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How were the trojans defeated?

the greek gave the trojans a huge wooden horse as a peace gesture. Then at night greek soldiers concealed inside of the horse came out and opened the gates for the greek army.


How did Odysseus enable the Greeks to conquer Troy after ten years of siege?

They made a giant wooden horse (the Trojan horse) and the Greeks got inside it. They then left it at the gates of Troy. Thinking it was a gift or a peace offering, the Trojans took the horse inside their walls and celebrated. By night the Trojans were drunk from their party and the Greeks came out, opened the gates for their comrades, and they overthrew the Trojans.


Who was the wooden one who fooled the trojans?

The wooden one who fooled the Trojans was the Trojan Horse, a cunning strategy employed by the Greeks during the Trojan War. The Greeks constructed a large wooden horse and hid soldiers inside, leaving it at the gates of Troy as a supposed offering. The Trojans, believing they had won the war, brought the horse into their city, leading to their downfall when the hidden Greek soldiers emerged at night to open the gates for their comrades. This story is famously recounted in Virgil's "Aeneid" and other ancient texts.


What is the meaning of a Trojan horse virus?

In Greek history the Trojans built a wooden horse and had soldiers inside it. It was left outside the gates of Troy. It was pulled inside and when all was quiet the soldiers exited the horse and opened the gates to the city allowing their army to get in and ransack the city. In computer terms a Trojan horse virus is a virus that is planted in the system and is waiting to be activated to cause damage to the system.


A wooden one fooled the trojans?

Horse


How did the wooden horse helped the Greeks defed troy?

It was not made in the Iliad. The wooden horse (now known as the Trojan horse) was made after the events of the Iliad, in order to fool the Trojans into letting Greek troops into their city, unbeknownst to the Trojans. These Greek soldiers would then open the gates to the city, letting in the awaiting Greek army.


What was Odysseus's plan to deceive the Trojans?

To build the big wooden horse and let a group of Greek warriors hide in it, hoping the Trojans would accept the horse as a gift and pull it into the city. Then the hidden Greeks would jump out and open the city gates to the Greek troops.


How did the Greeks conquer the city of troy?

For a long time the battle was only held outside the walls of Troy. But after many years of warfare, Odysseus finally came up with a plan of the trojan horse. A wild tale was concocted that would lead the trojans to believe that they must allow the entrance of the horse. When night came and the trojans were all asleep after their drunken celebration, the greek soldiers came out of the horse and put fire on the houses and killed most of the trojans before the latter learned that they were tricked.


Who was the priest that warned the Trojan's?

The priest who warned the Trojans about the Wooden Horse was Laocoön. He cautioned the Trojans not to trust the Greeks and the gift they had left behind. However, his warnings were ignored, and the Trojans brought the Wooden Horse into their city, leading to their downfall.


How did the greek defeat the Trojans in the Trojan war?

The greeks built a giant wooden horse and said they surrendered and they should accept it as a symbol of peace.The trojans took it inside the walls and the greeks inside the horse opened the gates and let the greek army in form inside the wall


Who built the Trojan Horse?

The Greeks grew weary of the tedious war. Athena was one of the goddess that Paris did not choose. She inspired the Greeks to build a giant wooden horse as a way of tricking the Trojans into opening their gates.


Who won the war in the Trojan war?

The Greeks won by using a giant hollow wooden horse with Greeks inside to get inside the Trojans defenses so they could open the gates