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has something to do with the trojan war.

2006-08-15 23:50:16 · 2 answers · asked by nadine 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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There is no proof that the Trojan horse was ever built, in fact there is scant physical evidence that the war ever happened (although more and more historians believe that it did).
The story of the Trojan horse come from Homer's poem the Illiad. Homer was a blind man who "wrote" the poems detailing the Trojan War and its aftermath long after teh war was supposed to have happened, the "facts" as listed in teh poem should be taken with a grain of salt.
Now to answer your question, as it probably never existed, there are no pictures or details of the horse, but there have been several attempts to re-create the myth. I know the Discovery/New York Times Channel did one documentary where they actually built a replica and proved that it could have happened, but beyond that I don't remember much.

2006-08-16 00:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Steven K 3 · 0 0

Don't know where you might find pictures, but I know the story - about 2.500 years the Greek cities went to war with Troia (originally Ilios) - it's a city in Small Asia, present-days Turkey, about 30 mi. away from modern city of Canakale. The mythical reason for the war was the kidnaping of Greek princes Helena. The war raged on for ten years, because Troia was a heavilly fortified city, rich in manpower and supplies. It was unconquerable. After ten years of unsuccesful batles, Greeks came up with an idea. It was common that the looser in a war would offer the winning side a gift, and most common gifts were gold, slaves, horses, weapons, etc. So the Greeks made a giant horse of wood. It was hollow inside, so that they could place their troops in there. Then they placed the horse, filled with soldiers, in front of Troian gates, and retreated to their ships. The Troians were cautous, but when, finally, they saw that there were no Greeks around the city, they came out and carried the horse inside. That day there was a great celebration in Troia to honour their great victory. But, when night came, and all went to sleep, the Greek soldiers sneaked out of the horse and, of course, found all of the Troian army either asleep, or too drunk, or simply unprepared for the attack. This way, the Greeks conquered Troia with minimum losses, from the inside!
A great source for research of the Troian war is Homer's 'Iliade'. For pictures, try finding the official site of Troia - I'm sure there is one!
P.S. - there are different names for the city, here are some of them:
Troia; Troja; Troy; Ilios; Ilij

2006-08-16 01:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by Uros I 4 · 0 0

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