The Greeks built a giant, wooden horse with a hollow belly. A handful of armed Greeks climbed into the hollow opening, and sealed it up. Meanwhile, the rest of the Greek army piled into their ships and sailed away. The Trojans came out of Troy to receive the huge horse as an offering of peace.

The Trojans then decided to celebrate. By nightfall the whole city was in a drunken uproar. In the morning, while everyone was drunk or asleep, the Greeks unsealed the belly of the horse, and climbed down from it. Silently, they killed the Trojan sentries at all the city gates. The gates were then opened to the bulk of the Greek army…

The story of Trojan horse is particularly interesting for me as an example of an illusion produced by humans for humans… Triumph of Design over common sense … the impossible dream, which always costs too much, but as always has plenty of takers.

Larissa Rogacheva