The Wooden Horse Of Troy : Greek Myth

The beginning of the story is set in the kingdom of Menelaus. This mighty kingdom was called Sparta. He is making a treaty with Prince Hector of Troy and his younger brother Prince Paris. King Menelaus has ordered for the execution of a grand festival in honour of this treaty. Eventually, after long consideration of both holders the terms of the treaty were agreed by both sides and it was written in blood.
In the morning the two Princes set sail for Troy with their halve of the treaty. Prince Hector felt he had a weight lifted from his weary shoulders after many years of war and killing. This feeling is short lived when Paris calls his brother below deck. He first asks him does he love him and would he protect him against enemy. Before Hector has a chance to reply Paris steps into the shadows and emerges with a figure which he had never seen before. It was Helen, the Queen of Sparta and wife of King Menelaus. He had sneaked on board before they set sail just hours before. Rage begins to build up inside of Hector as he realises that this could be the very mistake that could destroy the treaty with Sparta that he had worked so hard for. He then decides that he would not turn back as King Menelaus would spear him at his gates should he find out.
They arrive into the port of Troy and immediately walk to their fathers temple. The are greeted graciously by their father, King Priam, and his company. Their father then notices an unfamiliar figure standing beside Prince Paris. As soon as the wonder is noticed on his fathers face Paris tells him who she is and where she came from. Priam greets her as if she was a member of his family but at the same time lets a sigh out of him.
King Menelaus notices that night that his wife is missing and storms out into the town center to see if any one knew where she went. He is told by a fisherman that she left in the princes boat sailing to Troy. He immediately orders his personal servant to send emissary's to every ruler under his control. The emissary's would order the delivery of every soldier to be sent to the port of Sparta. Menelaus was breaking the treaty and going to war with Troy. His brother King Agamemnon was only too happy to play part in this war. The brothers would send a fleet of a thousand ships to fight against Troy. This war would be remembered throughout the ages. They sent a messenger to Achilles. He was the greatest warrior in all of Greece. He was weary in the beginning but he eventually decided to go.
After three long days the army of one thousand ships reached the beach of Troy. Immediately they were under attack from the Trojans. The Trojans had already seen Agamemnon's army in the distance and was preparing for battle while getting all their villagers into the city.
During this time Achilles was building his men's momentum through a speech fit for kings. Then he ended the speech and told his men that the country is theirs for the taking and all they have to do is grasp it with the tip of their sword. Achilles ship was much closer to the beach than others in the army. The men looked back and said mentally said their final goodbyes and then looked forward in belief as their ship drove up onto the shore.
Achilles small army was under attack from a legion of archers with flaming arrows. Some died as they reached their checkpoint where they formed a large walking wall with their shields. With this defense they strolled right up into the middle of the archers and slaughtered. Achilles and his men could hear the men in their ships screaming Achilles as they were amazed at his skill and technique in battle. Just minutes later the beach of Troy had been captured. There lay hundreds of bodies of the victims of Achilles and his men.
The rest of the ships slowly but surely reached the beach with the kings ships coming in behind the rest of the ships for safety. The men pitched up their tents and began to celebrate around a sizzling campfire. Everyone drank their full and ate their piece and fell slowly to sleep.
But suddenly, in the middle of the night, they were all awoken by the loud sound of the pounding of drums. It was coming from the top of the hill on the Trojan side of the island. It was the Trojans with an unlikely surprise. They had large balls of rope, the size of ten men or so, which they were rolling down the hill. The balls of rope were then shot with flaming arrows which made them ignite. One by one the flaming balls rolled through the Greek(Menelaus's and Agamemnon's)camp flattening everything in its path. Thousands of men were killed and their houses or tents were burnt to the ground. They were a perfect form of attack meant to drive the Greeks off their beach. But the Greeks were not going to give up that easily. Agamemnon ordered the complete assembly of their army and told them to prepare for battle.
With both his and his brothers(Menelaus's)army assembled Agamemnon ordered the killing of all the Trojans that stood behind the Trojan wall. They came close to the magnificently huge wall but was stopped once again by the Trojans who were led by the Trojan prince Hector. Without notice both armies started attacking. One after one after one men from both armies were killed. Their was blood and bodies everywhere. Agamemnon's army was being wiped out by the archers on Troys high walls before they even had a chance to attack Troys foot soldiers.
Agamemnon could see his army was having no effect on the size and determination of Troys so he ordered them to fall back, back to their already destroyed base on the beach. hat night the kings of Greece could only talk about how they were forced to pull back like cowards while their enemy rejoiced in happiness at the sight of their fear and cowardliness.
Then one wise king had a very wise idea. He said why don't we build a horse and offer it to the Trojans as a peace offering. The rest of the kings were disgusted at the notion of making peace with the Trojan dogs. This was before the wise king told them that they could make this horse big enough to hold Achilles and his men inside and when night fell they could sneak out and open the gates of Troy for the rest of the Greeks to enter and attack from inside. This was a great plan and all of the kings agreed. They made the horse and sent a messenger to the Trojan base while sailing out in their ships and hiding in the beach to the west of their current location behind the mountains.
The Trojan army marched down to the beach to see this wooden horse and make sure the Greeks were not playing a trick. They could see no Greeks so they decided to take the horse to their town square. hey had a great festival celebrating their victory over the Greeks. The towns people had never seen such a sight. A joyous celebration around a giant wooden horse had never been recorded in history.
Late into the night, when every Trojan citizen had gone home to bed and only the slightest amount of Trojan soldiers out patrolling Achilles and his men broke out of the inside of the wooden horse. They went straight for the gate killing all in their path as quickly and quietly as they could.
During this time the Greeks were assembling their army outside the gates of Troy. Within minutes the gates were open and every soldier rushed in. It took them about five minutes to reach the houses of the citizens. They burned their houses and killed the ones who woke up.
But a large portion of the army had their eyes on bigger buildings such as the kings palace and the town center. They killed the guards outside and ran inside the town center. They stole the jewels and gold and took the women as slaves. After a while they moved on to the kings palace. It was guarded by the rest of the Trojan army where they were taking their last stand. The Trojan army now comprised of some soldiers and more civilians wanting to protect their city. Eventually the Greeks broke down the doors of the kings palace and attacked the scared soldiers, nobles and last civilians of Troy. The Greeks killed them along with their king and thought they had killed the last of the Trojans. But little did they know that hundreds of the Trojans had escaped through a secret passage under their city to the forest and vast lands at the other side of the island. They left as they watched their city burn and heard the screams of their loved ones. They felt defeated but they had everlasting hope in their hearts as they were leaded by the young prince Paris who was grasping the 'Sword of Troy'..............