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What was Odysseus connection with the fall of troy?

Odysseus was a leader of the Greek army that conquered Troy. It was his idea to create the gift known as the Trojan Horse as a means of getting a force of armed men inside the city gates.


According to legend the people of this civilization used a wooden horse to capture the city of Troy?

Yes. The Achaeans = the Greeks. Athena was the goddess of battle strategy so she told Odysseus to build a giant wooden horse and to hide in it with all of his men. When the people of troy found it, they took inside their gates. Then, Odysseus and his men defeated troy.


Where did the term Trojan horse virus come from?

The term, Trojan horse, comes from Homer's Iliad, which tells of the Trojan War. To defeat the enemy, Odysseus and his men build a giant wooden horse, place it in front of Troy's gates and hide inside. The Trojans accept the gift as a sign of surrender bring it inside their walls. They celebrate and get drunk. At night, when the town was asleep, Odysseus and his men come out from inside the horse. They open the city gates to let in more Greek troops and then destroy the city of Troy, winning the war.


How many men did Odysseus leave troy with?

86 men on 12 ships


Where do Odysseus and his men go after leaving troy?

to the island of the cicones


Where do Odysseus and his men go first after they leave troy?

ismaros/kikones


What did Odysseus and his men plunder?

Troy. Later, they plundered Ismarus, in the land of the Cicones.


What misfortune did Odysseus bring on himself and his men?

Odysseus entered the city of Troy by using a Trojan Horse, a giant replica of a horse, and destroyed Troy from the inside. He wouldn't have been able to if Poseidon didn't send a sea serpent to kill the snitch, who was about to give away Odysseus' position. After Odysseus defeated the city of Troy, he gloated about how he solemnly defeated the town with no help of the Gods. This made Poseidon furious, so he cursed Odysseus and his men so they would go through Hell if they ever sailed again. Eventually all of his men (excluding Odysseus) were either killed by the Cyclops, turned into pigs by the witch, or fell into the endless pit created by Poseidon.


What can be learned from the defeat of Odysseus and his men at Ismarus?

Odysseus' men are undisciplined and battle-drunk from their victories at Troy. Odysseus made errors in command by not insisting that the men come back. Odysseus and his men can be defeated if countered with enough force. People who endlessly pursue war will eventually be beaten.


What city did Odysseus and his men plunder?

Troy. Later, they plundered Ismarus, in the land of the Cicones.


Why did Odysseus's men die when returning home from Troy?

They ate the sun god's cattle.


Where is the Cyclopes when Odysseus and his men enter the cave?

The Cyclops, Polyphemus, is inside the cave when Odysseus and his men enter.