According to Homer's "Iliad," the Greek forces that besieged Troy included a coalition of warriors from various city-states, with the total number often cited as around 1,000 ships carrying approximately 100,000 men. However, exact numbers vary in different accounts of the myth. Notable leaders included Agamemnon, Achilles, and Odysseus, among many others. The epic focuses more on individual heroics and events rather than precise troop counts.
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Odysseus was a leader of the Greek army that conquered Troy. It was his idea to create the gift known as the Trojan Horse as a means of getting a force of armed men inside the city gates.
Odysseus played a crucial role in the Greek strategy to infiltrate the city of Troy by devising the plan of the Trojan Horse. He suggested constructing a large wooden horse, hiding Greek soldiers inside, and leaving it at the gates of Troy as a supposed offering of peace. The Trojans brought the horse into the city, believing they had won the war, which allowed Odysseus and his men to emerge at night and open the gates for the rest of the Greek army, leading to the fall of Troy. His cunning and strategic thinking were pivotal to the Greeks' success in the Trojan War.
In The Odyssey, after leaving Troy, Odysseus and his men land on the island of the Cicones. They raid the city and take what they want, but the Cicones fight back and defeat them. Many of Odysseus' men are killed, and they are forced to retreat to their ships and sail away.
It is said Scylla ate thousands of men as they passed by or tried to fight her. In particular, 6 of Odysseus' men were eaten as they came home from the Siege of Troy.
50 ships with 50 men in each ship
After the fall of Troy, very few men left the city. According to Greek mythology, the only notable survivors were Aeneas and a handful of others who managed to escape the destruction. The majority of the Trojan warriors perished during the war, and the city was ultimately sacked by the Greeks. Thus, the number of men who left Troy is generally considered to be quite small.
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Odysseus took twelve men into Polythemus' cave besides himself.
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Odysseus was a leader of the Greek army that conquered Troy. It was his idea to create the gift known as the Trojan Horse as a means of getting a force of armed men inside the city gates.
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After emerging from the Trojan Horse, Ulysses and the rest of the Greek heroes, opened the gates of the city, letting the Greek army in. The preceded to burn the city, slaughter the men, and sell the women into slavery.
Odysseus played a crucial role in the Greek strategy to infiltrate the city of Troy by devising the plan of the Trojan Horse. He suggested constructing a large wooden horse, hiding Greek soldiers inside, and leaving it at the gates of Troy as a supposed offering of peace. The Trojans brought the horse into the city, believing they had won the war, which allowed Odysseus and his men to emerge at night and open the gates for the rest of the Greek army, leading to the fall of Troy. His cunning and strategic thinking were pivotal to the Greeks' success in the Trojan War.
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In The Odyssey, after leaving Troy, Odysseus and his men land on the island of the Cicones. They raid the city and take what they want, but the Cicones fight back and defeat them. Many of Odysseus' men are killed, and they are forced to retreat to their ships and sail away.