Ultimately, the war must be won by one of the fighting parties. Wars are usually very difficult to end. After all the losses have been recorded during the various battles, it often happens that the parties do not have a strong enough strategy to claim victory. The Trojan War, fought between the Greeks and the Trojans, had an ultimate winner, but that winner would not have claimed victory without the important "Trojan Horse." As Lin Donn says of the war: "The Greek warriors had been trying to break down the walls around Troy for ten years, and they could not have succeeded without the 'Trojan Horse'" (Donn). The Trojan Horse played an important role in the Trojan War because it allowed the Greek army to easily enter Troy, led the Greeks to destroy the city of Troy, and helped the Greeks end the war . way to penetrate the walls of Troy. After years of trying to enter Troy and destroy the city, Odysseus, king of Ithicus, finally developed a strategy that could easily let them into the city. Odysseus designed the Trojan Horse, in which he and his army would hide and let the people of Troy welcome him. He created the horse to act upon a treaty made by the Greeks, which would give the Trojans a sense of security regarding the horse. . In Caroline Alexander's book, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer Iliad and the Trojan War, Alexander states: "The other Greeks seemed to be returning home, leaving behind only the horse that persuaded the Trojans to take him into the city. walls” (Alexander). Alexander's statement tells us that the horse allowed the Greek army to penetrate through the walls of Troy. Now that the Trojan Horse brought the Greek army to Troy, they still had... middle of paper...... 10 years left. The Trojan horse is attributed entirely to the intelligent Odysseus. This shows how important the Trojan horse was. Works Cited Alexander, Caroline. The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War. New York, NY: Viking, 2009. Print.Gill, NS “The Sequence of Major Events of the Trojan War.” About.com Ancient/Classical History. Np, and Web. March 25, 2014 “Ancient Greece for Children – Main Index”. Ancient Greece for Children - Master Index. Np, and Web. March 23, 2014.Donn, Lin. “Legend of the Trojan War (Beware of Greeks Carrying Gifts) – Ancient Greece for Kids.” Legend of the Trojan War (Beware of Greeks carrying gifts) - Ancient Greece for children. Np, and Web. March 25, 2014. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Funk & Wagnalls Dictionaries.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, nd Web. March 25. 2014.