Helen, most recently of Troy, was said to have a face that launched a thousand ships. Whether or not this is true or not is not known. There are certainly no dock yard accounts of how many ships the Greeks did send out to the Trojan war. What is known that this conflict, if it did take place, inspired three of the greatest works in History. The Iliad and the Odyssey are well known, but it also inspired the Aeneid several hundred years later.
The most famous incident of the Trojan war is the horse that appears at the end. The Greek writer portrays it as a great trick of a cunning general. The Roman writer, Virgil, tries to portray it as the will of the Gods, although the narrative makes the Trojans sound like they were being incredibly stupid by taking the horse into the city. It is best for someone to read the description in the Aeneid to see why. The priest of Neptune even tells them, “I fear Greeks bearing Gifts.” Many people think this famous line comes from the Iliad, often described as the greatest War novel of all time, but it comes from Vergil’s Aeneid.
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