Odysseus and the Trojan Horse Source: Edith Hamilton's "Mythology"
- Odysseus did not want to be involved in the Trojan war, so he pretended to be mad. He was, however, discovered to be faking.
- Odysseus' wife Penelope married a man while Odysseus was away at war.
- Odysseus wanted to invade Troy, but he had to find a way to get around the wall that surrounded the city.
- He decided to build a wooden horse that the army would hide in and attack when they were in the city.
- Odysseus and his men were able to kill the people of Troy.