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As we have been told before or have read, the Trojan horse was the reason that led to the downfall of Troy. However, after reading Mythology by Edith Hamilton, I was able to understand why it was the horse and the events that led up to the outcome of Troy’s downfall. According to the reading, Achilles’ death saddened the Greek army as victory now seemed highly unlikely. However, one of the prophets gave them hope. A Trojan man was able to foresee the future. Thus, Odysseus was able to take captive this man who told provided the Greeks the secret of how to takeover Troy. Troy was not to be conquered unless Hercules’s bow and arrows were used against the Trojans. Therefore, Odysseus and a companion went and successfully were able to steal the bow and arrows. As Edith’s story continues, the Greeks realize that more must be done for Troy to be taken. As a result, with the help of Odysseus, Diomedes gets over the walls of Troy to steal an image of Pallas Athena called “the Palladium”. Surely now since the Greeks have stolen a sacred image Troy would be conquered, but that was not the case since the Greek army could not physically get into Troy. This is where Odysseus’s intelligent came into play with the idea of a Trojan horse. Odysseus’s plans were to built huge wooden horse and leave one single Greek behind. The single Greek was a sacrifice for the Greek army for stealing Pallas Athena sacred image. The wooden horse was for the goddess Athena. The reason for its immense size was so the Trojans would destroy it and could not bring it into the city, thus turning Athena’s anger away from the Greeks towards Troy. Nevertheless, the Trojans fell into the lies of the story and took in the wooden horse. With that, Troy was not the same the next day at sunrise. The city was destroyed and taken because the horse was full of Greek warriors. In the story of the fall of Troy, we see what the reason behind the horse truly was and the events that led to this outcome. This made me think as it seems that the Greeks had no other choice in conquering Troy. Let’s just say that if it wasn’t for the Trojan horse, what would the Greeks have done? I think that they wouldn’t have been able to take Troy if Greeks were not able to get around the walls.