Mythology Of The Iliad And The Odyssey (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
Yet classical writers on Homer felt that a device other than an actual wooden horse might have been used to break down the walls of Troy. The Greeks might have entered: ... into Troy by a postern (gate) which had a horse painted on it; or that the sign of a horse was used to distinguish the Greeks from their enemies in the darkness and confusion; or that when Troy had been betrayed, the oracles forbade the plundering of any house marked with the sign of a horse... ; or that Troy fell as a result of a cavalry action; or that the Greeks, after burning their camp, concealed themselves behind Mount Hippius (“of the horse.”)1 The myths about the Trojan horse provided inspiration to ancient Greek art. Professor Barry B. Powell described a large jar or vase from about 670 B.C. as: ... one of the earliest surviving unequivocal references to myth in Greek art. The horse is on wheels and has openings through which we can see the heads of the heroes. From the portholes swords and shields are passed out.
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