Wouldn't the Trojans understand something was up? Yes. Despite the warnings of Laocoön and Cassandra, the horse was taken inside the city gates. The Greeks had left behind Sinon who persuaded the Trojans that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Troy impregnable. Sinon tells the Trojans that the Horse was built to be too large for them to take it into their city and gain the favor of Athena for themselves.
Thirty of the Achaeans' best warriors hid in the Trojan horse's womb and two spies in its mouth. Other sources give different numbers: The Bibliotheca 50; Tzetzes 23 and Quintus Smyrnaeus gives the names of 30, but says there were more. That's a bog horse.
The Trojan Horse would have been around 10 feet broad (3 meters). This is based on the breadth of the largest gate unearthed in the Troy remains. The Horse would have been at least 25 feet (7.6 meters) tall based on the fact that the Trojans had to tear down the higher walls in order for the horse to enter the city.
Trojan horses today are malware that infects computers, usually via email. I found this one that is part of warfare. This story from uk.norton.comHERE:
"Stuxnet is easily the scariest virus on the list as it was built by government engineers in the US with the intention of obstructing nukes from being built in Iran.
Yes, you read that right. Who needs to target email when they can gun for nukes?
Stuxnet spread by a USB thumb drive and targeted software controlling a facility in Iran that held uranium. The virus was so effective it caused their centrifuges to self-destruct, setting Iran’s nuclear development back and costing a lot of money.
Stuxnet is the first real venture into cyberwar and it definitely asks the question as to what will come next. The idea of digital weaponry is pretty scary, isn’t it?
Cost of the malware: Unknown.
So there you have it: while viruses and malware might seem like a myth drummed up by tech companies, they are a very real threat that have caused billions in damage."
