Transcript (pt. 1)
One of the most mysterious stories ever told. The war outside the city gates has been going on for almost 10 years. Greeks are fighting against Trojans. The mighty city remains steadfast. Its walls seem impenetrable.
Until the Trojans receive a fateful gift. In the belly of the huge wooden horse they drag into their city lie hidden the best fighters of the Greeks. They seal the downfall of the glorious city.
The idea of the horse was a fascinating one. But you have to ask yourself, why a horse? And why should the Greeks hide in a big wooden statue? An open mind is necessary to better understand the ancient myths. The story of the Trojan horse continues to fire people’s imagination to this day. Myths are created to help us get through life.
For thousands of years, the Trojan horse was a symbol of a bold plan, of cunning and treachery. This image has become imprinted in our cultural memory and even found its way into the world of computer science. But what if the horse was not a horse at all?
Franchesco Tiboni doubts the story of the Trojan horse. The Italian archaeologist has made it his task to check the millennia-old tradition on its validity. The first known work in which the legend of the Trojan horse is told is by one of the most famous poets of antiquity, Homer.
We all know the story of the Trojan horse. But what we don’t know is what actually happened. We have no precise idea of how the destruction of Troy came about and what really happened that night because that night was not clearly described by Homer. He only told us about what happened afterwards.
Franchesco Tiboni is an underwater archaeologist. His areas of expertise are shipbuilding and seafaring. Every shipwreck from antiquity that is found brings more information about times long past to light. Perhaps something will be found in the depths of the Mediterranean that will help Tiboni investigate the Trojan past.
Among his most important sources are the ancient epics, and there it becomes apparent. Doubts about the story with the Trojan horse existed even back then. One of the main questions is whether there’s something real behind the description. Throughout history, there have been several authors, several scholars who’ve asked themselves whether this horse was really a horse.
The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder suspects that the war machine was rather a kind of battering ram. Euphorion, a Greek poet, wrote as early as 400 BC in connection with the Trojan horse that the Greeks possessed a ship called a horse. What is behind the traditions? Did the Trojan horse really exist?
Why a horse? Because the patron god of Troy was Poseidon. Is everyone illiterate now?
[[In the belly of the huge wooden horse they drag into their city lie hidden the best fighters of the Greeks. ]]
Except for Timothy- he wasn’t that great- always a slacker who goofed off when he shoulda been studying