The trojan prince paris has abducted helen, the beautiful wife of king. The greeks could not enter the city or win the war. Unravelling the true story of the legendary trojan horse. The trojan horse story goes beyond the end of homers iliad to tell how the greeks finally succeeded in conquering troy at the end of the trojan war. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The jubilant trojans dragged the monstrous, wheeled, wooden horse into their city to celebrate the end of the 10 years of fighting. Sun tzus the art of war is a book about military strategy written by sun tzi in approximately 2500 years ago. Trojan horse simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Listen to the wooden horse of troy by unaccredited,various narrators for free with a 30 day free trial. The greek army has been sent to troy to recapture helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The wooden horse is a 1950 british second world war war film directed by jack lee and starring leo genn, david tomlinson and anthony steel. Paphlagonia was a region of presentday turkey, not far from troy where, homer writes, the race of wild mules was born.
But how can they get inside the heavily defended city. A wooden horse, with a hollow chamber containing greeks, was brought within the walls of troy and in the dark of night the greeks emerged from within the horse to open the gates of the city. The warriors were tired and wanted to return to their homes. Peter rutherford tells of the great siege at troy, the woman who caused it, the warriors who fought and fell, and the trickery that ended it all.
The wooden horse of troy pope john paul ii national school. For ten years the greeks had been trying without success to break through the high walls of the city of troy. In the 3rd and 2nd millennia bc troy was a cultural center. The story of the trojan war, as recounted in homers iliad, odyssey and in the. In the canonical version, after a fruitless 10year siege, the greeks constructed a huge wooden horse and hid a select force of men inside, including odysseus. The wooden horse of troy by john malam, hardcover barnes.
Zoom in on greek pottery depicting scenes from the trojan war. But come now, change thy theme, and sing of the building of the horse of wood, which epeius made with athenas help, the horse which once odysseus led up into the citadel as a thing of guile, when he had filled it with the men who sacked ilium troy. In the posthomerica, odysseus comes up with the idea of building a wooden horse as a sort of trophy the horse being the symbol of the city of troy as a way of tricking the trojans into allowing greek troops into the city by stealth. Its been designed in an exceptionally easy way and it is simply right after i finished reading through this book by which. The greeks pretended to sail away, and the trojans pulled the horse into their city as a.
Odysseus made the clever plan for greek soldiers to hide inside the trojan horse. In addition, there are untrue stories under the names of dictys cretensis and dares phrygius. The citystate of troy was situated in what we now know as modernday turkey and the people who lived in this great city were called trojans. Paris, helen, odysseus and achilles star in this sprawling show of art ranging from pompeii to today, inspired by the legend of troy. The trojan horse is a large wooden horse from the trojan war in greek mythology. The trojans are overjoyed, thinking that the greek forces have left, and they drag the horse into the city of troy, believing it to be a sacred offering to the goddess. The trojan horse is a story from the trojan war about the subterfuge that the greeks used to enter the independent city of troy and win the war. The idea is that one greek soldier, sinon, would turn up at the gates of troy with the horse as a gift.
Whos soldiers defeated the defenders of troy by hiding in. Why the trojan horse almost certainly wasnt a horse. The book of virgils aeneid contains the best known account of the sack of troy. Then, theyd build a giant wooden horse right outside the impenetrable walls of troy, and climb inside in the dead of night. When the trojan army allow the the giant wooden horse to enter through their gates, little do they know there is an army full of greek men inside the belly of the horse waiting to plan another attack, on the city of troy. The trojan horse in greek mytholgy greek legends and myths. Still today, however, not all historians and archaeologists believe the legend of the wooden horse. The trojan horse engage in some sneaky warfare with the tale of the trojan horse, one of the most legendary greek myths ever told. Written by experienced special needs teachers and designed along guidelines provided by the basic skills agency, this title tells the legend of the wooden horse of troy. In a ten year siege, brave warriors will fight, and both sides will suffer great. The greeks build and leave a huge wooden horse outside the gates of troy as a gift. The trojan price, paris, has abducted helen, the beautiful wife of king menelaus. You might think that one of the most widely know episodes of the trojan war.
Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Cari meister has written more than books for children, including the tiny series penguin and the fast forward fairy tales series scholastic. For the ancient greeks, this was a long way from home. Odysseus and the greeks had been fighting the trojans for 10 years before something finally happened. The trojan horse was a sneaky wooden contraption that allowed the greeks to put an end to the 10yearold trojan war. In the bronze age, troy had a great power because of its strategic location between europe and asia. Once the wooden horse had been built, odysseus proceeded to persuade the bravest and the most skillful of the greek warriors present at troy to climb, fully armed, into its belly. To tell you about the horse i will tell you about one of the greatest wars fought in the greek history which involved great warriors of that time. Trojan horse, huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the greeks to gain entrance into troy during the trojan war. It is one of the most widely read work from ancient chinese up until today. Written by raf flight lieutenant eric williams, who was one of the escapees this book is an absorbing narration of how perseverance, bravery and ingenuity helped the prisoners to break from a pow prison camp which was.
The wooden horse goodreads meet your next favorite book. Wily as ever, odysseus is the guy who comes up with the whole trojan horse plan. Leaving the horse outside the gates of troy, and moving their ships out of view, the greeks fooled priam and his subjects into believing their enemies had given up. Legend of the trojan horse for kids beware of greeks. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The wooden horse of troy the greek myths part 1 of 2 duration. Then the greeks would come pouring out, sack the city, and take back helen of troy. Aphrodite, helen of troy the face that launched a thousand ships, and the trojan war myth, loosely retold. When all the trojans lay asleep in drunken stupor, sinon crept up to the horse and opened a trapdoor underneath. The wooden horse in usborne quicklinks usborne books. The story is told at length in book ii of the aeneid and is touched upon in the odyssey.
That night, while the trojan people were sleeping, the men hiding inside the wooden horse climbed out and opened the gates. Once the trojan horse was inside troy, a massive celebration was undertaken by the whole city, and yet the heroes inside the wooden horse still had one more danger to overcome. Ali baba and the forty 40 thieves fairy tales and bedtime stories for kids moral story duration. The wooden horse of troy greek myths and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Odysseus is pretty famous for his many sneaky strategies and deceptions, b. Story of the the trojan horse for kids project britain. The legend of the wooden horse of troy is one of the most famous stories in ancient history. The war started when helen, the queen of sparta, was kidnapped by paris, prince of troy. It is part of a series which should help develop students appreciation of the literary heritage of various cultures. Wooden horse is a fictionalized narration of the true events behind one of the most ingenious and daring escape made by pows from a german prison camp during world war ii. First mentioned in the odyssey, it describes how greek soldiers were able to take the city of troy.
It is a crime that will unite all of greeces armies against the kingdom of troy. About 3000 years ago there was a country named troy. Once the horse is finished, a few of the greeks climb inside and hide. In the trojan war, the greeks were fighting against the city of troy. After fighting for ten years, it seemed like the greeks and trojans would never stop, but a big wooden horse was all it took to finally end the war. The greeks waged war on troy to win helen of troy back. Some say that there were 23 of them, while others speculate with numbers between 30 and 50. The wooden horse of troy by juliet mozley goodreads.
During the night, greeks exit the horse and begin to. The wooden horse in the title of the film is a piece of. Athena the goddess of war gave ulysses a plan to end the war. When the trojans wake up, theyd obviously wheel the horse inside thats just common sense. Troyall the action takes place in and around the city of troy, which is said to have been located in modernday turkey. Somehow helen saw the wooden horse for what it was, and walking around it, helen would imitate the voices of the women married to the achaean heroes inside. This fantastic pack contains a selection of our trojan horse themed resources perfect for your lessons on this topic. Once inside the city, diomedes stole the palladium, thereby weakening troy s defenses. Tale of troy or iliad the story behind the trojan war. The horse was built by epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. The term trojan horse has come to refer to subversion introduced from the.
The greeks left a parting gift in front of the walls of the city of troy. The greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of tenedos, leaving behind sinon, who persuaded the trojans that the horse was an offering to athena goddess of war that would make troy impregnable. Epeios it is said created a wooden horse big enough to hide many greek warriors. The wooden horse of troy paperback august 31, 2004. The trojans are told that the horse was created as an atonement for having stolen which object from troy. The myth of the wooden horse the story of the wooden horse is featured in the book entitled old greek folk stories by josephine preston peabody, published in 1907 by houghton mifflin company, new york. The greek warriors built a huge wooden horse which left in the middle of their camp but really hid in the horse. Some claim it was a phoenician boat with a horse shaped figurehead called hippos, others a catapult similar to a horse s. If youve seen the film troy starring brad pitt then you are probably familiar with the story. The greek warriors fought over ten years but were not able to get into the troy fort.