An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

Achilles is sulking and refusing to fight. When his cousin, Patroclus, tries to persuade him to return Achilles gives him his armour and sends him back to the battle. Menelaus and Paris meet in ...