The
Trojan Horse is a tale from the
Trojan War about the
subterfuge that the Greeks used to enter the city of
Troy and win the war. In the
canonical version, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the Greeks constructed a huge wooden
horse, and hid a select force of men inside. The Greeks pretended to sail away, and the Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy. That night the Greek force crept out of the horse and opened the gates for the rest of the Greek army, which had sailed back under cover of night. The Greeks entered and destroyed the city of Troy, decisively ending the war.