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Trojan horse, huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist.
In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse (Greek: δούρειος ίππος, romanized: doureios hippos, lit. 'wooden horse') was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war.
When the Trojans brought the horse into their city, the hidden Greeks opened the gates to their comrades, who then sacked Troy, massacred its men, and carried off its women. This version was recorded centuries later; the extent to which it reflects actual historical events is not known.
The Trojan Horse tells the story of how Odyssues' stratagem helped the Greeks finally, after a decade-long siege, enter and destroy Troy.
According to Homer's Odyssey, the Greeks used a massive wooden Trojan Horse built by Epeius to end the Trojan War. But did it actually happen? Was the Trojan Horse as described in mythology, a battering ram, or just a metaphor?
The siege, punctuated by battles and skirmishes including the storied deaths of the Trojan prince Hector and the nearly-invincible Achilles, lasted more than 10 years until the morning the Greek...
The story of the Trojan Horse is not just a tale of military strategy—it’s a lesson in trust and deception. The Greeks used the Trojans’ own sense of victory and pride against them, exploiting their trust and overconfidence. The phrase “Trojan Horse” has since come to symbolize any kind of deceptive trick that hides a malicious intent ...
But what is the story of the Trojan Horse – and why was the Trojan ‘Horse’ probably not a wooden horse at all, if it ever existed? Let’s take a closer look at the origins of the myth, summarising the story and then analysing its significance.
The Trojan Horse in Greek mythology was the wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entry to Troy by subterfuge. Inside the Trojan Horse were numerous heroes waiting to storm through the city of Troy.
Ever since 1873 when the German businessman and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, following the evidence of Homer’s Iliad, found the remnants of a grand metropolis – now Hisarlik in modern Turkey – the existence of the city of Troy has been generally accepted as fact.