Trojan War
The City of Troy - in Asia Minor or Modern Turkey
The Trojan War was the greatest conflict in the Greek mythology, a war that was to influence people in literature and arts for centuries.
The war lasted for ten years and it has been traditionally dated from
1194 to 1184 BC. The war was fought between the Greeks and Trojans.
The Greeks:
Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces.
The Greek forces brought a total of 1,227 ships to Troy.
The Main Players: Achilles, Telamonian Ajax, Lesser Ajax, Odysseus
(The Romans identified Odysseus as Ulysses)
The Trojans:
The Trojans and their allies were commanded by Hector, son of Priam and Hecuba. Aeneas was second-in-command.
The Main Players: Hector, Aeneas, Hippothous, Paris and Chromis
The Trojan Horse:
The Trojan (Wooden) Horse was a stratagem devised by Odysseus to enter Troy with a small armed force. The plan was to open Troy's gates, so they could bring the main body of the Greek army into the city. Odysseus was the leader of this company.
Side Note: Odysseus was forced to kill Anticlus inside the Wooden Horse, because Helen tried to trick the Greeks into revealing to the Trojans that there were men hidden in the belly of the Wooden Horse. Had Anticlus called out, all the warriors inside of the horse would have died.
Oh, the Greeks won...
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