The Story of Trojan Horse P1丨Aesop’s Fables from Every Land

Greak mythology, the story of Trojan horse, part one.

King of Sparta, Prince of Troy, Paris has kidnapped your wife, Queen Helen.

What? That's ridiculous. You're for sure mistaken.

We sent off Paris this morning with a farewell feast and gifts.

Paris arrived in Sparta as a guest.

But his true purpose was to get Helen, the world's most beautiful woman.

King of Sparta, it's true.

Prince Paris returned after you rode off for hunting and he took Queen Helen with him.

How dare he? Paris will pay for this deceit.

The enraged king of Sparta called upon the mighty kings and warriors of Greece

to join him in the battle against Troy to rescue Queen Helen.

I'll destroy Troy in three days. Attack!

Arrows, spears and javelins flew through the air, swords clashed and soldiers charged.

But the strong wall of Troy couldn't be breached.

Soldiers, we must try harder. Push forward. The wall of Troy must fall.

The battle raged on for ten years.

Yet the Greeks remained no closer to victory.

Troy's walls were very high and made of large stones.

King of Sparta, how much longer must we bleed?

Ten years have passed and still, victory feels as distant as ever.

Our troops are tired, I know commander.

But we can't give up. Queen Helen is still Paris's prisoner.

We must then think of a trick to defeat Troy, King of Sparta.

Our weapons and physical power are failing.

I have a plan, King of Sparta.

A stout man with a dark beard and broad shoulder strode up.

He was Odysseus, the king of Ithaca.

But I can't promise that it'll work, King of Sparta.

Tell me Odysseus, what is your plan?

It's better to try and fail than do nothing in regret.

OK, give me a week's time to prepare this trick for the Trojans.

Odysseus left the battlefield quietly.

A week later, he returned with a massive wooden horse.

Hollowed out on the inside.