It was a trick to hide themselves to get inside the Trojan gates. They offered up the large horse as a token of friendship to the Trojans, and hid inside. When dark came they attacked the Trojans from inside the city.
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From before sunrise to long after sunset.
His plan was to make a wooden horse as a gift from the gods (Troy thought the gods killed the Greeks) to troy and hide in the horse so the Trojans would bring it in their city. So at night they got out of the horse and open the gates so the other Greeks can come in and raid Troy
The greeks builded the Trojan Horse and had the mightiest warriors hide inside of it while the rest waited at sea. Than at night the warriors came out if the Trojan Horse and started to destroy troy while the people at sea came to help the greeks.
According to the Iliad, yes.
Odysseus thinks up the Trojan horse. A large scale wooden horse... which is hollow. Greek troops hide inside and one person is left outside the horse to explain that the horse is a gift from he surrendering Greek troops (inside the horse). Trojans wheel it into their city and at night when they are all asleep the Greeks take over the city.