The Horse Gained In Homer's The Odyssey

The Odyssey is an epic from the writer Homer in the 8th century. The Odyssey is a 20 year voyage of a man named Odysseus who was king of Ithaca. The first ten years of the voyage was a war Odysseus fought in called the Trojan War. Odysseus ended the war when he had the genius idea of creating a horse as a “peace offering” because he knew he could not beat the Trojans from the outside. The horse was hollowed out in the inside so Odysseus and his men could fit inside it. Once the Trojans brought the horse inside their gates, the men inside the horse waited until it was night to come out, then they slaughtered the Trojans while they slept so there was not as bad of a death toll. Odysseus thought this would be the end of his journey, but there
were many more feats of strength that would challenge him throughout his journey. He would come in contact with a witch, Poseidon’s son, and the land of the Phaeacians, he went through all of these challenges because Poseidon was determined to keep Odysseus from returning home safely after Odysseus congratulated himself on his idea of the Trojan Horse. When he finally returned home safely, his body was different, taking a form of an older man, which he then had to convince his wife that he was Odysseus and not a old man, only then would he return to his normal state. In the Illiad, Odysseus was able to conquer Troy, return home through a treacherous 10 year voyage, and convince his wife that he was himself even though he had a different facial structure all in a span of 20 years.