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Eventually, yes. But it took them 10 years just to breach the outer wall. They had to wait a decade before partaking in any spoils.
Armies travelled with large entourages which included soldiers wives, and plenty of whores for the single men.
There’s also Odysseus’s stop on Ogygia where he was railing Calypso for seven years.
They weren't sitting on a beach for 10 years waiting. They were pillaging the villages surrounding Troy.