Introduction
The story of the Trojan horse and its role in ending the seige of the city is a cautionary tale about a fake legacy gift. It has bequeathed to us the most famous line of Vergil’s Aeneid through which schoolboys of my class and generation were introduced to the fiendish intricacies of Latin verse: Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes – I fear the Greeks and the gifts they bring.… Read the rest