ancient city)|Troy]], the fighters emerged during the night from the hollow belly of the horse and opened the gates of Troy, letting in Greek fighters. As a result, Troy was sacked and burned, ending the decades-long [[Trojan War]], according to sources from Greek and Roman [[mythology]] such as [[Homer]], who wrote the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]'', as well as the Roman [[poetry|poet]] [[Virgil]] (who wrote the ''[[Aeneid]]'' centuries later). | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 14 July 2024
Armed Greek warriors hid quietly inside a giant wooden horse in a brilliant ruse which ended the Trojan War.A wooden horse in Prague.
Agapenor was a Greek warrior hiding inside the Trojan horse along with Odysseus and Agamemnon; when the giant wooden horse was wheeled inside the walls of Troy, the fighters emerged during the night from the hollow belly of the horse and opened the gates of Troy, letting in Greek fighters. As a result, Troy was sacked and burned, ending the decades-long Trojan War, according to sources from Greek and Roman mythology such as Homer, who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, as well as the Roman poet Virgil (who wrote the Aeneid centuries later).