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[edit] Disambig

this needs disambiguous attention. Kingturtle 17:52 Apr 12, 2003 (UTC)

Something better than disambiguation based on capitalisation? ( 16:26, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Iliad?

Shouldn't the Illiad be mentioned in this article? Are there other sources of the legend, or is it only from the Iliad? Michael Hardy 00:03, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)

It's not mentioned in the Iliad, which ends after the death of Hector. It's mentioned in the Odyssey and perhaps with more detail in Virgil's Aeneid. ( 16:26, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

would the Aeneid be considerd a secondary source or a seperate mentioning though due to the fact that it really isn't Greek myth and was written centuries later?

[edit] The Trojan Horse (the movie)

I've reversed the removal of the movie. We have disambigs all over WP. That's what encyclopedias are for: to provide references and examples. ←Humus sapiens←Talk 00:50, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

"There is a small museum founded in 1957 within the territories of ancient city Troy, near the Dardanelles (present-day Turkey). The museum includes the remnants of the city and a symbolic wooden horse built in the garden of the museum to depict the legendary Trojan horse." -- This should be qualified by saying only some people believe it to be the city of Troy.

[edit] confused

Hello, I thought "timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" meant "fear the gods and their references". Greetings.

"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" means: "I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts." --Akhilleus (talk) 23:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

My father (b. 1897), who studied Latin and Greek, translated "timeo Danaos et dona ferentes":

I fear Greeks (from the start) and bearing gifts? Oi.

Also, on the main page:

== Book II of Virgil's Aeneid

Book II of Virgil's Aeneid covers the siege of Troy, and includes these lines spoken by Laocoön:

   equo ne credite, Teucri.
   quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.

==

Is it ferentis or ferentes?

WoodenBooks 21:21, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Those in the horse

This list needs some work, to verify the links. Several of them link to disambiguation articles. --rossb 13:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trojan Horse

Hi my name is Jake Richard from Louisiana. My class and I would like to thank you for this website. We are learning about Troy and everyone wanted to see the Famous Horse. So I pulled up this site because I know alot about The War of Troy. So thanks a lot. --Jake Richard

[edit] Trjan horse virus

I just had my pc at home get infected with a trojan horse virus. Any chance at getting some info on it? Thanks......

Ya, be careful what you download. Or look up, trojan horse (computing). Call of duty 21:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a question: which were Virgil's sources. Only those few lines in the Odissey?

Uhh....... I dont understand your question im not really a know-it-all person. Call of duty 04:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original sources

Which were Virgil's sources? Only those few lines in the Odissay?

[edit] WHAT??

OK, now if you're going to be vulgar, at least explain why you put unnecessary messages at the top of this article, whoever did this! Anonymous 16:35, 5 December 2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.191.64.130 (talk) 00:35, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

Has this entry been vandalised? The first section seems to be curses

[edit] "Hollow Victory"

The article says, "The famous horse is considered as one of the biggest hollow victorys of all time." This pun strikes me as flippant and silly. I removed this sentence, but 64.113.88.220 added it back in without comment. I don't want to get into a revert war on this, so... what do other people think? Perhaps someone else can remove it, if you agree with me? -- Narsil 19:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it's a terrible joke, and should be added to BJAODN :D Druss666uk 22:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Oh yeah, and assume good faith too, at least it wasn't vandalism. Druss666uk 22:43, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Lame (and misspelled) pun and inaccurate too--the horse wasn't the victory, it was seen by the Trojans as a peace offering. How can an object be a victory, hollow or otherwise? An event could be a victory but not a static object. 68.161.59.5 (talk) 03:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Trojan Horse Massacre

This external link doesn't seem appropriate for the article. Any objections to removing it? Mikemill (talk) 20:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)