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The Trojan War had raged for ten years, yet the Greek army remained unable to breach the mighty walls of Troy. The cunning Odysseus therefore devised a plan: the Greeks built a huge wooden horse and concealed their finest soldiers inside it, while the rest of the army pretended to retreat and hid their ships beyond the coast. Believing the war was over, the Trojans were deceived by the Greek soldier Sinon into thinking that the horse was a sacred offering to the goddess Athena. Although the priest Laocoön and the prophetic princess Cassandra desperately warned them, the Trojans still brought the horse inside the city and celebrated their apparent victory late into the night. After everyone had fallen asleep, the Greek soldiers emerged from the horse, killed the guards, opened the city gates, and signaled the returning army. The Greeks then stormed the defenseless city and burned Troy to the ground—a city that had resisted swords and armies for ten years, only to be destroyed by a lie disguised as a gift.