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A [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] warrior hiding inside the [[Trojan horse]] along with [[Odysseus]] and [[Agamemnon]]; when it was wheeled inside the walls of [[Troy (ancient city)]] based on a deceptive and brilliant [[military]] [[strategy]], the fighters emerged during the night from the hollow belly of the horse, opened the gates of Troy, which let in returning Greek fighters from the ships. As a result, Troy was sacked and burned in the ensuing battle which ended the decades-long [[Trojan War]]. Knowledge of the war is according to sources from Greek and Roman [[mythology]] such as [[Homer]], who wrote the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]'', as well as the Roman [[poetry|poet]] [[Virgil]] who wrote the ''[[Aeneid]]'' centuries later.
Legendary Greek warrior of the [[Trojan War]] who was one of the men hidden inside the [[Trojan horse]].

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A definition or brief description of Idomeneus.

Legendary Greek warrior of the Trojan War who was one of the men hidden inside the Trojan horse.