Greek soldiers exit the great horse that the Trojans accepted from the Greeks and prepare to destroy Troy.

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According to Greek and Roman mythology, the Trojan Laocoon warned his fellow Trojans not to bring the giant wooden horse, gifted to them by the Greeks, within the walls of Troy. The horse was the Greek hero Odysseus' idea and the Greeks had a Greek named Sinon tell the Trojans that if the Trojans did not bring it within the city walls, the Greeks would defeat the Trojans. This 1911 illustrations shows the Greek soldiers who were hidden inside the horse coming out - they would then open the gates for the rest of the army—the result: the Greeks defeated the Trojans.

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