Mapping the odyssey fountain

Trojan war summary

1300 BCE

The Trojan War was a battle between the Greeks and Troy. It began when Paris took Helen from Sparta. Her husband King Menelaus asked the Greeks for help. Many heroes like Odysseus joined. The war lasted ten years. One famous duel was between Achilles and Hector. In the end the Greeks built a wooden horse and left it outside Troy. The Trojans brought it inside unaware Greek soldiers were hidden. They came out opened the gates and the Greeks destroyed Troy winning the war.