Ulysses’ trick

In the middle of the Greek camp, Ulysses, the King of Ithaca, starts conceiving a plan to win the war. He asks his men to build a huge horse made of pine wood and fills the sculpture’s empty belly with his best armed warriors. He leaves the sculpture at the entrance of the city and simulates a retreat from the conflict zone. When the Trojans realise there is nobody in the surroundings they think the war is over, but they are still suspicious about the giant wooden animal they left behind. Simon, a Greek spy sent by Ulysses, makes them believe he is a deserter and manages to convince the Trojans that the horse is a sculpture dedicated to the goddess Athena. He says the Greeks have built a giant horse so that the Trojans wouldn’t be able to get it through the city walls. If they managed to enter the horse, then Troy would be invulnerable with the grace of Athena’s protection. Paris, the Trojan prince, decides to bring the horse into the city at all cost. Once this was accomplished, the Trojans feasted. In the middle of the night, Simon opened the secret door in the belly of the sculpture letting all the Greek warriors out. They opened the doors of the city to their fellow Greek warriors who had secretly returned. Helen was taken and the city was plundered. Ulysses’ trick triumphed.