According to classical tradition, on this day in 1184 BC, the Greeks brought a ten-year siege of Troy to a dramatic conclusion by using a deceptive wooden horse.
Disguised as a gift, the hollow structure concealed elite Greek soldiers who, once inside the city walls, opened the gates under cover of night to allow the Greek army to enter and sack the city.
Immortalised in Homeric epics and later works of antiquity, the tale of the Trojan Horse remains one of history’s most enduring legends of strategy and subterfuge.
