The Trojan Horse doesn't appear in the Iliad. The tale we are most familiar with comes from Virgil's Aeneid, and those particular events take place in between Homer's Iliad and the follow-up Odyssey.
After 10 years of seige and war, and with the best warriors on both sides slain, the Greeks and Trojans were essentially at a stalemate. Odysseus comes up with the idea of taking some of the timbers from their wrecked ships and building a giant horse. A single soldier would be "left behind" to inform the Tojans of the meaning. Sinon was the Greek who volunteered.
Upon opening the gates, the Trojans questions Sinon, who informed them that the horse was left as a gift to Athena for the desecration of one of her temples by the Greeks. Only Laocoon guessed the ruse and famously warned "I fear the Danaans (Greeks), even bearing gifts". For this, Poseidon sent serpents to strangle him and his sons.
Inside the belly, according to Virgil, were 30 soldiers, and two spies in the head to see what was happening. That night, when Troy slept, Odysseus and his men crept toward the gate, killed the night guard and opened the gates to the waiting Greek army. Troy was sacked and burned and it's women taken as slaves. Only a few Trojans escaped, under the leadership of Aeneas.
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According to the Iliad, yes.
No, the Trojan Horse is not found in "The Iliad." The concept of the Trojan Horse appears in "The Aeneid" by Virgil and in later sources detailing the Trojan War. "The Iliad," attributed to Homer, focuses on the events of the war itself, particularly the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon, rather than the war's conclusion or the cunning strategies employed to breach Troy's defenses.
The Iliad tells the story of the last months of the Trojan War.
The main source of the story is Virgil's Iliad, a Latin epic poem from the time of Augustus
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The Iliad.
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According to the Iliad, yes.
No, the Trojan Horse is not found in "The Iliad." The concept of the Trojan Horse appears in "The Aeneid" by Virgil and in later sources detailing the Trojan War. "The Iliad," attributed to Homer, focuses on the events of the war itself, particularly the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon, rather than the war's conclusion or the cunning strategies employed to breach Troy's defenses.
The Iliad .
The Iliad tells the story of the last months of the Trojan War.
The Iliad, by Homer.
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You are likely thinking of The Iliad, by Homer.
Both The Iliad and The Odyssey were written by the Greek poet Homer .