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 ====== Trojan Horse ====== ====== Trojan Horse ======
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 +[{{ :vehicles:mykonos_vase.jpg?250|Depiction of the Trojan Horse on a vase, c. 750-650 BC.}}]
  
 The **Trojan Horse** is a legendary vehicle from Greek mythology, purportedly used by the Greek army at the end of the Trojan War to infiltrate //(and subsequently destroy)// the coastal city of Troy. The vehicle - a giant wooden horse designed by Odysseus, King of Ithaca - was conceived as a way to pierce the walls of Troy after a fruitless 10-year siege of the city. The horse was hollow, holding inside of it //(depending on the account)// 30-50 Greek warriors, including Odysseus himself. The **Trojan Horse** is a legendary vehicle from Greek mythology, purportedly used by the Greek army at the end of the Trojan War to infiltrate //(and subsequently destroy)// the coastal city of Troy. The vehicle - a giant wooden horse designed by Odysseus, King of Ithaca - was conceived as a way to pierce the walls of Troy after a fruitless 10-year siege of the city. The horse was hollow, holding inside of it //(depending on the account)// 30-50 Greek warriors, including Odysseus himself.
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 > Whatever it is, I'm afraid of Greeks even those bearing gifts." > Whatever it is, I'm afraid of Greeks even those bearing gifts."
  
-In ancient times, there was a whole corpus of texts and poems that described the Trojan War and its aftermath, some of which mentioned the legendary horse. While some of these have survived //(ie: [[wp>The Trojan Women]] and the [[wp>Dictys Cretensis|Dictys of Crete]])// many are incomplete //(ie: [[wp>Iliupersis]] and the [[wp>Little Iliad]])//. The horse was also a popular motif on engravings, paintings and vases - again, only of which some have survived to the present day.+In ancient times, there was a whole corpus of texts and poems that described the Trojan War and its aftermath known as the **Epic Cycle**, some of which mentioned the legendary horse. There was also a whole genre of texts that spawned from the Epic Cycle. While some of these have survived //(ie: [[wp>The Trojan Women]] and the [[wp>Dictys Cretensis|Dictys of Crete]])//, many are incomplete //(ie: [[wp>Iliupersis]] and the [[wp>Little Iliad]])// while others are lost forever. The horse was also a popular motif on engravings, paintings and vases - again, only of which some have survived to the present day.
  
  
 ===== The Historical Horse ===== ===== The Historical Horse =====
  
-[{{ :vehicles:mykonos_vase.jpg?250|Depiction of the Trojan Horse on a vase, c. 750-650 BC.}}]+The historicity of the Trojan Horse //(and the entire Trojan War)// is a continuing matter of debate, as many facts of the matter //(including the original source materials used by Homer and the Epic Cycle)// have been lost forever - typical of events that transpired during the Bronze Age Collapse.
  
-{{wst>expand}}+There are many theories circulating about what the horse really was. Some people take the legend seriously, which is not implausible. Others see the horse as a creative re-imagining of an ancient [[vehicles:siege engine]], or even a type of [[vehicles:boat]] - and those are possibilities as well. Either way, the legend was popular enough to be one of the most well-known tales of the exploits of the Ancient Greeks, even inspiring a [[tactics:trojan-horse|class of software exploits]] of the same name.
  
  
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