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The Trojan horse is Greeces most classic mythology story

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kosta_karapinotis

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This is one of my most beloved story that I always read growing up. The story is based on the trojan war which was an actual war that happened in ancient Greece. The story is based on deceit, and the idea was that soldiers would hide in a wooden horse and wheel it into palace walls to deceive the opposing side. After nightfall, the tale says that the soldiers climbed out of the wooden horse and defeated all of the soldiers only to win the war.
 
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k_tsoukalas

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This is such a good story! It is popular and intriguing and people reference it even still today. It's definitely become part of our pop culture.
 
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