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2007-06-30 22:17:05 · 13 answers · asked by Jeff T 1 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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It's a myth during the Trojan War. It helped the Greeks win the war against the Trojans by entereing the castle walls with a wooden horse, with greek soldiers hidden in it. The Trojans thought the Greek army had left, bacause they walked off the battle field, but what they didn't know is that the Greeks in the horse now had entered within the Trojan Walls. In those times horses were given to the winning party as a gift of surrender.

So, when all the Trojans were pissed and celebrating their win of the war, the Greeks attacked and made an end to the 10 year Trojan siege.

Moral of the story: never get too pissed - it might give you a terrible hangover ;-)

2007-06-30 22:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by DesmoDutchy 3 · 0 0

Don't watch 'Troy' read Homer's The Illiad and Virgil's Latin epic The Aenied.
The Greek siege of Troy had lasted for ten years. The Greeks devised a new ruse: a giant hollow wooden horse. It was built by Epeius and filled with Greek warriors led by Odysseus. The rest of the Greek army appeared to leave, but actually hid behind Tenedos. Meanwhile, a Greek spy, Sinon, convinced the Trojans that the horse was a gift despite the warnings of Laocoon and Cassandra; Helen and Deiphobus even investigated the horse; in the end, the Trojans accepted the gift. In ancient times it was customary for a defeated general to surrender his horse to the victorious general in a sign of respect. It should be noted here that the horse was the sacred animal of Poseidon; during the contest with Athena over the patronage of Athens, Poseidon gave men the horse, and Athena gave the olive tree.
Depiction of the Trojan horse in the art of Gandhara, India. 2nd-3rd century CE. British Museum.The Trojans hugely celebrated the end of the siege, so that, when the Greeks emerged from the horse, the city was in a drunken stupor. The Greek warriors opened the city gates to allow the rest of the army to enter, and the city was pillaged ruthlessly, all the men were killed, and all the women and children were taken into slavery.

2007-06-30 22:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by waggy 6 · 0 0

Helen, the wife of king Menelaus of sparta was the most beautiful woman on Earth. According to goddess Aphrodite's promise she eloped with Paris,a prince of Troy. Menelaus was infuriated and along with his brother agamemnon laid seige to the city of Troy. After a very long war in which both sides suffered grieviously,Odysseus, the clever king of Itaca came upwith a plan to build a giant wooden horse.
Inside this horse ther would be many greek warriors like Pyrrhus,son of Achilles, Odysseus,etc. The rest of the greek army would act as if they were going away and would hide in the nearby island of Tenedos.
A young Greek soldier called Sinon told them that the geeks had left .There was a lot of celebrating in Troy as they believed that the war had finally ended. They broke the wall to take the wooden horse in, which they thought was a sacrifice to athene. The trojans then drank wine and slept soundly.
The Greek heroes hidden in the wooden horse then came out and lit the beacon. The remaiing army then poured in through the holein the wall and all the male citizens were killed. Most of the younger women were taken as prisoners and the other women who were too old or too young were also killed. Thus the Trojan war came to an end. Hen was forgiven and taken back by Menelaus.
So a trojan horse is also used as a phrase in the english language which means someting which has your trust then strikes when you don't suspect anything.

2007-06-30 22:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by sharad 3 · 0 0

The Greeks are struggling with (and dropping) a conflict with Troy because of the fact a Greek abducted the Trojan King's alluring spouse, Helen of Troy. Odysseus, a Greek Hero, has a plan to coach the conflict around. The Greeks build a horse as a "Peace offering" to Troy. The Trojans are fooled and enable the pony interior the city gates devoid of understanding Odysseus and the Greek soildiers are interior. The Greeks than leap out of the pony and take Troy with the aid of marvel, triumphing the conflict. it somewhat is the place we get the announcing of a trojan virus, one which seems to be friendly yet is nicely detrimental.

2016-10-03 08:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by eylicio 3 · 0 0

The Trojan Horse was a token of a supposed peace agreement between warring factions. The wooden Horse was towed into a fortified city but the people were still suspicious of the enemy and wouldn't allow any of them in.

Hidden inside the Horse were soldiers who crept out at night, slew the sentries and opened the gates to their comrades.

The city was taken by surprise and defeated - that's the plot and hence the saying 'beware of Greeks bearing gifts'.

2007-06-30 22:34:09 · answer #5 · answered by DogDoc 4 · 0 0

Guessing you are talking about the Greek myth as thats the category you chose but just in case, the Spanish novel's plot:

" The book is narrated as if it is a true report of how the author was approached by an unnamed retired US Air Force pilot, referred to as "The Major" in the book (Jasón in later books), who in an elaborated indirect way tells the author how to find classified documents telling the story of the Trojan Horse Operation, in which The Major took part as a time traveller sent to witness the last weeks of Jesus' life through a time-travelling device sent back in time by the US military in an Israel base in 1973.

A lengthy, detailed "technical" description of the time travel process ("inversion of quantum swivels") is provided. The time-traveller and the time-travelling vehicle are said to have been wrapped by an artificial skin to avoid biological contamination. The Major, who becomes the narrator of the story, is called "Jason" during the mission, and learns some Aramaic and Greek.

It is "revealed" that many of the amazing stories of eclipses, earthquakes after Jesus' death and his transfiguration were linked to extraterrestrial influences. Jesus' physical appearance is described as almost Nordic, with hazel eyes and very tall (he is sometimes called "The Giant", physically and metaphorically in the book).

Unlike the sequels the first Caballo de Troya is an intriguing fiction story, written with some style and containing attractive plot twists. Even as the 1970s UFO mania has lost traction in Spanish-speaking countries, Benitez has retained solid sales and certain celebrity on the basis of his book series.

The following 7 sequels expand on the issued and reveal more detail. Caballo de Troya 8, Jordán was published in Spain recently. "

2007-06-30 22:27:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

You give the opposition in war a really big present like a wooden statue of a massive horse as a sign of reconciliation, they open up their castle gates to let the gift in but aren't sure to let you in yet becasue they don't trust you, but you actually trick them because hidden inside the horse you have six men with swords who at night time come out and start killing everyone

2007-06-30 22:24:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You give the opposition in war a really big present like a wooden statue of a massive horse as a sign of reconciliation, they open up their castle gates to let the gift in but aren't sure to let you in yet becasue they don't trust you, but you actually trick them because hidden inside the horse you have six men with swords who at night time come out and open the gates so your whole army comes in, and you kill everyone

2007-06-30 22:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Beware Greeks bearing gifts

2007-07-01 23:44:41 · answer #9 · answered by Paul T 4 · 0 0

Troy is a brilliant film, long but one of the best films around. I have it taped on my sky box. Watched it 5 times.

2007-06-30 22:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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