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Definitions of trojan horse in various dictionaries:
noun - a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage
noun - a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
noun - a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
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Destructive software |
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Jan 15 2018 The Times - Cryptic |
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A type of virus is named after this surreptitious instrument of war used by ancient Greeks |
It was the "gift" given to the Trojans by the "retreating" Greeks around 1240 B.C. |
The phrase "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" goes back to this gift in mythology |
This metaphor for a treacherous ploy is illustrated here by 18th century painter Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo |
Old King Priam had this wooden animal, E-I-E-I-O, & it was full of trouble |
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The Trojan Horse is a story from the Trojan War about the subterfuge that the Greeks used to enter the independent 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 including Odysseus. 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, ending the war. * Metaphorically, a "Trojan Horse" has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or place. A malicious computer program which tricks users into willingly running it is also called a "Trojan horse" or simply a "Trojan".* The main ancient source for the story is the Aeneid of Virgil, a Latin epic poem from the time of Augustus. The event is also referred to in Homer's Odyssey. In the Greek tradition, the horse is called the "wooden horse" (δουράτεος ἵππος dourateos hippos in Homeric/Ionic Greek (Odyssey 8.512); δούρειος ἵππος, doureios hippos in Attic Greek). |