, ▁the ▁Gree ks ▁had ▁to ▁ste al ▁from ▁the ▁cit adel ▁the ▁wooden ▁image ▁of ▁P allas ▁Ath ena ▁( the ▁P all ad ium ). ▁Finally , ▁with ▁Ath ena ' s ▁help , ▁they ▁built ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁Hor se . ▁Despite ▁the ▁warnings ▁of ▁Pri am ' s ▁daughter ▁Cass andra , ▁the ▁Tro j ans ▁were ▁persu aded ▁by ▁Sin on , ▁a ▁Greek ▁who ▁fe igned ▁desert ion , ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁horse ▁inside ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁T roy ▁as ▁an ▁offering ▁to ▁Ath ena ; ▁the ▁priest ▁La oc oon , ▁who ▁tried ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁horse ▁destroyed , ▁was ▁killed ▁by ▁sea - ser p ents . ▁At ▁night ▁the ▁Greek ▁fleet ▁returned , ▁and ▁the ▁Gree ks ▁from ▁the ▁horse ▁opened ▁the ▁gates ▁of ▁T roy . ▁In ▁the ▁total ▁s ack ▁that ▁followed , ▁Pri am ▁and ▁his ▁remaining ▁sons ▁were ▁sla ugh tered ; ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁women ▁passed ▁into ▁sla very ▁in ▁various ▁cities ▁of ▁Greece . ▁The ▁advent ur ous ▁home ward ▁voy ages ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁leaders ▁( including ▁the ▁w ander ings ▁of ▁Od ys se us ▁and ▁A ene as ▁( the ▁A ene id ), ▁and ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁Ag am em non ) ▁were ▁told ▁in ▁two ▁ep ics , ▁the ▁Returns ▁( the ▁lost ▁N osto i ) ▁and ▁H omer ' s ▁Od ys sey . ▁The ▁Tro jan ▁cycle ▁also ▁includes ▁the ▁advent ures ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁generation