The Ancient Greeks were really ancient. They were each about 180 years old and could hardly move. They were always fighting battles against other people. Everytime they discovered a new island they would launch war against it. 'Look!' one of the Ancient Greeks would say, 'There's an island with just a goat on it! Let's declare war on it!' Their most famous war was the Battle of Troy. This was all over a woman called Nellie, who was reckoned to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Over the years, however, she got less and less beautiful due to bashing her head against the side of a ship when it was first put to sea. This eventually gave her a face like an elephant. We know this from the famous line in the history books that tell us she has a 'face that launched a thousand ships'. In this Battle Of Troy, the Ancient Greeks used a new weapon for the first ime. It was called the wooden horse, and was a horse made intirely out of wood. Hpwever it couldn't gallop very fast, which is why they lost the battle, and also lost Nellie the Elephant.