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Odysseus, the smartest of all the kings, thinks up a brilliant plan to smuggle a group of soldiers into Troy. The Greek army seems to disappear, leaving a huge wooden horse at the gates of Troy. The Trojans think they have won the war and that the Greeks have left the wooden horse as a gift to their bravery. They bring the horse inside the city and hold a great feast to celebrate their victory. That night, as the city sleeps, the Greek warriors, who have hidden inside the horse, climb out and open the gates of the city to the waiting Greek army. They set fires all over the city and the sleepy Trojan people awake to the smell of smoke. In a panic, they run out of the gates of their city into the Greek army. No one is left alive.
Menelaus finds Helen in the palace. He raises his sword to strike her down for leaving him, but as he looks upon his wife, he feels pity and lets her live.
The Greek army leave victorious and set sail for their homes. For many the adventure is over, but Odysseus has many more adventures ahead of him.
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