ABSTRACT
Paris’ betrayal […] led to a war. Rulers of Greece and neighbouring regions, led by Agamemnon, […] attacked Troy and besieged the town for ten years. After numerous and heavy battles during that period, they succeeded in conquering it by the trick devised by Ulysses. 1 Ulysses had ordered the construction of a huge wooden horse. In the horse’s belly he had hidden a selection of the bravest soldiers. Then he sent the Trojans the message: ‘We are leaving now for our countries, but we leave behind this wooden horse as a souvenir of the battles.’ The Trojans pulled the horse into the town. […] At nightfall the soldiers hidden in the horse’s belly came out and let the other soldiers in as well. They destroyed the town and defeated and killed its citizens.
